The lower valence is in place.
It fits alright, but it covers a lot of the intercooler. the bottom of the cooler is at the 13" mark. If I use this valence, I will cut some openings to let air get to the cooler.
Here an ugly surrond and broken inset are hanging in place. The surround fits fine, but...
...the insert hits the intercooler. The cooler is holding it out about a half inch.
Studying the insert, if I cut the grids out of the four big slots, it looks loke it would fit. So, using the cut-off wheel in the die grinder I cut about a half inch off the back of the two big openings on the driver's side. Mmmmm... the smell of burning plastic.
After cutting out the back half inch, whis included the grids, It fit better, but this stud is now hitting the insert.
After a little strategic notching with the cut-off tool, it fits pretty good.
It does change the look a little. You can see the new on the driver's side and the old on the passenger side. If he wanted, a person could put some kind of mesh or something back there to give the grill a custom look. The end of the story is....It os possible to get an intercooler behind th factory non-intercooled grill ... sorta...
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