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Chrome Grille Overlay

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My Pat is a 2008. I bought it not quite a year old and the first owner had a chrome grille overlay installed. I like it allot. A friend of mine just bought a new 2010 Pat just because he liked mine. He also wants a chrome overlay and asked the folks at the shop that did his window tint to get him one. He was told that there weren't grilles for the 2010 and that ones that fit a 2007 -2009 wouldn't fit his. I think this is bull, but I thought I would ask you guys. Did they change the front end at all on the 2010. I thought they were all the same on the outside until 2011 and that there were only minor interior changes in 2009.

So what do you think?

There are several listed on E-bay and several pop up on Google.

Thanks for the help.
 
#2 ·
As far as I know you are correct -- no changes to the grille until 2011.

Here's an idea he might like that I did to my Pat. It's cheap and easy... chrome door trim on the grille. (more pics in my album)

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#4 ·
I bought a grille overlay which was advertised for a 2010 off ebay for $99 from some guy calling himself 'bling king.' The overlay fit exactly as it should and I am satisfied with it, just look around the ebay auctions for the auction that has actual images of the one the guy put on a Patriot and buy it from him. The auction even says it has a 3 year warranty.
 
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not sure if it's the same one u ordered Rzes, but i got one coming from andym22, for 14.99 +shipping, hope i can post the pic with this thread, newbie here..lol
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am still waiting for mine to arrive, but just learnt how to post the pic from som gd peeps here on forum, let's see if it works, this pic is from the ebay seller andym22, 14.99 US, which is almost the same as Can these days...:)
 

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Just to fill in, my friend has his on order now.
attached is a pic of the one that came with mine and since it came with it I don't really know where it came from or what kind it is.

thanks to those who helped to figure out that '10s are the same front end as the others.

I like the chrome strips that go over the black ribs in the grill holes. Not sure if that would be too much with the overlay or not.

this is a pic of mine
 

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#17 ·
Please disregard my previous post, after a side by side inspection I've seen that there are some significant changes to the grill on the 2011. Where the plastic is squared off at the bottom of the holes on the previous models, the 11 tapers up making the size of the slots different. Apparently the distributor was misinformed.
 
#18 ·
Rzes: i just got mine popped in today, just like yours, it looks ALOT better real life than the picture! thanks for the idea! next week will install the nerf bar and retangular fogs on the grill, can't wait!
 
#20 ·
Of all the grille designs I prefer the Startech ones which are 7 seperate items rather than the one large overlay which personally I think looks a bit on the bulky side. The only problem is the price , about ÂŁ190 for a set. Does anybody Know of anybody apart from Startech who make these at a more realistic price.
 

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