Anthony Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) I just received my new (Ebay bought) Zetec Style Grille. I was cheap, so I figured what do I have to lose? I never liked the look of the solid plastic ribbed grille on the 2012 - 2014 Foci, but thought the opening could look better. Overseas, they offered the Focus with a Zetec package which gave it a honeycomb style grille. This replacement grille is basically a copy of that. Here's an example (not my car): I'll be installing this in the coming week and try to document it. Here's what I got: Edited September 11, 2017 by Anthony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anthony Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Started on this today, got the bumper cover off and the new grilles installed in the bumper cover, I'll re-install the whole chimichanga tomorrow. Front bumper comes off pretty easy. About 50,145 bolts and retainers. Kinda Mad Max meets very ugly. Removed the old boring grille inserts. Snapped in the new grille inserts. I like the piano black better then the dull matte finish of the old inserts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 FYI, removing the headlight bezels was unnecessary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Im just following this video. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Be sure to post the completed project. It's looking really good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 I just finished. I took some pics in the garage, but it is kinda dark and the car is filthy. But Ill post them anyway in a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Heres one Edited September 18, 2017 by Anthony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Sharp! I always thought that design theme was abandoned too early. It was just the Focus and Kuga/Escape right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I think that looks a lot nicer than stock. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Looks more like the grill they had on the titanium. I always liked it better until they messed it all up for MY2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) Heres one last I took in the sun today. Definitely like it better than the stock grille. Now I just gotta figure out how to mount my license plate since this has mounts for Euro plates. Edited September 24, 2017 by Anthony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmlfan Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Hey is there any trick to remove the grille inserts .I need to get at the horn but Im having a hard time getting the insert out, I don't want to break it lol Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tmlfan said: Hey is there any trick to remove the grille inserts .I need to get at the horn but Im having a hard time getting the insert out, I don't want to break it lol Thanks I did it the hard way (by taking the entire front bumper cover off). It was necessary because for the above swap you also had to cut some of the bumper supports for the new grille to fit. PS: I got rid of that car almost 2 years ago for my Ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmlfan Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Oh ok thanks for the quick reply !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT90SC Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Tmlfan said: Hey is there any trick to remove the grille inserts .I need to get at the horn but Im having a hard time getting the insert out, I don't want to break it lol Thanks You do not need to remove the bumper cover, there are two far easier ways to access. Both start with removal of the under engine cover. The way I prefer: Take the right (passenger's) fender liner out. It's right there and can be easily changed. The WSM: Take the black plastic piece that covers the bottom of the cooling module off the bumper. Make sure that the wiring isn't chewed up. We get rabbits all the time that hide there and get bored and chew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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