My MV6 grille had a massive stone chip and crack in it, so I decided to look at doing summat different.
Not wanting to pay silly money for an Irmscher grille (sooo passe, dahling!), not a fan of the Steinmetz "cheesegrater" grille - but liking the look of the facelift grille with the chrome "stripe" as it makes the Omega look a little wider.
I bought an Opel grille from German ebay for £30(ish) posted.
I also bought a new griffin from British ebay for under a tenner.
Removed the Opel Blitz from the German grille, chopped out the centre of the Blitz but retained it's circle (new Griffin a tad smaller diameter) and outer tags (to line up with the stripe on the grille), then chopped the fitting lugs from the new Griffin and stuck the Griffin in it's place.

There's a little bit of white plastic showing (hard to get a pic of though) where the outer tags of the old Blitz meet the circle, but hey - it's not a new car is it!

German grille with Blitz removed.....


Blitz remodelled and Griffin (cable tied till Plexus cured) fitted.....



Lookin good....


Two grilles for comparison....


New Griffin grille fitted....


I'm happy!

You selling your old Standard Griffin grill by any chance as I'm looking for a replacement for mine ?. 

GooseMan wrote on 06. Mar 2010 at 17:15:


I'll keep it - just in case dude.

I like it ,
Its diffrent and it will make people look twice

I like it matey

Very different

It looks sick!... I bet a lot of people will be double taking that emblem when they see it rolling down the road...

Most will think its some kind of a new or custom fitment...

Like it a lot!

good job well done there, looks unique but normal if you know what i mean, almost like it should have came closely like that

Looks good Pete me likey a lot

Angie x