what ya rekon good job?

22nd November 2010, 22:35

22nd November 2010, 22:40

Spot on fella, pics on the car??

22nd November 2010, 22:42

Looks good mate! You left yourself a hole in the mesh to get to your bonnet catch though?

22nd November 2010, 22:44

I did this... had to glue grill on.. fuck the hassle, brought myself a dimma grill, on its way now waiting..

22nd November 2010, 23:24

the glue and shit is all setting thought id leave it overnight, pics will be up tomorrow and was guna put the hole in when it was on the bonnet

23rd November 2010, 00:14

looks just like mine.. altho i have white chevrons

23rd November 2010, 00:16

i thought id keep them standard as i haveee not gota clue what colour code to go with aha

23rd November 2010, 00:33

heres a couple of pics of mine..

(needs lowering - lol.. my drive is on a slope)

Car now has black angel headlights, and white multispoke wheels

23rd November 2010, 00:35

nice man what did you use to remove the vents as I've seen the guide but don't have a dremmel. may do mine with matt black chevrons and colour coded outer

actually might not colour code as that looks pretty mean

23rd November 2010, 00:39

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Originally Posted by chris59

nice man what did you use to remove the vents

at the time i did mine i was in the middle of moving house so i had limited tools (all packed up and stuff)

so i used a small drill to put loads of holes along the top of each slat and snapped them out.. then used a file to smooth the rough edges..

sounds proper pikey i know.. but the results speak for them selves.

23rd November 2010, 00:42

hacksaw + hacksaw blade, wrapped some duct tape round if for a handle and bit of effort came off, then used files + sandpaper to smooth down, the hardest bit is the other fragile frame imo

23rd November 2010, 00:43

dano got any recent pics of your car, my mates got the same colour car ands looking for some ideas, thanks

23rd November 2010, 01:01

ummm

pretty much the same as this.. but has standard mirrors.. and the white chevrons
(the car in these pics belongs to the guy i bought the wheels from)

and a close up of the wheels

Will get some pics of mine when the weather gets nice again.. its filthy at the mo and back on vtr wheels for the winter

24th November 2010, 16:52

ahh niiice!
i see your from wales bud,
i need some new alloys, preferably black oz superturismos, if u know anyone gimme a pm?

24th November 2010, 21:26

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Originally Posted by DrewSaxo

ahh niiice!
i see your from wales bud,
i need some new alloys, preferably black oz superturismos, if u know anyone gimme a pm?

will do bud

24th November 2010, 21:58

where did you get the mesh from for this? looks smart m8

24th November 2010, 22:03

This is my grill mate
i kept my chevrons silver aswell and made up the badge
what you think?

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24th November 2010, 22:16

Any tips on reseating the rear section of the grill?

I split the two parts, removed the slats, cut the mesh to just oversize and reglued the rear back on but when on the car it doesn't fit flush (the rear section is tight but there's a gap between the bonnet and the rear of the front part of the grill) - it's cos the rear part is not exactly in the same place a before - I'm toying with the idea of trimming a bit off the screw housings so the grill sits further back.

Any help, suggestions of where I went wrong or how to fix much appreciated???

I can resplit it and start again if I can figure out what I did wrong - maybe there's too much oversize/hang of the grill which isn't allowing the rear section to seat correctly?

Any photos of the rear of these grills showing how to fix the mesh and rear section?

24th November 2010, 22:50

24th November 2010, 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtr-

I did this... had to glue grill on.. fuck the hassle, brought myself a dimma grill, on its way now waiting..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sexooo

It arrived then

24th November 2010, 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by LVC

It arrived then

Yeh

24th November 2010, 23:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by LVC

Any tips on reseating the rear section of the grill?

I split the two parts, removed the slats, cut the mesh to just oversize and reglued the rear back on but when on the car it doesn't fit flush (the rear section is tight but there's a gap between the bonnet and the rear of the front part of the grill) - it's cos the rear part is not exactly in the same place a before - I'm toying with the idea of trimming a bit off the screw housings so the grill sits further back.

Any help, suggestions of where I went wrong or how to fix much appreciated???

I can resplit it and start again if I can figure out what I did wrong - maybe there's too much oversize/hang of the grill which isn't allowing the rear section to seat correctly?

Any photos of the rear of these grills showing how to fix the mesh and rear section?

ughhh i had the problem.. abit hard to explain really

when you split the 2 halfs of the grill.. did you put the mesh between the 2 halfs.. or to the back of the back part..?

if that make sense.. lol

Edit:

cutting the housing where the screws go in should make it sit flush again

24th November 2010, 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dano_vT

ughhh i had the problem.. abit hard to explain really

when you split the 2 halfs of the grill.. did you put the mesh between the 2 halfs.. or to the back of the back part..?

if that make sense.. lol

Edit:

cutting the housing where the screws go in should make it sit flush again

Yes got you - the mesh is in between the two halves not on the back of the back.

brainbug suggested bending the metal tags a bit where the housing sits - which also sounds logical - I'll have a better look in the daylight tomorrow to see which option will work best.

It's not far out just enough to be annoying

Have a dimma grill fitted ATM but wanted the choice

24th November 2010, 23:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by LVC

Yes got you - the mesh is in between the two halves not on the back of the back.

brainbug suggested bending the metal tags a bit where the housing sits - which also sounds logical - I'll have a better look in the daylight tomorrow to see which option will work best.

It's not far out just enough to be annoying

Have a dimma grill fitted ATM but wanted the choice

i fitted the mesh to the back of the back pieces.. which allowed the front piece to be closer to the back and when i screwed it back to the bonnet it squashed the mesh in abit so it allowed the whole grill to sit flush to the bonnet.. its not perfect but ill work on it soon..

its not noticably sticking out tho.. im just a perfectionist.

24th November 2010, 23:58

OP you forgot to cut a hole for the bonnet catch

25th November 2010, 00:59

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Originally Posted by Sandy869

Looks good mate! You left yourself a hole in the mesh to get to your bonnet catch though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrewSaxo

the glue and shit is all setting thought id leave it overnight, pics will be up tomorrow and was guna put the hole in when it was on the bonnet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ciarannn

OP you forgot to cut a hole for the bonnet catch

sorry, he knows