Early Ke25 Late Front

[abbott]

has anyone successfully managed to put a late model ke25 grill etc on an early model ke25?

 

the owner before me put a late model grill and the strip

across the front on and it just looks wrong.

 

do the late model corner garnishes fit onto the early?

 

do the later model have a bigger headlight cause the early one looks tiny.

 

or should I just go back to early grill haha?

 

also is there a te27 grill that will go on the early model?

 

sorry for silly questions just having a think.

 

cheers Abbott

[Redwarf]

has anyone successfully managed to put a late model ke25 grill etc on an early model ke25?

 

No, I've always had the early front. I think it looks better. :)

 

the owner before me put a late model grill and the strip

across the front on and it just looks wrong.

 

do the late model corner garnishes fit onto the early?

As far as I know they do. However you don't have the indicator in the garnish, as the lates have it in the guard,and not on the corner garnish.

do the later model have a bigger headlight cause the early one looks tiny.

 

or should I just go back to early grill haha?

Yes. It looks better. :)

[robj]

has anyone successfully managed to put a late model ke25 grill etc on an early model ke25?

 

 

I dummy fitted the late model grill to my early model just for fun, and it is doable, but requires very slight modification.... slightly different mounting positions. BUT with the late model "pointed grill" (similar to LJ Torana's point) makes it stick out ahead of the straight (read shorter) bonnet. That's the ugly look, IMO.

 

FYI about fitment: I've owned an early AND late model KE25 AND an early model KE20 all atthe same time. They all had different mounting points for the grills, but nothing a small bit of metal could soon fix.

 

And I agree with Redwarf, the early model look better :yes:

 

 

robj

Edited October 21, 2011 by robj