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A grill that fits all focus perfectly, removes the turnsignals completely and gives that sharp european look. It is basically a reworked oetinger grill for the jetta reworked for the focus. Fits and looks better then me and my partner could have ever thought! To me this is the best grill HANDS DOWN to the others ive seen in person.. (Euro, svt, st170, hoffele...). Its in a different class then the RS grill, so i wont compare that one...

Company interest was sparked a couple times already last year, no mention of company names though on here .. But im going to finnally put these into mass production this comming month.. Make 50 or so ... and start selling them starting June 1st.

My car and Tim's car (Yaro) will have #2 and #3 created installed in the comming month for you all to see in person... (Rip to grill number 1 who ended up smashed up! .. lol.)

Here some old shots on my car:


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid6...06.jpg.orig.jpg --- (COPY AND PASTE INTO BROWSER.. for bigger pic!)


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid6...01.jpg.orig.jpg --- (COPY AND PASTE INTO BROWSER.. for bigger pic!)

Please note that i had the lightbulbs of the turn signals just hanging on the inside .. which makes it look a little odd and glowy... Also the final product will probably have a black painted mesh.

ALSO!

Because everything in euro is deep, we had a couple engineering problems building this grill correctly .. To acheive the look we wanted... which is utterly sweet in person... You have to modify your car .. as seen in the next pic. (Stock plastic shield is off .. and plastic ford logo/hook lock piece is shaved.



Thanks guys for reading .. Im looking for some LAST MINUTE opinions and stuff on it ... I know its sorta hard and the pics arent that good ... But tell me what you think. Ive been keeping really hush hush about some other parts im creating for the focus to the boys in TO .. if this is a hit .. you will see more cool custom fiberglass pieces come outta my garage. :thumbup:

Sweet man! :thumbup:

I want one!

How much?

And do you have any other pics, its hard to get a feel for what it actually looks like from those. How about some close ups, and some pics with the hood open?

I couldn't get the extra pics you linked to work...

i think the grill sticks too out right? or it was only the pic?
anyways if it isn't then it is not bad but the pics aren't clearly shown so i don't see a big difference with the hoffele one, so i can't wait to see the final product :thumbup:

roughly how much will the grill be btw???

great job anyways, did Tim make that together with u or u did it alone?

i'll take one for SURE Dan bring it to the june meet ok :thumbup:

Looks sweet. How do you want your money.. paypal, cash, or cheque.
:thumbup:

Nice job bud...but I thought your first product was a pretty little box for me and Ben :o

My headlights at the time were severely missaligned, like the actual housing .. so it was hard to get it to stay so it looked good on my car .. PLUS in that picture, it was an early shot .. it wasnt even attached to the car (LOL).. The people who saw the final product saw how well this thing fits. Im actually extremely please. It was test fit on another guys car and it fit properly... not even properly.. flawless!

Im sorry about the pics .. ya .. Use the bigger pic LINKS .. and even bump down the resolution on the monitor a little and you can see it a little better.. I brought it to a meet! But i dont remember if anyone took any quality pictures of it. :(

Its alot ALOT different from the hoffele .. the grill walls are 2 inches deep, hence why you have to cut the key hole thing. Theres no grill, like i said ive seen them all, like this one out. Hence why we made it.

This was before me and Tim realized were pretty compatible workers.. me and him will hopefully be putting out a couple things this summer as well. Youll just have to wait and see. I did this with another guy who at import fest last year .. had 7 cars he had done full bodykits for. NOT BAD! He also did the bodykit for one of the ford showcars, and had the deal for the sony xplode focus but turned it down.

Price wise. I cant let anything out yet. Im currently in the process of talking to a couple of companies about ordering a slew... I dont want to be the person selling it.. Just making it. Since if it came from a big company .. people would trust the product better, rather then some guy with bedhead and a sars mask trying to sell it. :P

Keep up with the comments and questions. Thats what im looking for :thumbup:

I think you'd be able to sell your first 50 pretty quickly. I don't think you'd need to get a big company to sell them for you.
You should make a little website (like P-51 did), and post all the info and lotsa good pics. Then just have a link to paypal where people can pay you...
This way you get to keep most of the profit...

Then somehow let the Focaljet guys know of this, and I don't think you'll have a problem. Either sponsor Focaljet, or just get a buncha guys to post their cars in Team Rigz with the grilles in, and surely somebody will want to know where it came from. Voila! I got my grille from this website ________________

I'm in College taking Business as we speak, so my mind thinks very business orienented...

But thats just my 2 cents...

When can I expect my grille? :)

Those links for the bigger pictures don't work Dan... but seeing the stuff you were fibreglassing in your garage, I have no doubt this will look amazing on our cars :thumbup: Put me down for one!

Hey, can you make me a custom face for my aftermarket HU like Sony did? :D

Also...

Theres always Ebay man. Throw 10 or so up on an Ebay Dutch auction, and boom - if the FJ guys know about it, they should go quick... :thumbup:

I come from a really business oriented family .. All i do is think money 24/7 as you probably do as well. Plus my dad is a business freak.. LOL .. I havent posted half the stuff .. but there will be a little site like that... No worries there.

The thing with any body piece for the car .. you have to worry about copies...

The first grill i sell to someone .. he can replicate it .. get it all over ebay .. and poof! Its gone outta my control.. Just like alot of bodykits... (JT evolution kits are welllll known to be copied, same as the oetinger kits for the jetta)...

If i could push 1 runs of 50 for 2 different companies. I ensure myself that initial cashflow. Get what im saying? And dont have to worry about same asssshole just pumping out replicas. But i need it on certain peoples cars to do this properly.... Im talking to someone in Cali who will take pics with it on .. Florida .. North Carolina .. and a couple other states. (the biiiig name guys :D ) Because these companies would have to take the risk.. Which is really no biggy if i can prove to them they will sell.

I will have better pics of the final one thats going on my car in yellow within a couple weeks. I will take pics of every angle imaginable .. haha .. to please everyone. Like i said.. Selling wont start till an estimated June 1st.

From my initial feedbacks .. and the emails ive sent people and their replies .. im liking stuff so far. Hopefully this all works out good and i can put out some more stuff. :thumbup:

Right click the links to the bigger pics .. click copy shortcut ..

Then paste at the top of the browser. They work :P

Cool man...

You sound a lot like myself & my family actually, its kinda weird :huh:

My Dad is a business man, with crazy ass business ideas, and he's a very good business man indeed...

My brother - took business admin. for 3 years - looking for a manager job as we speak...

Me - first year business admin.

I wish ya luck with your business venture tdot! :thumbup:

get the s**t in order and start getting PAID :thumbup: i WANT ASAP you see

Please i will be a test car for you B)

Well ill bring a couple to the london g2g forsure .. people can testfit em on there cars or whatever...

you are awesome]

WOW Sweet girl Dan, I love it :thumbup: :thumbup: If i had a focus i would be in line to get one of those for mine For sure :D

Just bring a grille down for me with my Chip :)

I'll give Rich my Gutter-Guard... hehe

want a grill to bro, bring em down yo' B)

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