Been thinking about my Grill....

i had a 72 swinger with a blacked out grille and the only thing i didnt like about it was from far it looked like the car was missing a grille. so i changed it to an original silver one and it made the car look better from far.

so if you do a blacked out grille, just make sure and highlight it somehow so it dont look like its missing from 40 feet away

I have noticed the same thing.
Unless there is something breaking up the grille then it appears not to even have one and the car looks incomplete. The one below looks good because of the chrome that is on it.