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Old 04-27-2009, 11:17 AM   #1
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DIY - Adding Front Lower Grill Mesh
By popular demand, how to eliminate your stock, painted lower grill and add a mesh insert.

(Garm had given me the idea to do this. )

What you will need:

Sawzall
Wire cutters
Black spraypaint (I used Satin Black)
Gutter Guard (mesh grill) - I bought mine from Lowe's. Came in a 5-pack for $9.

Steps:

Using the Sawzall, cut the front, painted rungs of the grill. Don't be precise here, leave some room to clean your cuts up.


Remove the ugly black grill that is behind, it's just clipped in.



Clean up your cuts, smooth against the bumper.




Use the stock black grill as your frame for the new mesh, cut around the outside.




Zip-tie the top of your mesh to the frame you made to hold it into place, and begin trimming it to fit the template.





Zip-tie all-around the finished product to hold it into place.



Mask your bumper to spray the rough edges with black that you cut.



Spray the inside edges with black.


Go ahead and paint your "grill assembly" black after you cut the extra length off the zip-ties.



Insert the grill assembly, clipping into it's stock location.



And you're done! Better pic of front to come soon, these are all cell phone pics.
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:40 AM   #2
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nice job :]
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:24 PM   #3
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great idea!

you could have also just used black zipties and skip spraying the grille? or did you want it flat black?
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:25 PM   #4
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awesome. thanks.
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:26 PM   #5
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liking, want to see how deep it looks close up. Thanks for the detailed DIY
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:26 PM   #6
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great idea!

you could have also just used black zipties and skip spraying the grille? or did you want it flat black?
You could have, yeah. I just had white ones laying around, and you can't see them once they're in anyways. The point of painting was to spray the grill.
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:28 PM   #7
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liking, want to see how deep it looks close up. Thanks for the detailed DIY
I'll get a new pic soon, with a real camera.
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:55 PM   #8
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Ahh, excellent! I'll be doing this this weekend, assuming it doesn't keep raining :/ but yeah, Ryan, great job!
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:56 PM   #10
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:58 PM   #11
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how long before the paint starts chipping off?
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:03 PM   #12
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how long before the paint starts chipping off?
Sorry this was in the wrong place, I relocated it for you Ryan

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Old 04-27-2009, 02:18 PM   #13
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how long before the paint starts chipping off?
seeing as we all own pocket rockets id say a week.....
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Where can I get one of those man-slaves like in your pictures?
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how long before the paint starts chipping off?
Sorry, I'll add a disclaimer.

Anyone who can't afford $3.00 for a can of spraypaint to touch your grill up at a later date, please do not do this mod, as it will bankrupt you. Thank you. - Tamago
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Yeah, its beyond me why people find the need to be totally rude.

F*ck them Ryan, nice job.
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Old 04-27-2009, 03:53 PM   #18
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Doesn't really matter to me. It looks a hell of a lot better than the stock, painted lower grill, and cost me less than $15 bucks.

Thanks Charles.
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