Well let's see here, I got a 97 grille and what I want to do is cut/sand off the center portion of it so that all i have is a big curvy shaped hole in the center and throughout the grille, then I'm going to trace a template of gutter guard or something and cut it out, then quicksteel or JBweld it to the back of the plastic grille... then put it on my car..

im gonna paint the gutter guard gloss black as well. you guys think this will turn out good? trying to get some opinions, seeing how once i start, i cant go back unless i buy a new one.



i wanna cut that red part out (kinda hard to draw the line at this angle) but i think u guys get the idea.... sooo

or ?

 

are you going to put a grille behind it?...a black one i assume..

 

so you want it like how ding did it on his car? i think he had the guy put some fiberglass and stuff to fill it in and he said it was a bitch to do and that the gut would never make a grill like that again

 

ding did the same thing with his grill

fiberglassed it and used some grill behind

it looked like the type r grill

 

any pics of ding's car?

 

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhodycl/my_photos

 

yuuuuuup, thats exactly how imma do it, cept maybe leave the chrome or sand it paint gloss black... why did he use fiberglass? to fill in the 3 gaps?

so far, i sanded everything and cut out the center-piece... imma sand it more, paint it black, and get the gutter guard on ASAP, ill have pics 2morrow morning

 

Want to trade the grill before u cut yours up?!? *cough* dibs *cough*

 

shiet, i already cut it off, my bad...

just wondering, anyone have a picture of 98 grilles? i wanna see wut the big diff is...

 

Jerk!!!!!!! Damnit i couldve funded your project mr. impatient!!!

See how u theres that sexy bar coming off the sides of the acura symbol. O well.. *sniff*

 

HOLY SHIT THAT IS AN UGLY ASS GRILLE!! jk, not that bad

damn though, 98 grilles look like they are definitely much easier to cut... i had to cut these thick parts on the side with a dremel and yea, it sucked. i think it would've been easier to cut those little bars.. u want me to do it fo rya? haha

 

you could have easily made some money trading grills.. 97s are the hot shit..

 

I'll give you a whopping $10.00 plus my 98' front grill for your 97'?
Send me your paypal info. so we can proceed.

 

I was thinking of doing the exact same thing with my 98 grill. Just afraid of messing up and looking worse than it is.

 

$10 and a 98' grill, now thats a high roller

 

damn... to be honest i never knew the 98 grilles were that fugly, not to mention must easier to cut with a dremel and sand.

oh well

 

they are damn ugly

 

alright, time to go sand down, primer, then get my cutter guard cut to fit... WOOT!

 

Will there be any gaps after you cut? What will you fill that with?

I know if i do this with the 98 grill, there will be gaps.

 

yeah, 97 will have gaps at the 2 areas where the centerpiece meets with the sides... i'm going to fill it with some kind of plastic/putty material, let it dry, sand it even, then primer it flat black

the 98 grille is a good piece to do this project with

 

ya it's a piece of

 

uh.... okay what do you guys think i should use to fill up these 3 gaps, would quicksteel/fast steel be able to hold the primer as well as plastic would? i was thinking of using that... any suggestions?

 

all you 98 grille-ers... do this project NOW!

its about 10x easier with a 98 grille than with a 97 grille and it looks 10x better also its pretty damn easy too

 

Why do you think it's soo much easier with the 98+ grill?

I think it's harder, more cutting and filling way more gaps.
... or maybe there's an easier way than what I thought of...

 

Looks great. Want to do the same but I dont know if I could pull it off. Let me know how it looks. Did you put mesh behind the grille? Let's see some pics.

 

OKAY!!!!


got my grille done but gotta paint the back part of it black so that it doesn't show... that one part that holds up the stock grille sorta, yeah if you use gutter guard it shows... but i got pics of the grille on the floor


I also did my fogs... got them with some yellow H3 bulbs, check it out!



Started off with this:



Covered the gaps with Fast Steel...



Dremel sanded that shiet DOWN...



Grille before



Grille after



Grille on car (need to paint that center black) with my fogs...



Fog output with HID's! Sweet as hell in person...



don't flame on the grille yet.. it aint done, haha

 

I don't see what all you guys have against the 98 grille. It looks way better than the 97 because, the 97 looks like Nissan, Ford, and Chevy grilles with the shinny bar across that black plastic crosshatch. I think the 98 grille looks more like the Lexus grille. Oh well, just my opinion. I'll be leaving my grille clean and in tact. Good luck with the project. Oh, I do like the mesh, but I don't think gutter gaurd is what you wanted. It would be more like the stuff on the front of a QuickSilver G5 Macintosh tower. Smaller holes. Gutter guard shows way too much of your radiator support.

I like the fogs though. those are nice.

 

97silver2.2CL, you need to paint the radiator core support and hood latch assembly satin black - don't do gloss or flat - you need to hide what's behind the grill so it'll blend in. Good job on what you've done so far. I know you wanted to show pics with the lights on but post some pics with the grill on during the day (preferrably after you paint behind the grill).

By the way - I have a 97 grill that I'd be willing to trade for a 98 grill plus $. Any offers???

 

Yeah, I'm going to do that today... also need to change the gutter guard cuz it actually is pretty damn weak, haha. thanks for the input though

 

damn that looks good job doin that post pics when its all done

 

eh. looks too empty to me.

 

okay... i painted the radiator support, pics!






i'm thinking of repainting it bcause it still stands out a bit on a bright day....

 

amber ownz you.

switch back to amber lights.

id ditch the fogs too..

sometimes less is more

i like the grille though..

i am gonna try this one day.

 

IMO clear is better than amber, i mean at night its amber cuz i got the amber bulbs... and i love fogs, don't know why, just do haha. but yeah, i like th egrille, something we can agree on

 

hey its his car it should be want he wants it to be. not what everybody else already has. but you know what they say; opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.

 

I know my opinion doesnt matter much, lol. But dont try to do this with the 99' style grill. I tried to do the same thing except with fiberglass and real mesh and its still undone. It was a pain to cut all the bars out and the fiberglassing wasne too bad, but attaching the mesh and everything is just alot of trouble. So ive been grilless for a couple months now lol, just b/c im too lazy.

But very good job i like the grill, fogs, and clear corners

 

fuxk that w/ those stupid opinions..



btw, good job 97silver2.2CL

 

Thanks for the compliments

i repainted the support and hood latch, came out alright but u can still sorta see it... trying to find some darker black paint that isnt gloss

 

so would you really call that car silver? i got the 3.0 in that color and i and most other people call it gold............idk

 

the grille looks awesome from that angle... i wish i had 97 grille