I had my mini grill pc'd too. I cut out the little honeycomb plastic piece when i originally installed my (chrome)mini grill so you couldnt see it behind the mini grill. When i swapped to a black grill, the chrome looked retarded so i either had to buy that plastic honey comb piece or pc my chrome mini grilll--in my opinion the black gloss pc looks better than the honeycomb plastic and it was cheaper....well actually it was free

. I prefer your black pc'd side vents to the plastic ones anyday.
I went from this:
To this:
