Exeo front Grille

[dalepearson]

No I have the standard grill, and want another one to mess about with.

 

[Nath.]

Ah right, I am thinking the same, I'm gonna have a go at fitting the £30 honeycomb and cutting out the horizontal slats on the standard one.......

 

[dalepearson]

Did any of you guys do this conversion yet, with the dremmel work?

 

[Nath.]

Did any of you guys do this conversion yet, with the dremmel work?

Not yet, I only picked the Exeo up yesterday . I have debaged it, fitted mud flaps, fitted LED sidelights, ordered LED DRL's and given it a wash this morning.........

 

[andyj]

Gents,

For all discussion relating to LED lighting etc, I've split the thread, and the LED lighting please see this thread:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=320395

 

[ather`s]

Will try , without damm cat !?!@

https://picasaweb.google.com/115288...?authkey=Gv1sRgCK2V4M3Yp7b_HQ&feat=directlink

so, just to clarify, this is the grill that seat uk sell and i can get it from my dealer??

 

[Nath.]

so, just to clarify, this is the grill that seat uk sell and i can get it from my dealer??

Yep.

 

[ather`s]

thanks for that. i dont like the badgeless grill so will get one of these when i got afew pennys spare!

 

[mcdonald]

thanks for that. i dont like the badgeless grill so will get one of these when i got afew pennys spare!

It seems to be possible to place the SEAT badge back in the grill:

 

[dalepearson]

This is my plan also.
I am going to dremmel the old one out and glue it back on. I am still thinking of carboning the badge and surround in the process though.

 

[mcdonald]

On a white Exeo the chrome around the grill doesn't look so nice. Saw this carbon wrap on the spanish forum. Looks good except the red of the badge.

 

[dalepearson]

Here is my progress so far.
Not happy with the finish yet.
I am going to redo the carbon wrap on the surround, and then black vinyl of the bit I sanded and sprayed.

Not great pic but you get the idea. Still working on the Seat badge.

 

[Nath.]

Looks Good, I was thinking that a bit of thin rubber trim would go on and cover up the dremil edges.

 

[dalepearson]

So do you think all carbon, or mixture of carbon and black gloss?

 

[dalepearson]

It seems to be possible to place the SEAT badge back in the grill:

Is there a forum post where you got this picture where the author details what portions he cut out to renable the S?

 

[mcdonald]

Is there a forum post where you got this picture where the author details what portions he cut out to renable the S?

I saw this pic on the Spanish forum (http://clubseatexeo.com/es/index.html). As far as I know they copied it from the French forum (http://www.exeo-concept.fr/).
On the French site there seems to be a grill tutorial, but you need to register to have access to this.

 

[ather`s]

can you explain too me how the grill comes out please? searched but no answer!!

 

[dalepearson]

can you explain too me how the grill comes out please? searched but no answer!!

I assume your asking about the Exeo.
Pop the bonet.
On the top of the grill are two plastic plugs, level these out with a screwdriver, takes some fiddling.
Then pull top of the grill foward, you have to pull a resonable amount, but also be gentle not to snap anything.
When the top has come away ease the middle out, and then pull up and out.

 

[Dark Andrew]

Here is my progress so far.
Not happy with the finish yet.
I am going to redo the carbon wrap on the surround, and then black vinyl of the bit I sanded and sprayed.

Not great pic but you get the idea. Still working on the Seat badge.

I wonder what that grill would look like with an alternative badge on it, say 4 overlapping circles in a line for example ... (actually I kind of expect someone to produce an Audi badge set for the Exeo one day).

 

[dalepearson]

So I have carboned up and cut the front Seat badge

I think it looks good, but the badge less look has deffo grown on me.