How To? install mesh grille
Nov 27, 2004, 11:09 PM
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I got mine done with the gutter mesh thingies. I got them a Lowe's though and they were like 1.50 a piece! The only thing is the mesh itself was made for small gutter stuff so you have careful cutting it or you'll end up with something that won't cover the whole thing. I had a little problem with the large bottom one so I'll post pics when it's fixed. Foglights aren't done yet.
2 mesh was enough for the bottom one and the 2 top ones . I've yet to check if the leftover would be enough for the foglights so 3 will be enough.
Total: mesh + paint 'bout $20 (primer + the color paint)
Time to cut/paint 12hours
Total time to install: 1 1/2 day (counting paint time and breaks
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2 mesh was enough for the bottom one and the 2 top ones . I've yet to check if the leftover would be enough for the foglights so 3 will be enough.
Total: mesh + paint 'bout $20 (primer + the color paint)
Time to cut/paint 12hours
Total time to install: 1 1/2 day (counting paint time and breaks
)
Nov 28, 2004, 01:13 PM
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yeah Im actualy workin on my mesh right now..I just got done painting this stuff I bought at home depot,Im putting 3 coats of black on it.Then My order from summit racing came in the (black powdercoated unaversal grille) http://store.summitracing.com/
thats what they say it looks like but it really looks like this
It doesnt look like what they say on their site..
The stuff I bought from home depot comes like this:
After I painted it it came out like this
Looks good but it wasnt wide enough for some parts of my bumper,so thats why I have to use the other stuff also..
thats what they say it looks like but it really looks like this
It doesnt look like what they say on their site..
The stuff I bought from home depot comes like this:
After I painted it it came out like this
Looks good but it wasnt wide enough for some parts of my bumper,so thats why I have to use the other stuff also..
Dec 24, 2004, 05:04 PM
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I plan on doing this mod too and go to Home Depot or something. I know Mitsubishi sells the same thing for an *** raping $200+. Given the relative ease of doing it yourself I can't understand why they'd charge that... or better yet, who would pay that. If it were $50 I might consider it, but even that would be a bit much for simple wire mesh.
Mar 23, 2005, 01:53 PM
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hey i did my grills and it was not an easy task to get the mnesk to stay on the back of the plastic grill, can you post some pics on how u did this also?
Mar 25, 2005, 02:16 PM
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thanks! worked hard to get it work..lol it looked kinda ghetto at 1st.. but i refined it..and wahhLLah! theres my crill..nothin better than saving extra bucks.. and u did it yah self.. then come out to look better than oem..lol
Jul 1, 2005, 07:28 AM
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im gonna do this over the weekend.... so let me ask this first to make sure i got this down
-after i sand the inserts, cut out the mesh, i use the bondo stuff to glue the mesh on the back of the inserts? is that what you do to make the mesh stick?!!
i just need to make sure before i start this... i dont want to **** anything up
-after i sand the inserts, cut out the mesh, i use the bondo stuff to glue the mesh on the back of the inserts? is that what you do to make the mesh stick?!!
i just need to make sure before i start this... i dont want to **** anything up
Jul 25, 2005, 01:48 PM
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