Each grille is designed to custom fit your specific year, make, and model. Triple chrome plating isn't just for looks though, this process will also ensure that the entire mesh grille will stand up against any weather or corrosion. Once plated, the mesh grille is then polished to give it the mother of all shines. Intricately weaved, T 304 stainless steel wire mesh is expertly formed and then dipped three times into a chrome plated bath. SES Trim's uses only the highest quality materials and skillful artistry to create every one of their unique masterpieces. Look out world, no longer will a car or truck ever be able to blend in to the background again. Simple do-it-yourself installation, custom look, and precise fit all describe the show stopping SES Trim's Triple Chrome Plated Mesh Grille. Even sheet metal with patterned holes for ventilation grating sold to homeowners for repair has been found filling the grille opening of custom cars.įrom Brooklyn, New York to Miami, Florida, SES Trims has got the hook up on what's hot when it comes to accessorizing your ride. They are generally made from billet, solid bar stock aircraft-grade aluminum, although some are CNC machined from one solid sheet of aluminum.Ĭustomizers would alter the grille as a matter of course in personalizing their car, taking the grille bar from another make, for example. For example, in the early years after World War II, many American car makers generally switched to fewer and thicker grille bars.Ī billet grille is an aftermarket part that is used to enhance the style or function of the original OEM grille. Sometimes there is a sort of fashion trend in grille bars. Starting from the late 1930s, Cadillac would alternate its pattern from horizontal bars to various patterns of crosshatching as a simple way of making the car look new from year to year, for this make did not have a standard grille form. The contrary styling pattern also occurs. Ford's three-bar grille, introduced on the 2006 Fusion, has become distinctive as well. The unusual 1971 Plymouth Barracuda grille is known as a cheesegrater. Other makers known for their grille styling include Bugatti's horse-collar, BMW's split kidney, Rover's chrome 'teeth', Mitsubishi's forward swept, fighter aircraft-style grilles for their cars 2008 Lancer and Lancer Evo X, Dodge's cross bar, Alfa Romeo's six-bar shield, Volvo's slash bar, Audi's relatively new, so-called single-frame grille, and an egg-crate grille on late-generation Plymouths. Rolls-Royce is famous for arranging its grille bars by hand to ensure that they appear perfectly vertical. For example, Jeep has trademarked its seven-bar grille style. The grille is often a distinctive styling element, and many marques use it as their primary brand identifier. Other common grille locations include below the front bumper, in front of the wheels (to cool the brakes), in the cowl for cabin ventilation, or on the rear deck lid (in rear engine vehicles). Most vehicles feature a grille at the front of the vehicle to protect the radiator and engine. In automotive engineering, a grille covers is an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air to enter.

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