JDM Spec B grille from Subaru Oz

[HyRax]

And another update on the cost in 2014 - the grille (same part number 91121AG171) is now just over $550 retail or $429.01 at trade price (including GST). I did not have to quote a VIN.

Scored the latter price from Sydney City Subaru. Talk to Gary in the parts dept on 02 8755 2040 - friendly bloke. In my case, they had a brand new grille boxed that had been sitting on their shelf for nearly a year - grabbed it at lunchtime.


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New badge was $100 so I'll be re-using my existing one. I'm also repainting the chrome part black to look more like the S402 part.

[ysKn]

Anybody know if Subaru ever made the same Honeycomb Grille for the PREfaceleft models?
I'm looking at buying one on a website, but it doesn't have any parts number listed on it. From the pictures, it looks identical to HyRax's one, but I just want to make sure. Are preface and postface grilles interchangeable anyway?

[HyRax]

Anybody know if Subaru ever made the same Honeycomb Grille for the PREfaceleft models?

I don't think they did as the S402 is part of the facelift generation. I know that some people on the Legacy forums have made their own, and even our own Master Builder cruisn has made his own previously.

Are preface and postface grilles interchangeable anyway?

Sadly not - the facelift grille is taller than the pre-facelift grille.

[Adrian2627]

And another update on the cost in 2014 - the grille (same part number 91121AG171) is now just over $550 retail or $429.01 at trade price (including GST). I did not have to quote a VIN.

Scored the latter price from Sydney City Subaru. Talk to Gary in the parts dept on 02 8755 2040 - friendly bloke. In my case, they had a brand new grille boxed that had been sitting on their shelf for nearly a year - grabbed it at lunchtime.


Click for full size!


Click for full size!

New badge was $100 so I'll be re-using my existing one. I'm also repainting the chrome part black to look more like the S402 part.

I did mine with Plasti-Dip and it came up really well.

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[ysKn]

I don't think they did as the S402 is part of the facelift generation. I know that some people on the Legacy forums have made their own, and even our own Master Builder cruisn has made his own previously.

Sadly not - the facelift grille is taller than the pre-facelift grille.

Sorry, I meant that I have a facelift MY07, and I had ordered a honeycomb grille. I was just worried if the one I ordered was a prefacelift one.

Cheers.

[HyRax]

Sorry, I meant that I have a facelift MY07, and I had ordered a honeycomb grille. I was just worried if the one I ordered was a prefacelift one.

As long as the part number matches the one in the pic I posted, you're good.

[ysKn]

It was this one:
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e148387505

[HyRax]

It was this one:
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e148387505

Yep, that's identical to mine, and the description makes reference to the "F-Type" model, which is a facelift model.

$220 is not bad at all, but how much to get it here?

[ysKn]

I have a relative living there, he was nice enough to do the bidding for me.
I'll be going there on a holiday in a few months to pick it up
I have a list of other Lib goodies to ask of him, but can be a bit difficult to tell whether certain parts are suitable for my car. But thanks for the "F-Type" tip!

[HyRax]

I'll be going there on a holiday in a few months to pick it up

Lucky bugger.

But thanks for the "F-Type" tip!

No worries. What we refer to as the pre-facelift model (MY04 to MY06) is known as type A, B and C in Japan. Facelift models are D, E and F (MY07 to MY09).