I would have to say looks good. I think that was one of the first mods i did to my X was get rid of dumbo ears.
Jrod. Looks good. Like a couple of peeps said I would paint the grill while your at it or down the road. DANP has his grill painted white on his X and it looks awesome(better then balck and white)
try and do the bar and the grill would look much smother