Help please !!!! - ordering a Zero Sports Grille

[bonski]

Guys - I need some help from the knowledge bank

I need to order a zero sports carbon fibre Grille and insurance has approved me getting it from Japan Parts but they want me to order it.

Picture and description has me a bit worried so thought id let the brains trust help me determine whether this is the right grille for my car. (2007 GTB)

This is the description

For 3.0RspecB/ 2.5i/ 2.0spec B/ 2.0GT/ 2.0R/ 2.0i. Painted in gun-metallic.

This is the only pic provided

The bar looks like the 2.5i bar and i can see the headlights are not the HID ones.




Can someone in the know just confirm that this will fit my car before i drop $1085 on a grille that doesn't fit.

I want to order this tomorrow so love to hear from some people tonight

[bonski]

An email enquiry to japan parts netted this information (I know...not much)

Thank you very much for ordering from our site.
215-049-001 FRONT CARBON GRILLE will fit on
Japanese Domestic Model BL5/ BLE/ BP5/ BPE D-E
(3.0RspecB/ 2.5i/ 2.0spec B/ 2.0GT/ 2.0R/ 2.0i)
All Japanese companies manufacture the parts for Japanese domestic model car only.
They do not manufacture any parts for foreign countries car.
And they do not have any information for foreign counties car.
So no one can make sure whether the parts will fit on your car if your car is not JDM.
Please inform us how we can do for your order.

[blacknwhite]

Sorry ,cant help, got the grill you want last year from Phat and just dived into the shed to look at the box, not any numbers on the box, the guarantee stuck on the box is totally japanese(therefore guessing it the guarantee ) and the instructions are in japanese with the exception of up the top it says BL5/BP 5 thats it
Cant believe there is nothing on the box
Something tells me the photo is not the one you want but
Soory cant help you mate
Pete

[Mo_GT]

For 3.0RspecB/ 2.5i/ 2.0spec B/ 2.0GT/ 2.0R/ 2.0i. Painted in gun-metallic.

Sounds right plus thats pretty much all the models in the Liberty range so...

[overl0ad]

just make sure it's for the D to E application

[Arith]

Bonski, if the grille is part # 215-049-001 from JapanParts, then it should fit your STi Spec B bumper. Like the JDM Spec B grille, it's interchangeable between the Spec B and non-Spec B.

I made that mistake with the Corazon grille because the bottom lip of the Corazon extends all the way to the edge of the bumper. And the non-Spec B bumper is about 10mm shorter than the Spec B one, which is why James (Torpedocreative) had trouble with it's exact fit.

However the ZeroSports grille's bottom lip does not go out that far, thus will fit both Spec B and non-Spec B bumpers. And don't worry about whether the headlights are HID or not as that doesn't factor in.

And $1,085 AUD? Man, that hurts. Thank god insurance is footing the bill.

[bonski]

Thanks Jim. The grille is definitely not a bargain, that’s for sure.

If insurance wasn’t footing the bill I wouldn’t be replacing it.

[bonski]

For anyone curious. It ended up costing this much thanks to extra fees for paypal and the what not.

Currency Conversion: $1,137.94 AUD = ¥73,187 JPY
The exchange rate for this purchase is 1 AUD = 64.3157JPY

[Resonate]

Yeah the exchange rate is absolutely terrible at the moment.

[swingn]

Yeah the exchange rate is absolutely terrible at the moment.

+1 to that mate!

Was just getting a pair of tyres for my Mum's car & they were telling me to expect approx 35% price rise in tyres due to the exchange rate & the apparent rubber shortage.

[Arith]

the apparent rubber shortage.

It's a good thing I prefer au natural.