de slatted my grill today

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    gotta say best free mod other than de wiper looks so much cleaner and was an absolute peice of cake.

    unscrewd the gril,l got a hacksaw blade, cut the slats out, trim the rough bits off,
    bob's your uncle

    pics






    Dan
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    looks good mate, car still needs lowering tho lol
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    just posted in your progress thread, but ill post here too lol

    looks good but get it sprayed gloss black
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    looks reet nice that, i have a mk1 and it dont look as easy or even possible as that, so mine is currently drying with mesh on
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    Does look good man, plan on doing this soon!
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by danny-vts View Post
    looks good mate, car still needs lowering tho lol
    i know mate in the process of saving for the apex kit

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dano_vT View Post
    just posted in your progress thread, but ill post here too lol

    looks good but get it sprayed gloss black
    cheers mate and i think your right when my debadged grill gets here il take this 1 off and give it a paint

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mlawlan69 View Post
    looks reet nice that, i have a mk1 and it dont look as easy or even possible as that, so mine is currently drying with mesh on
    cant see it being as easy either mate dont think anything is as easy literally a 10 minute job well worth the effort


    Dan
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nathan-HxC View Post
    Does look good man, plan on doing this soon!
    do it mate its a doddle would be easier with a dremmel but hacksaw blade does the trick
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    Nice one mate looks much better
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    Looks much better now mate, how long did it take ya?
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    10/15 minutes its really easy when u get the grill out and have a look only thing to watch for is you dont cut any of the screw points out.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wile0ut View Post
    Btw forgot to ask yesterday, how did you get your fog lights looking like that? Have you been through an MOT with them like that too?
    Cheers
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    sanded primered and sprayed them matte black thers some pics on my thread of the process

    you dont need them for an mot i had a fog bulb out when i went through mot and it didnt fail

    and they haven't even got bulbs in now ther just used as blanks

    Dan
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wile0ut View Post
    sanded primered and sprayed them matte black thers some pics on my thread of the process

    you dont need them for an mot i had a fog bulb out when i went through mot and it didnt fail

    and they haven't even got bulbs in now ther just used as blanks

    Dan
    Ahh I see, I'd still like mine to be operational but wanted them tinted (with minimal effort) to match my headlights, cheers anyway
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    just get some tint spry then mate will be a doddle dont even need to sand them just spray staight on will have almost the same effect
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wile0ut View Post
    just get some tint spry then mate will be a doddle dont even need to sand them just spray staight on will have almost the same effect
    Didn't even think about this, haha cheers!
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