S-Grille Update

July 3rd, 2008 by Dave

We had originally hoped to have grilles done by late last month, but there have been some delays on our end. I wanted to post an update to let you guys know where we stand and what you can expect.

First, I’d like to point out that the grilles are in production right now. In fact, the actual surrounds have all been completed…as well as the mesh. The delays we’re waiting on right now is painting. Our painter got tied up in some other work, so our grilles have literally been sitting there waiting on him to be ready.

We’re told that painting will resume after this holiday weekend, so we’re hoping to really get things started by next week. Once grilles are painted, mesh has to be installed, and have to box things up. Somewhere in there we’ll start to take orders (when we feel ready and confident that we know when grilles will start to ship).

Please make sure to stay tuned to the blog for updates…we’ll definitely be posting them as I have them to post.

Update 7/24/08: I wanted to post another update to let you know guys know where we stand. We’re still incurring delays from our painter, which is the bottleneck at this point. He’s only managing to paint batches of one color per week so far. He has finished the black grilles earlier this week, and plans on finishing the silver grilles by early next week.

While we do have the grilles, we will not be taking orders until everything is ready to sell, meaning all colors are painted, meshes are all installed, etc. I realize there have been delay after delay, and I apologize for that…but we’re doing the best we can to get them completed as quickly as possible. We’re just as frustrated about the delays as you are. There is far more demand for the grilles than we can produce, and there’s really no reason we wouldn’t try our best to get them out to you as quick as possible.

Update 8/20/08: It’s been a while since the last update. We have a decent inventory of grilles painted, and are slowly installing mesh as time permits. We’ll be starting to take orders soon, and will hopefully have an update with an actual date estimate by the end of the weekend. Until then, stay tuned, and please be patient. We have something like 200 people on a list that want grilles, and nowhere near that many…we are trying to get these out as quick as possible.

20 Responses to “S-Grille Update”

on 03 Jul 2008 at 5:05 pm1 jbdubz

what if i WANT the grille unpainted and unassembled???
on 03 Jul 2008 at 5:30 pm2 jbdubz

your 5.22 post states “we’ll have a VERY SMALL amount of unpainted grilles available”. has this changed? will you now have them available in other colors other than black and silver???
on 03 Jul 2008 at 6:37 pm3 Dave

We still plan on having a small amount of unpainted grilles, but the absolute final decision on that has not been made yet.

We will only be taking orders when we’re ready for everything, so unpainted grilles will not be available earlier.
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on 03 Jul 2008 at 8:04 pm5 jbdubz

cool cool. painted or unpainted, at this point it is moot. thanks dave.
on 05 Jul 2008 at 9:28 am6 Dara

Thanks for the update, i feel the same way like jbdubz, i would take either painted or unpainted grill, but i’ll wait like the others, thanks………
on 09 Jul 2008 at 2:48 am7 Rick

Will the mesh be joined to the grill frame? If so, is it easy to remove in order for us to get the frame painted locally?
on 09 Jul 2008 at 4:07 am8 iurie

hey dave i have a question for you!

can you show us a picture what if would look like

without the car just the grill itself!! i want to see what it looks like!! thanks a lot!!
on 09 Jul 2008 at 10:26 am9 Dave

@iurie - Can you please e-mail me directly with questions that are unrelated to the post?

You can see what an S4.1 grille looks like off the car here:

http://www.activetuning.com/blog/2006/05/nissan-maxima-s41-preview.php

@Rick - The mesh will be attached to the grille. It would have to be grinded off to remove it, but the body shop should have no problem with that.
on 10 Jul 2008 at 5:30 pm10 iurie

dave i have 2 questions!!

1) when they are ready to be ordered how long
does it take for them to get shipped??

2) are they going to be done in the next 2 weeks??
on 15 Jul 2008 at 2:10 pm11 Derrick

Let me know when they will be ready to purchase.i need a black ser grille.
on 18 Jul 2008 at 9:15 am12 Derrick

wanted to know if grilles were ready yet
on 18 Jul 2008 at 9:20 am13 Dave

@Derrick - You’ll get an e-mail and we’ll be posting when they’ll be ready for ordering.

Part of the entire batch is done with painting, but we’re not going to be taking any orders until everything is complete.
on 23 Jul 2008 at 8:43 am14 jbdubz

dave???????

‘S Grilles Limited Availability Coming In Weeks’, should read, ‘S Grilles Limited Availability Coming in Months, Maybe Years’!!!!!
on 26 Jul 2008 at 2:08 pm15 iurie

just get them at ebay !

i dont know if there is any difference between

here and ebay!
on 30 Jul 2008 at 9:48 am16 jbdubz

do it iurie! that will leave one more grille for someone else!
on 02 Aug 2008 at 8:42 pm17 PDOM

I’m very interested in a S2 grill - sheer silver, black powdercoat mesh with nissan emblem…please include me on the email list for availablity!
on 04 Aug 2008 at 9:24 pm18 jonathan

please count me in for charcoal 2005 s5 grille with oval holes….. muchos cudos for the outstanding looking product.
on 08 Aug 2008 at 8:31 pm19 Altimatum

I’m interested in an S5 grille (smoke grey, w/ black powdercoat mesh). Let me know when they are ready.
on 14 Aug 2008 at 11:07 pm20 Dara

what’s the update? Havent heard from you since july 18th.

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