Home made grill help plz!
IH8S810
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Wichita, KS
Originally posted by 95AccordEXR
ok... little update for me. reading this thread made me get my ass in gear and finish up my own grill. Like AadosX, I had the cutting and filling done, but was stuck on the mesh install part.
here's a few pics of what I did in the last few hours.
here I cut out a cardboard guide the size of the hole. I used it to cut the mesh (a cm bigger all around the edge). I trimmed as necessary and bent the outter edge in using a bench vise.
here I used a soldering iron and matches to melt the grill into the plastic. I also melted extra plastic (pieces I cut away eariler) onto the grill and then melted it all together... like spot welding.
here it is assembled and ready for paint. More pics tomorrow!
ok... little update for me. reading this thread made me get my ass in gear and finish up my own grill. Like AadosX, I had the cutting and filling done, but was stuck on the mesh install part.
here's a few pics of what I did in the last few hours.
here I cut out a cardboard guide the size of the hole. I used it to cut the mesh (a cm bigger all around the edge). I trimmed as necessary and bent the outter edge in using a bench vise.
here I used a soldering iron and matches to melt the grill into the plastic. I also melted extra plastic (pieces I cut away eariler) onto the grill and then melted it all together... like spot welding.
here it is assembled and ready for paint. More pics tomorrow!
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Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Birmingham, AL
Tonight I made my grill part fit in there, although it isn't quite as good as yours. It will do. I am going to paint it tomorrow, and then post some pics of the grill w/ mesh, but the OEM paint for the grill doesn't come in till April 21.