Interesting, to me it looked like it just had a very thin metal rod running round the perimeter, rather than the large flat piece of metal on the current design of mesh grille for the crossfire.

And it looked recessed more, which I actually like. The front end just looks like a big scoop for air that way

Well I still like the way it looks from a distance... if someone could make one of those that looked good up close, I'd be in for sure!

In any case, I like the idea of the ABS mesh. Had you considered using a similar pattern mesh as the lower grilles between the fog lamps?