DIY: Custom grill insert?
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DIY: Custom grill insert?
I was thinking about going to Home Depot and buying some mesh and making a custom grill. Is this a good idea? Has anyone done this yet, do you have pics? I s it worth saving the 300 bucks for the GrillCraft ones?
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Rep Power: 0 I'm actually trying to do one... still on doing the pattern and it is damn long.. it is curving everywhere
.. For sure it is worth saving $300 but if I had the opportunity to buy one for $100, I wouldn't trouble myself at all[IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]
.. For sure it is worth saving $300 but if I had the opportunity to buy one for $100, I wouldn't trouble myself at all[IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG] 
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Rep Power: 0 NO NO NO!!! just buy one from at grills for like 60 bucks they are soo worth it!!! trying to fit that sh*t is impossible and it takes forever and you i scratched my OEM front bumper and it just sucks the stuff that they sell is bad!!! it bends way too easy and sucks, plus you it will look crappy!!! But then agian not bad way to spend 4.89 if your into doing that!!!! just go to ATGRILLS.com
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Rep Power: 0 its really simple. you just need to remove your bumper which takes about five mins. and then you just need to cut out the black plastic use a box cutter or utility knife. there are little screw mounts that you can attach it to on the inside of the bumper. i did mine a few days ago and it only took about a half hour.
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Rep Power: 0 ya man i just got my grillcraft upper and lower grillls today, they are bad ***, easy to install and look tight. the lower one is a little more difficult than the top, but they are so worth the money. i have a silver civic with the silver grills, bad as bad can be.
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Rep Power: 337 i did my own DIY front grill, it was really hard to get right, and even after that, oprning the hood was a different process cause the mesh got in the way....
it looks nice in pictures! but in person? pretty ghetto.....
needless to say, i put my stock one back in.
not worth it! (but if your bored, i sugegst you try anyways, its a neato project, and a great way to kill 4 hours of your life....) tehre is no replacement for personal experience!
it looks nice in pictures! but in person? pretty ghetto.....
needless to say, i put my stock one back in.
not worth it! (but if your bored, i sugegst you try anyways, its a neato project, and a great way to kill 4 hours of your life....) tehre is no replacement for personal experience!
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Rep Power: 0 There is no sense in spending $300 on one of those Grillcraft ones when it only cost me $40 and a little time. All I did was buy a quality, (heavy-duty) alluminum APC grill sheet. I took tar paper and kept cutting and fitting it until I got it just right. Then I took some tin snips and cut the pattern I made on the sheet. Then I took some sheet metal screws and drilled them into the black plastic part of the grill and attached some wire to hold the grill in place. I hope this really helped.
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