Grills

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:55 pm

Were do you guys buy your Grills, im looking for a chrome one.

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:14 pm

or i might just buy some mesh and do it myself.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:46 am

I was just over looking at www.customcargrills.com for a grill insert for my SRT front. They seem to be of a good quality.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:02 pm

i'm ion the process of building a double grill made out of 2 1g grills... but that's not a chrome one. if you are looking for a mesh grill, try experimenting with some gutter guard, very flexible, easily cut, and pretty nice looking if time is taken.

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:19 pm

i think im going to buy a mesh from CCG but would i have to solder the screw clip thingy to it

u think u can make me 2 lower grills and 1 upper grill and ill pay u, take a pic of urs first and see if i like

DJ CptnCrnch · Post by **DJ CptnCrnch** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:20 am

ehhh i ordered from them once and they sent the wrong size for my neon...the inserts didnt fit at all...and they wouldnt take back the crap they sent me

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:05 pm

what about Grill Craft? have u looked into them?

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:27 pm

i would have to buy the 2 lower ones and the uppr one, that would be around $250 way 2 much

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:32 pm

Try McMaster Carr. Buy some real SS mesh in any size you want and make your own on the cheap. Don't do the Home Depot ghetto-mesh guard like the Honda boys.

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:43 pm

How would i be able to mount it on the bumper?

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:42 pm

Here's how I did it. (a little trial and error!lol)
I first went to Home Depot and bought the ghetto mesh expanded metal. Got home, popped the hood and started cutting and bending until I had a good "mold" of what the insert should look like. (Mind you, I mounted it behind the plastic crosshair-grill since I had installed the custom red ram's head)
I then got the really nice SS from McMaster Carr. (FAST shipping!) I bought the super tight mesh (probably 1/16" squares, tiny and smooth looking)
I used the ghetto mesh template/mold to cut out the good stuff and then used some of those slide-on interior clips (the ones with teeth) to hold it to the inside edges of the bumper.
It takes some planning and imagination but you can come up with your own way that suits your taste. I'm pretty OCD so it took a while to come up with the parts I wanted to use so I would not do any permanant damage to the car. (I also looked at customcargrills.com, too pricey)

chinny · Post by **chinny** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:25 pm

thats probably what iam going to end up doing. were did you get the clips to hold the grill?

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:54 pm

McMaster Carr is an Engineer's wet dream. They sell everything you could imagine to fasten things together. Request a catalog and you'll be staring for hours at different ways to make stuff i nyour garage. They even sell carbon-fiber stock pieces and rods. They are also who I bought my oil-seperator from for my PCV line. I think the catalogs are free, can't remember.

powerman_dsr · Post by **powerman_dsr** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:20 pm

i got mine from carbon by design they have the same type grill that comes stock on Lamborghinis and other european cars