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Old 10-06-2011, 04:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default So the Koup grill doesn't fit my sedan

Just got my car back from paint and while it was there I had them switching out my sedan grille w/chrome to the Glossy all black Koup grille. So I thought! They said it wouldn't fit, that the brackets were totally different. I thought the Koup and Sedan grille's were interchangeable?????? I'm bummed/pissed.

Does Kia sell any of the sedan trims with the glossy all black grille?
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Old 10-06-2011, 11:03 PM   #2 (permalink)
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no but you could always have it painted, i got a quote for 350 to paint my roof (Koup) and thats a MUCH larger area than the grill trim so id imagine that it would be fairly cheap
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they do fit i have em on my sedan not all screws go into the grill but it fits u could get all of the bottom 4 and the top 4 it will stay in place just fine like that
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It requires some slight modifying I believe.. And getting the Koup Fender Liners... But there are quite a few here who do have it.
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Do you still have this grill? Interesting in selling it?
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I still have my stock Koup Grill
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5 bucks on paint and I painted my grill myself. Don't see why you'd waste money on the Koup's grill when its the same thing in chrome and you could easily just paint it yourself xD
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Do you still have this grill? Interesting in selling it?
No I took it back if you're talking to me...Like Reject mentioned I realized I would save money by buying some plasti-dip spray paint and doing it. Was just waiting for spring but now I may be trading the car in so I'm just waiting to see what happens.
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Old 01-26-2012, 06:41 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The biggest reason I got mine is because im planning on swapping for the koup bumper and the honeycomb looks better to me than the square grille.
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