purely cosmetic or is there a functional purpose?

 

Just a cosmetic mod. It does look much better than the cheap plastic OEM pieces. Sometimes a little visual bling is nice. People do that on other parts all the time.

 

Yeah I’m kinda confused. Looks like an answer to a question no one asked?

 

There are always many different mods that are only a cosmetic mod. Why is that so hard to understand? People do that with dress up bolt kits, CF pieces, and many other things. People sure loved the way it looked at cars and coffee today.

 

Well, if you've ever removed the stock ones, they get all janked-up. On an SE hatch, I pulled one to run an amp power wire and had to order a new one for the customer. (I coulda glued it, but that's bad business.)

Would I buy these for a GR? No, but only because the battery is out back...

 

My OEM ones are just fine. I could easily reuse them. You just have to know how to remove them properly.

 

Were they heavier or lighter than the oem ones?

 

The OEM ones are plastic and these are powder coated aluminum so weight isn't an issue either way.

 

Does it do a better or worse job at keeping water out of engine bay after car wash?

 

Well, since I just installed them I'll have to see the next time I wash my car.

 

They look good, I'll use your pics for reference when I get mine installed...

 

Man I m having issues taking out the stock retaining clip!

 

This might help:

@JimsGarageToys said there's a tricky way of getting the stock one out. I thought he would post a video by now. I get my shrouds Friday. I hope the install goes well...

 

Thanks, I just broke them and ripped them out and worked fine too .....hahahah

 

Well there are a lot of clips under the hood so I'm not sure. If you look at my video you could tell me that better. It's a weird type of clip that I've never seen before.

 

@JimsGarageToys here it is on an icecap:

 

by themselves, these fender shrouds look out of place. But with your red aftermarket cooling plate, they do fit in very nicely even if the color is slightly off.

 

Mine showed up yesterday, going in this weekend. Have to find that video so I don't destroy the fasteners.

 

They sure were a $#@! taking off those fasteners...

 

Installed mine yesterday, the fasteners were a bit of a hassle but not bad. I also added a bit of vinyl to the fuse box cover for the hell of it. See if it lasts. Going back and forth on the Tanabe cooling plate now to make it complete, leaning towards a yes.

 

I've been looking at options to powder coat or paint the pieces I'm adding so that the red is the same as the red on the engine cover.