BklynRX7

hey i am unable to work for the next few weeks due to my mangle finger. While i cant do any real work, i figured i'd take care of some light bodywork i been neglecting. Well one of my intended tasks was to cut out the grill of my s5 bumper and replace it with some nice aluminum mesh. It seemed great in ym head however when i came across a write up on fc3s.org it ended up looking nasty. does anyone have any good pics of this mod to give me an idea of how itll turn out before I get to it?

gildardo

I have cut the Grill, but didn't replace it with anything.
It looks much better without it.

I take a pic.



Gil

eriksseven

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I can imagine aluminum looking somewhat ricey, but if it were painted flat black it might look better.. whatever, I'm not the "rice judge". How much does that stuff cost?

ilike2eatricers

I think a grill would look really nasty.

BklynRX7

Cheap on ebay, but the better quality stuff is liek 20 on cork sport. I saw an aluminum grill in that location on a nice 92 prelude, looked very tasteful. ill try it out and if it ooks like **** ill just leave it open.

gildardo

I think any grill looks taky...








Gil

eriksseven

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^wow, your front end looks very nice..

ddub

Agreed. Aluminum = ricey, painted black not so bad.

Mine is cut out, nothing in its place though.

gildardo

Thanks, althow I need to fix the licence mount thing, it's kind of croked as you can see.


gil

Madrx7racer

no grill looks better IMO


Ignore the minor body damage......it buffed out.

capn

EEEEEEEEEEEEk geez i wish i could get a good buffer to fix that

Madrx7racer

yeah...i over buffed it tho....messed up my paint......it turned my red TII into a black GTUsTII with a white hood....

NZConvertible

DO NOT under any circumstances be temped to run with out a grille or mesh of some type. I learned that the hard way when I sucked in a plastic bag that completely covered the oil cooler, sending temps upward quickly...

I used 10x10mm wire mesh, cut on a 45deg angle and painted black. We have a huge roll of this stuff at work, but I'm sure you could get the same stuff for no more than a few bucks.

SonicRaT

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Also keeps rocks out of your $1000 intercooler

BklynRX7

Im gonna do the mesh painted black. i just saw it on my friends M3 and it looks quite nice. My only problem now is finding a new wayto hang my tag, any suggestion? Imma look in strauss for some cheap plate holder i can hook inside and keep a hole in the mesh for.

LizardFC

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Sorry to be OT, but NZConvertible - What color is that car? I've been looking for pics of a Shadow Silver FC - is that Shadow Silver Metallic or Harbor Blue Metallic?

EDiddy

lmao
nice
sad to see such a nice car get totaled but nice to see you are ok and have returned with a GTU

Madrx7racer

i seriously cried..........but yeah...I'm ok Thanks.

NZConvertible

Look at mine. It's just the stock bracket.

It's a very dark green. It's the same colour used on the Infini IV's. It's also very dirty (it's been raining all week). Better pics are coming soon.