Mesh Grills?

[MkyHnly]

Gday guys,

Ive seen a few VTs on this site with silver mesh in their grills, i was wondering whether you could buy them from somewhere or if someone made them?

Im thinking that it would look quite good with my bermuda blue VT s pack.

If anyone has any ideas, that would be great!

Cheers

[ch1mp]

hey i did mine myself. takes a few hours but the result is awesome. there's someone on here that makes em but it's cheaper and looks just as good if you do it yourself. ill post a photo up in a sec...if i can figure out how lol

[ch1mp]

eventually i'll be putting mesh in the bottom scoop thing too. let me know if you're interested and i can talk you through it.

[sxc_sound]

i made a set too i would have sold them to you if one didnt snap and fly off while going 100ks an hour lol, I still have one in perfect condition tho :P

[ch1mp]

lol how did you manage that?

[sxc_sound]

the screws weren't tight on one of the grills, coz i put them on quickly as i was swapping between my ss bar and monaro bar. totally forgot that it was barely screwed in and the wind was flapping it around and snapped it off lol

[ch1mp]

bahaha bad luck. well when i was sanding mine down..i broke the little plastic pins on one of them that hold it into the actual bumper, so one of mine is only screwed in but it's also jammed in there pretty tight

[MkyHnly]

yeah they look mad, they would look great, tie in the holden badge really nicely. how much do you reckon it costs to make?

[ch1mp]

well if you already have all the tools..
Plastic Primer ~ $15
Colour-coded Paint ~ $30
Clear Coat ~ $15
Mesh ~ $20

So approximately $80. But i didn't have many tools so i had to buy a few things so it cost me about $150. but it's all tools i've been meaning to get and have already used for other things so they haven't gone to waste. For a quicker sanding, i do recommend getting a detail sander from bunnings. i bought one for $30. it's a tiny little sander to get into tight spots. otherwise doing it by hand you'll be there forever...and you'll kill your hands

[sxc_sound]

Yeah sounds about right, i just used silver paint for $5 and got a sheet of mesh from super cheap auto for $20 and i had a small sander i just went to town on it for a few hours lol

[ch1mp]

looks like you may have done the same thing as me though. when i first did mine, i had the mesh on one of the grills the wrong way around lol. i think i see you did that too from your photo lol. so i had to take it off and re do it.
oh yeah, depending on the glue you get, i bought real heavy duty stuff from bunnings again, bout $6-$10 or so

[Dayvo]

You can buy colored mesh from supercheap. Have a look at my avatar , i have black mesh on the lower part of my bar.

[ch1mp]

true. you can get all sorts from autobarn too. blue, pink orange...ye

[coug]

question to all of you: is this possible to do to a vx ss? yes i already know the grill and front bumper are 1 piece, but has anyone done it to theirs or know how?

[ashbox]

would be the same as the vt, take the bumper off then remove the grille

[ch1mp]

mine's a vt and i never took the bumper off. the grilles just unscrewed from the bumper and they just came out.

[coug]

on the vx ss the grill and bumper are 1 and the same. i had a vt as well and i figured it would be the same until i tried to take this one off...but no attached to the bumper. so need to know if anyones done it and how??

[ch1mp]

i saw a photo on here of someone with a vx that had done it. but he did it differently because of this issue. he didn't even use the old grilles. he removed them completely and just put mesh behind the bumper

[coug]

hmmm interesting.., i may have to cut it out as i feared..ok cheers ch1mp

[sxc_sound]

yes you can do it to a vx. I have a mate with a vx ss ans i cut it out for him an mounted a manta grill in it instead looked insane.

manta grill is this one

[Dayvo]

on the vx ss the grill and bumper are 1 and the same. i had a vt as well and i figured it would be the same until i tried to take this one off...but no attached to the bumper. so need to know if anyones done it and how??

I have seen a few VX SS with the grilles cut out and replaced with the chrome VT calais grilles so i guess i could be done.

[MkyHnly]

sorry for the late reply guys...
i was wondering if you knew someone who could do them for me (or even sxc_sound or ch1mp) as i dont have the necessary tools or creativity of a lot of other people out there?
if you want to throw some figures out there for me, i would be happy to pay for materials, postage, labour etc?

cheers

[Macca86]

Ive been wanting to do this exact thing to my VU for quite some time. Hate the stanrds plastic look and want something that looks just that little bit different. What I want is exactly what you have in your pic Ch1mp. Would you be able to help me out with some instructions on how you did yours? Or sxc_sound? Id just use black paint instead of the silver that you used. lol

[kazalex]

what sort of glue do you use?thanks

[TI3VOM]

I used Sikaflex.