[arvind71181]

Originally Posted by Keynote

Thanks Arvind. Costed us 374 Swedish Krona's ie Rs.3000/-.

For the non-chrome lovers, the simplest thing MSIL could have done is given us atleast an option to buy these Euro Spec Grills as an accessory here in India. How I wish this alone could have had some additional impact on the sales numbers .

Wow that is so much value for money for what it offers. Time to stalk some swedish sites I guess and hope that they deliver as I do not know anyone there

[sudeepg]

Originally Posted by Keynote

Here are some Customary pictures post the Euro Grill installation. More pictures will be shared at a later date. I now have BOLD answers if someone refers to "looks" of my tusker

Superb transformation KeyNote. Two things

1. The water fall design of the Euro spec grille looks great on the S-cross in my personal opinion.
2. Grey and black combo truly makes this a tusker

Having owned a city 3rd gen, I always liked the waterfall design and this grill design flows with the front end of the S-Cross too.

I'll likely upgrade to these grills sometime in the future. For now, budgets are exhausted.

[Keynote]

Originally Posted by kpzen

Incredible transformation.

A BIG thanks to you KP. You were among the 1st ones (in tbhp) to get these Euro spec grills installed and made us feel jealous over the drool-worthy pictures you've shared so far. And ofcourse, without Arun wouldn't have been possible to bring them here for Sandeep & Myself from Sweden.

Originally Posted by jaunthead

Made for each other- the grey color and the grill.

Originally Posted by arvind71181

Your car looks smashing.

Originally Posted by pannags

this takes the style quotient a notch above the restyled version

Yes, completely agree. Heck this grill looks much much better than the toothy chrome grills on the facelift now.

Originally Posted by sudeepg

Superb transformation, The water fall design of the Euro spec grille looks great on the S-cross. I'll likely upgrade to these grills sometime in the future.

+1 to that. The Euro spec grill would any day look better than the two-slat CHROME grill we have on the pre-facelift version. So, go get it Sudeep.

A friend of mine Sandeep got the Euro grills too. Lets see how it looks on the White shade. Plus, with the risk of being repeating the pictures sharing the ones on Grey shade too to give an idea how it looks on different shades.

PS : Sharing these pictures of White Scross based on Owner's consent.

Sandeep's Crossover


Keynote's Crossover


Sandeep's Crossover from another angle


Keynote's Crossover from another angle

[arvind71181]

Originally Posted by Keynote

A BIG thanks to you KP. You were among the 1st ones (in tbhp) to get these Euro spec grills installed and made us feel jealous over the drool-worthy pictures you've shared so far. And ofcourse, without Arun wouldn't have been possible to bring them here for Sandeep & Myself from Sweden.

All these pics are doing is making me want them more . Any way to get these online? My searches did not yield any results at all.

[Keynote]

Originally Posted by arvind71181

All these pics are doing is making me want them more . Any way to get these online? My searches did not yield any results at all.

Sorry to have caused you this sweet trouble Arvind. The grills were bought from authorized Suzuki dealership in Sweden and were hand carried back.

Not sure about other online options, but have you checked "aliexpress" url?

[Dr.Naren]

Originally Posted by Keynote

Sharing these pictures of White Scross based on Owner's consent.

The Euro grill makes the car look much wider .

Originally Posted by arvind71181

My searches did not yield any results at all.

OE S-Cross global grill is available in many countries(Europe) . They don't ship to India. I will share the part number, hope it's useful for you

[Sree73]

Ali express has this grill type but in chrome. Could not see the black one.

[Keynote]

Originally Posted by Sree73

Ali express has this grill type but in chrome. Could not see the black one.

Yes, it is available in aliexpress. One can always get it de-chromed at 3M etc., if they can't procure from any of the European countries.

[Keynote]

Tusker crossed 20,000 KMs milestone during a weekend drive with like minded folks and it has never let me down anywhere.

Sharing few pictures of the drive.



Panaromic Sun-roof ?


Vendor photo-bombed


Another one with the Brown Buns


The picture that motivated everyone for this drive


Much needed pampering at Feynlab prior to the drive (for more pictures : http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/bangal...ml#post4296965)



Jr.Bhpian with his favourite friend and doesn't care whether its detailed or not

[Keynote]

Had a great holiday season driving through the roads in our God's own country-Kerala, Coimbatore and Pollachi and covered almost 2000 KMs over the last 10 days.





Tusker is doing absolutely fine and is in good health . Happy new year wishes to all, keep revving, live to drive!

[Vid6639]

Originally Posted by Keynote

Had a great holiday season driving through the roads in our God's own country-Kerala, Coimbatore and Pollachi and covered almost 2000 KMs over the last 10 days.

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Tusker is doing absolutely fine and is in good health . Happy new year wishes to all, keep revving, live to drive!

Really really hope you got the car pressure washed after that and checked. Sea water is like acid on the car. Possible the worst torture to a car than anything is driving it through the sea water.

[Keynote]

Originally Posted by Vid6639

Really really hope you got the car pressure washed after that and checked. Sea water is like acid on the car. Possible the worst torture to a car than anything is driving it through the sea water.

Yes Vid, thank you for the pointers and advice.
Could not resist experiencing the drive-in beach at Kannur but limited it to a 15 minute drive. Later got the car washed thoroughly within 24 hours at a reputed 3M outlet.

[Keynote]

Throwback Tuesday :

Just another day for Tusker at the Hills with some awesome company
As a co-passenger, had a lot of fun climbing up the hills while my stock car was driven by fellow bhpian friend kpzen.

Tusker performed seamlessly without breaking a sweat.



This picture was taken while driving down the hills.

Picture Credits: kpzen

[Keynote]

Hello Friends, this is a customary post after almost 5 months in this thread.

"It's an achievement to live a low profile life in today's world and the role of various forms of media" - pretty profound as said by one of my friend recently. So on a similar thought process, here is my "tusker" celebrating 2 glorious years of ownership and having clocked 31,000 KMs.

Low profile car but now with ~140 bhp and ~390 NM torque



Cost of Ownership at TWO year mark :

Upgrades /Maintenance etc. in the past one year.

XP Micro Projector Fog Lamps - Rs.14,000/-
20K paid service at BIMAL service center - Rs.10000/-
30K paid service at BIMAL service center - Rs. 6300/-
Wheel allignment & balacing done at Madhu's -~Rs.2200/-
Wolf remap done upon odo reaching 25K kms - Rs.25000/-
Ddpai Mini2 dashcam with 32gb memory stick and hardwiring kit - Rs.7400/-
Fuel Bills - ~Rs.70,000/-
Periodic washing charges - Rs.5000/-
3rd year comprehensive insurance renewal - Rs.25123/-
Grand Total - ~ Rs.165023/-

Enough of talking i guess. Lets see the two parting shots as I sign off for the day.

Resting after a highway blast


In the basement (monochrome effect), because I prefer not to be in the limelight.


Picture Credits : iphone6s

[Keynote]

A dear friend of mine reminded that I forgot to add the cost of most sought after Euro Grills which costed ~3000 INR in my previous post.

Anyways, did a 1400 KMs trip recently to Goa and the details are posted in the below URL. Tusker drank close to two tank full of diesel during this trip.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route...ml#post4482317 (Bangalore - Goa : Route Queries)



After remap, vehicle was being driven the way it is supposed to be driven . Hence got an unscheduled engine oil change alone done at 35k KMs at a negligible labor cost.

Cost of engine Oil + Oil filter Rs.3763/- including GST.
Cost of labor Rs.245/- including GST.

No other work was carried out as the Works Manager and the SA at BIMAL are very accommodating and knew that most of the parts would be replaced during the 40k paid service.
Having said that, the car is still with first set of stock break pads and works like a charm without an issue.

Courtesy team-bhp, both the car and myself are feeling fit as ever -