WTB early e3 silver / gray grille

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70roundtail02

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Looking for a set of early e3 grilles to fit to my new to me s1 2500.

Please let me know if you have a set looking for a new home.

Thanks
 
I bought this NOS grill from Egypt a few years ago - no memory why or how much. Never installed. The second one is well used.
The third one just went in the trash. No good.
So-NOS or well used. That’s 1/2 of the battle.

Make me an offer.

Be advised that I’m traveling most days so could take a week or 2 to ship.
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have you thought about just getting a regular e3 or e9 grille, match the color of your other gray grille and just paint the black one
 
rsporsche said:
just paint the black one
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A work for people who like it difficult. Matching colours is the easier part. Last time we gave up and painted both grilles with zinc primer which is slightly too dark. The critic section shall have fun with the car, too. But on close inspection of original grey grilles you'll find that the visible parts of the vertical slats are painted flat black. Thus they won't be noticed when looking from the front. To get the exact looks a lot of time, patience and covering tape is needed. If I remember correctly, 22 very small sections per grille must be taped. Please don't ask why we used the wrong grey but spent hours to keep the black.
 
information that i didn't know - THANKS. i have never seen one so i thought they were all gray.
 
Christoph said:
But on close inspection of original grey grilles you'll find that the visible parts of the vertical slats are painted flat black.
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… similarly the original E9 fender grills also had black vertical slats/ floating look, although less of a hassle than the E3 grills

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@Keshav weren't the original grilles of the e9 black? i have a 71 2800cs and mine are black. okay, i am not the original owner, and my car was repainted ... but the grilles look original (not refinished) and are an oxidized black.
 
rsporsche said:
@Keshav weren't the original grilles of the e9 black? i have a 71 2800cs and mine are black. okay, i am not the original owner, and my car was repainted ... but the grilles look original (not refinished) and are an oxidized black.
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AFAIK they had both, black and silver right from the start. The silver fender ones were mat with black vertical slats (like mine) and the hood grills were fully matt and or partially chrome/ matt (like mine). The newer ones are all chrome.
Im looking for a pair of hood grills in full matt just incase someone has some tucked away!,,
 
sorry - the above discussion was talking about the front grilles. understand about the matte silver fender (with chrome visible edges) / hood grilles vs the black ones.
 
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rsporsche said:
sorry - the above discussioni was talking about the front grilles. understand about the matte silver fender (with chrome visible edges) / hood grilles vs the black ones.
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Oh ok, E9 were black, maybe some very early 2800 cs had grey as did the early e3? Since they are interchangeable……
 
70roundtail02 said:
Looking for a set of early e3 grilles to fit to my new to me s1 2500.

Please let me know if you have a set looking for a new home.

Thanks
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I do have what you want and it is in good condition but I dont know the price if you need please let me know and tell me how much you want to pay or if you have any E9 switch or signal relay and signal switch or AC switch on the wheel I like to exchange
 
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