Silly question about front grill.
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I was washing my car today and i decided to give the grill a good clean, whilst i was drying the grill area i noticed that behind my grill there were flaps which were closed. Now this is where i get confused as my car is a 2004, I thought that only the 2007 > had these as part of the Efficient Dynamics. Am i looking at the same things here?
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Originally Posted by Bob525D' post='793340' date='Feb 15 2009, 08:20 PM
I was washing my car today and i decided to give the grill a good clean, whilst i was drying the grill area i noticed that behind my grill there were flaps which were closed. Now this is where i get confused as my car is a 2004, I thought that only the 2007 > had these as part of the Efficient Dynamics. Am i looking at the same things here?
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Originally Posted by Bob525D' post='793340' date='Feb 15 2009, 06:20 PM
I was washing my car today and i decided to give the grill a good clean, whilst i was drying the grill area i noticed that behind my grill there were flaps which were closed. Now this is where i get confused as my car is a 2004, I thought that only the 2007 > had these as part of the Efficient Dynamics. Am i looking at the same things here?
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Anybody got a pic? Now I'm curious.
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='793567' date='Feb 16 2009, 02:32 AM
Anybody got a pic? Now I'm curious.
.This pic was taken during my mtech install. Those flaps are visible through grilles when bumper is in its place too.
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Originally Posted by Anzafin' post='793450' date='Feb 15 2009, 09:52 PM
My car is 2004 too and I have them also. It's been discussed a lot here and it seems that some people have them, some don't, whatever model year the car is.
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Originally Posted by MacSid' post='793797' date='Feb 16 2009, 09:39 AM
Did that other discussion not come to the conclusion that these may be related to the cold weather pack? I seem to recall, for some reason, that the discussion went in that direction. My car does not have them, but I have seen similar-aged ones across the border in Germany that do.
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Originally Posted by MacSid' post='793797' date='Feb 16 2009, 07:39 AM
Did that other discussion not come to the conclusion that these may be related to the cold weather pack? I seem to recall, for some reason, that the discussion went in that direction. My car does not have them, but I have seen similar-aged ones across the border in Germany that do.