US vs Euro grilles - What's the difference?

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  • funcrew
    E30 Fanatic
    • Jun 2007
    • 1223

    #1

    US vs Euro grilles - What's the difference?

    Could somebody post side-by-side pics of the 2 grille styles? I can't tell from the Euro pics what's different or why the Euros are an upgrade.

    Thanks!
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  • E30Kaiser
    E30 Mastermind
    • Mar 2008
    • 1790

    #2
    US Grille have a gap at the top of where the lights are. Euros dont, here are two bad pictures:



    first being US obviously and 2nd Euro. It is probably one of those questions that is too simple to even search for. The stripping makes it a little hard to see in the 2nd pic so I included the first one of a US grille.
    "We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time"-Colin McCrae

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    • funcrew
      E30 Fanatic
      • Jun 2007
      • 1223

      #3
      E30Kaiser, thanks for the info.

      So my '92 cabrio came to me with "eyebrows" already installed over the lights - those would cover the area of difference, right? I don't like the eyebrows & plan to remove them; thinking about other options.

      Edit - the Euros also look like a few of the open slots are filled in at the top inboard of the headlights.
      "If the sky were to fall tomorrow, the tall would die first."

      -Dr. Paul Forrester



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      • Sam Cogley
        E30 Addict
        • Jun 2008
        • 521

        #4
        The Euro grills also have thicker bars (the US grilles are more hollow in back), and the bars are more defined in the smaller areas around the lights - especially the lower triangle. On the US grilles those bars are very shallow, on the Euros they're full depth. Plus, with the Euro grilles, you get the holes for the headlight wipers. Now to find a set of headlight wipers...

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