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castlegreyskull
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What have people done in the way fo custom grills, or even just the standard grills?
I will be getting rid of my bloody chrome bubble grill off the lane shortly, and thinking of something a bit out of the ordinary. So i was wondering what people have done.
If people could post a picture of there grills, it would be appreciated.
CHeers
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FordFairmont
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Dunno if theres much you can do apart from fit a NF fairlane grille which looks better than the NL type, or mesh a EF Fairmont grille and add chrome strip around the edge of the mesh to tidy it up.
PM 'low ghia' he will tell you how he did his 
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castlegreyskull
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Yeah i really dont know what they were thinking with the NL grill, it is just way out there and looks cheap and nasty!
I dunno, ive been thinking of something custom (as in getting a shop to make one up form scratch), but i really dont know where to start with designing one. I really dont mind where the design comes from, as long as it looks goo on the e series shape.
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| get a fairmont ghia grill colour coded should look alright
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FordFairmont
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Thought i would add to this thread with a grille i finished today
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low ghia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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colour change grille...
chrome when u look at it straight on and it changes to gold the more of a angle you move to, or if your in the shade
straight on-- hard to get a pic cos of the mirrored backing behind the mesh
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BRENT#24
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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that look sick
nice job.
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muncher2002
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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something a little crazy but might be able to mod using the grill off the white ford in the post above /\
in the center bar drill lots of little holes in the to fit l.e.d's to it like K.I.T from nightrider???
cool night time mod and you can colour code the l.e.d's to the car ???
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EFFII
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| muncher2002 wrote: | something a little crazy but might be able to mod using the grill off the white ford in the post above /\
in the center bar drill lots of little holes in the to fit l.e.d's to it like K.I.T from nightrider???
cool night time mod and you can colour code the l.e.d's to the car ??? |
That would look stupid why would you ruin a sexy front end liek that with lights all over it?
That bar is history now and i think the car is for sale?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| EFFII wrote: | | muncher2002 wrote: | something a little crazy but might be able to mod using the grill off the white ford in the post above /\
in the center bar drill lots of little holes in the to fit l.e.d's to it like K.I.T from nightrider???
cool night time mod and you can colour code the l.e.d's to the car ??? |
That would look stupid why would you ruin a sexy front end liek that with lights all over it?
That bar is history now and i think the car is for sale? |
that bar is NOT history.. it is being reborn/rebuilt with another member living in q.land... (thread somewhere recently)
and is not forsale... yet... but soon to be.... 
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EFFII
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| fordfreak ef wrote: | | EFFII wrote: | | muncher2002 wrote: | something a little crazy but might be able to mod using the grill off the white ford in the post above /\
in the center bar drill lots of little holes in the to fit l.e.d's to it like K.I.T from nightrider???
cool night time mod and you can colour code the l.e.d's to the car ??? |
That would look stupid why would you ruin a sexy front end liek that with lights all over it?
That bar is history now and i think the car is for sale? |
that bar is NOT history.. it is being reborn/rebuilt with another member living in q.land... (thread somewhere recently)
and is not forsale... yet... but soon to be.... |
i know its being rebulit but it will never look like it did 
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EFFII
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| FordFairmont wrote: | Thought i would add to this thread with a grille i finished today
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How much did that cost you mate?
What would you sell a grill liek that for? eg if i sent mine up and you chromed it and added the grill?
It looks awsome but will go good with the EL Fairmont moulds rather that the EF ones IMO
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BRENT#24
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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f**k
oi fordfreak ef u hav a mint peice of art rite there.
thats wicked.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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How much did that cost you mate?
What would you sell a grill liek that for? eg if i sent mine up and you chromed it and added the grill?
It looks awsome but will go good with the EL Fairmont moulds rather that the EF ones IMO |
costs are paint stripper, few sheets sandpaper, autosol, acrylic clear, mesh. As for how much would i charge, prolly heaps lol.....your better off having a go at it yourself mate, its not too hard
Ive got it on the car now, and it looks nice but needs more chrome in the front bar to help it blend in more
EL chrome moulds look ugly in my opinion...... dunno what to do really?
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EFFII
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| FordFairmont wrote: | | EFFII wrote: |
How much did that cost you mate?
What would you sell a grill liek that for? eg if i sent mine up and you chromed it and added the grill?
It looks awsome but will go good with the EL Fairmont moulds rather that the EF ones IMO |
costs are paint stripper, few sheets sandpaper, autosol, acrylic clear, mesh. As for how much would i charge, prolly heaps lol.....your better off having a go at it yourself mate, its not too hard
Ive got it on the car now, and it looks nice but needs more chrome in the front bar to help it blend in more
EL chrome moulds look ugly in my opinion...... dunno what to do really? |
Il have a go at it once i get the EL grill i bought for $50!!!
EL chrome moulds are ugly but wth a grill like that it would help it blend in.
Chrome the center peice of the bar..it might help it blend in.
Just an idea mate..
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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I've filled mine 
sorta hybrid GLi/Fairmont front end.
just gotta paint it
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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I had the centre bars removed on the EL one on mine, then got them painted astrid silver , check my gallery
Brett
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EFFII
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hey guys i was thinking of modding my EF grill. Take that plastic crap out and putting some chrome mesh to replace it and also put the same mesh i use for the grill in front bar.
(Same sort of thing FordFairmont did but I'm going to keep the grill the same colour of the car not chrome.)
I was thinking of cutting the bonnet behind the grill so i actually have a functioning grill. (ELGT style)
My questions are:
1. Is it ok to cut anywhere behind the grill or should i cut it in the same place as the ELGT had it cut?
2. Do i need to reinforce the bonnet as I'm cutting a part of it out?
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| you should probally ask your rta before choppin it .. just incase you get nicked and they tell you it had to be re engineered.
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