Lower Front Drivers Grill Question
03-10-2018, 10:35 PM
#1
Lower Front Drivers Grill Question
The car in questions is a 2001 TT Quattro 225.
A while back the lower front grill on the drivers (US) fell out. Im pretty sure i popped it loose when i bumped a curb sometime ago.
I recently purchased a new used part. When going to snap it in I realized that there is actually an intake or cooler of some kind behind that grill.
the grill I bought has a solid plastic plate blocking off the intake.
My question is, Is that the right grill? or is there a different part for the Quattro 225 models that are more open to allow air to flow in?
A while back the lower front grill on the drivers (US) fell out. Im pretty sure i popped it loose when i bumped a curb sometime ago.
I recently purchased a new used part. When going to snap it in I realized that there is actually an intake or cooler of some kind behind that grill.
the grill I bought has a solid plastic plate blocking off the intake.
My question is, Is that the right grill? or is there a different part for the Quattro 225 models that are more open to allow air to flow in?
03-11-2018, 05:35 AM
#2
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The car in questions is a 2001 TT Quattro 225.
A while back the lower front grill on the drivers (US) fell out. Im pretty sure i popped it loose when i bumped a curb sometime ago.
I recently purchased a new used part. When going to snap it in I realized that there is actually an intake or cooler of some kind behind that grill.
the grill I bought has a solid plastic plate blocking off the intake.
My question is, Is that the right grill? or is there a different part for the Quattro 225 models that are more open to allow air to flow in?
A while back the lower front grill on the drivers (US) fell out. Im pretty sure i popped it loose when i bumped a curb sometime ago.
I recently purchased a new used part. When going to snap it in I realized that there is actually an intake or cooler of some kind behind that grill.
the grill I bought has a solid plastic plate blocking off the intake.
My question is, Is that the right grill? or is there a different part for the Quattro 225 models that are more open to allow air to flow in?
03-13-2018, 12:26 AM
#3
If it is the center grill, no it is not an intake. However it does go to the radiator, so you will be limiting air flow there. Either or both of the lower side grills (passenger side if 180hp, or both passenger and drivers side if 225hp) do however go to the vehicles intercoolers. If you bought a used OEM part you are fine. part of the outer two grills are actually blocked off with solid plastic on the outer most edges.
Its the 225 lower side grills. I had just noticed that only half was blocked off by that plastic cover on the one side that still had a grill. The new side grill i bought was block off completely.
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