front hood grill owners - look here

front hood grill owners - look here

altis style front hood grills look more "open" than the stock front hood grill. (that is, it looks like more rain can get through altis style front hood grills than the stock front grill)...if so, i'm curious if anyone knows or thinks that this could cause any problems in any component under the hood.

just me being paranoid again - Yoda

no, cuz all it will do is get your horn and your radiator wet. the horn is pretty well sealed and it can harm the radiator.

He means "Can't" harm the radiator.

Its not an issue at all. Yo can drive in a rain strom with the hood open and wont do any damage. The electrical compnents that you need to worry about are all covered up good anyway.

thanx stinky, i mistyped that.
good lookin out bro.

what about the alternator. when i wash my engine, i cover up that, the fuse box, sensors and open wires with plastic bags.

i would rather go with the stock or the Taiwanese Vertical grille
like this...

it gives you the look + protection as well

Since our car has a coil pack on the end of each plug, and since those are under that plastic engine cover thats all that really matters. The alt will get wet and they are made to handle that. Most the wiring in there is covered with a small platic coating, it looks like thousands of bare wires, but they really are sealed up tight. And its also unlicky for water to get in the fuse box under there. Really you are going waaay onto the caution side when you cover all that stuff up. I am more worried when I wash my car that I diudnt close the sunroof tight or something. I have never worried about getting my engine wet.

uhm.. interesting.. but i still want the vertical Altis style coz its something special and gives a factory kinda unique look , just my opinion

you mean taiwanese altis grille.... this is the JDM grill, well JDM Corolla i should say...

Ookay... my bad , i meant taiwanese altis grill
and er.. i dont think the JDM version will fit on our rollas too, coz the design is kinda diff.

thanks

hey all,

thanks a lot for the info...i cant wait for my grill to come in.

later

they seen like the mesh grill i will get soon. i think he just add the toyota emebl in the ceneter.becasue i didn't see any vertical .

brighten up ur screen a little.. u can see the vertical grills

I can see the slats fine.

But dont the new Saturns or Kia's have a virticly slated grill like that? I know theres some little car that dose, maby im thinking of the Toy Avalons? Who knows, i gues it dosnt matter, hehe

Trevor

oh yeah Toyota Avalon has something similar to that grill as well
i m imagining how that taiwanese altis grill is gonna look on my Indigo Ink Pearl Rolla S

where can i get those Taiwanese grill?

yah where can u get it? btw it's not only taiwan that uses that grill. it's also malaysia www.altis.com.my

oh yah iono if the JDM grills are really japanese corollas cuz these are japanese corollas:

http://www.toyota.co.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/CorollaSedan/index.html
and a better picture of them is this
http://www.toyota.co.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/CorollaSedan/menu/frame/exterior.html

i have nothing against it. i love the way it looks and im getting one too as soon as i have enough money. i just dont think it's really JDM Altis grill is the correct term, but maybe just Altis Grill

its just called JDM by the Ebay sellers. It help them get some extra keywords in the description to generate more traffic to the listing. Now everyone has to call it "JDM" or else the ppl that dont know would think they were 2 different things. You would also be surprized how many ppl there are out there that buy it just coz they think it is "JDM"

haha i was one of htem too. i was telling my friend to get JDM. but when i bought my corolla, i started researching and i found out it's not really JDM haha.

Does anybody know where can i get those?