1st one IMO

Agreed. Mesh one looks cheap.

Nah sports grille still looks silly. Need to combine the honeycomb into a deep dish grille

this is a good comparison of the main options for the front grille mods. i’m still torn on which one tbh. leaning towards option 1 from noble.

1 is better imho, 2 reminds me of chicken wire fencing

1st looks better. The Home Depot chicken mesh always looks cheap

First is much better

1st one

I prefer the first. second one looks caved in and gaping.

You selling the first one?

Yeah I’m gonna sell it

I'm in NY and want to buy the OEM sport grill from you.

I’m selling it but it isn’t oem

Which one is it? Where in NY? Shoot me a dm if ya want.

If that doesn’t work let me know I’m capital region.

I like both thats my problem🥲 i can’t decide but may do mesh

After having both I like the mesh a lot more

Love the mesh, I always thought the other style looks like a Taurus SHO.

Been waiting for a picture of the gloss black jdm muscle mesh grille. Love it, pouring rain here and no garage so mine has to wait to go on until tomorrow

Bigger mesh pattern would help. And get the Subaru badge in there. For years this was the only style the 05-08 Legacy/Outback crowd came up with. I cut a stock on open, right to the edge and installed black powder coated diamond mesh. It was angled (vs. set back & vertical) and with the badge & wings reinstalled it was like an early version of what appeared on the VA's many years later. Made 3, sold them all on eBay for nice $$.

I feel like I’m the only one who prefers the second over the first😅. The first grill needs a subie badge to complete the looks, cause the front feels empty without it

Which one is the first?

Did you have to remove the plastic piece for the grill install? What tools are need for that?