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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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Ive got a 93 SE with the SLE package and the honeycomb grille, you guys would be the best with an idea on how to modify it. I kinda rear ended someone and screwed up some of the honeycombs. And now it looks like crap. Ive got no ideas on what to do with it. I kinda bought a 92 ssei grille and theres an overhang, a big overhang. ill take a picture of it when i get to it...
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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Wire mesh it.
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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SSEi grilles aren't as tall because the SSEi front bumper cover doesn't have the step in it that yours does.
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by zepployd44
Ive got a 93 SE with the SLE package and the honeycomb grille, you guys would be the best with an idea on how to modify it. I kinda rear ended someone and screwed up some of the honeycombs. And now it looks like crap. Ive got no ideas on what to do with it. I kinda bought a 92 ssei grille and theres an overhang, a big overhang. ill take a picture of it when i get to it...
wait till the end of this week...i will show you exactly what to do
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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Pat took home lots of extra mesh to do grills with. I'd suggest rubber tubing on the outter edge to keep from scratching the rest of the grill.
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Pat took home lots of extra mesh to do grills with. I'd suggest rubber tubing on the outter edge to keep from scratching the rest of the grill.
yup i also have a extra grille to mess around with....
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Old Nov 23, 2005 | 08:04 AM
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yup i also have a extra grille to mesh around with....
The tubing I used was the smallest available at the parts place. Then ran a razor knife over it to put a single slit in it. Put that over the sharp edges. Hardest part is to figure out how to mount it. I'm not totally done yet. Since I left my original behind it.
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:54 PM
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u could just hand sand the grill and use chrome paint and paint the grill......
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jadegross
u could just hand sand the grill and use chrome paint and paint the grill......
The topic author'* grille is BROKEN.
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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Look at Mortehls car. aka my old 95. some of the honeycomb was broken. $7 home depot metal gutter guard worked wonders.
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