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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:25 am 
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Looking good mate, was it hard to pull the old backing out of the grill?

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:00 pm 
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looks horn, well done dude

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:24 pm 
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Theres nothing hard about removing the backing, just pull the black bars off (drill out the hot mold rivets on the back of the grill) and cut the holding tabs out. I used a die grinder, angle grinder and light file to smooth it up... it'd look better without the lip and I will tackle it eventually, just didn't have the time to be careful with it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:02 am 
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Heres one with the lip cut out :)

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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:30 pm 
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looks good gryph... being white gives me a better idea as to how it would look on my car.. :wink: The bonnet bulge looks cool on it too... :wink: although somebody's head light lences need a polish.. :lol: :wink:
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:37 pm 
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hmmm mayb a lil bit, my headlights r worse than a 1976 corollas! Thats with those white light globes too :P
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:13 pm 
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looks sweet Gryph.. def looks better without the lip... gotta get around to it !!!
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:05 pm 
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Believe u me its scary having an angle grinder that close to plastic u wanna keep.... All i can say is BE CAREFUL!
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:32 pm 
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Just use a file you lazy people! Something nice and chunky to begin with, and then get nice and smooth, finishing off with sandpaper. No more embarassing chunks :D

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:29 pm 
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Lol shoulda thought of that i used anglegrinder with cutting blade and dremel tool with sander on top :) Worked pretty well
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:15 pm 
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Very nice, always good to see other peoples ideas, especially when they turn out that nice
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:22 pm 
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I have a suggestion Gryph...paint behind the mesh matt black...will make it look deeper, unless you meant it to look like that of course !
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:54 pm 
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Was thinking that myself eh windza :) just hadnt gotten the balls to try it yet :P Might give it a go later today, Suggestions on color ne1??? Black??????? Is anyone here good with photoshop??? If so can u do a photo shop of what a ghia bumper would look like with mesh in the lower hole @ the front :)
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:32 pm 
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gryph wrote:
Was thinking that myself eh windza :) just hadnt gotten the balls to try it yet :P Might give it a go later today, Suggestions on color ne1??? Black??????? Is anyone here good with photoshop??? If so can u do a photo shop of what a ghia bumper would look like with mesh in the lower hole @ the front :)


I tried to do it with some chrome mesh on my car, aside from the fact i f**k the cutting it to the right size process and i couldnt actually get behind it to attach it (would have to take the bumper off I assume) it looked really good! Definantly go the black :)

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:36 am 
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Spewin at the Fact my EF Fairmont has a non functioning grill. I took the grill attatchment off and cut out the bonnet indentation where air should go if it functioned. Then I attatched mesh like GT Falc. behind the ef fairmnont grill attatchment. It looks full on awesome and professional and best of all I have a fully functioning grill which has to be a good thing. The strange part is being able to see behind the grill like the b series xr's gt's etc. looks very different in a good way.
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