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Old 10-19-2006, 03:18 AM
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Whats the business ladies n gents? Im trying to get some info on how to make myself a custom, chromed out grill PLEASE HELP!!!
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Search on Gumball, he did a custom grill. May give you some ideas.
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Mine is not chrome but it is the horizontal bars like the billet style.
you can do a search on ebay for "grill material"

moved to detail and apearance.
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you can also cut your factory grille and insert some Home Depot gutter guard

here is an example

(your grille is different but here is what i did with a 92-95 grille....yours will be similar)

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and then you can also do the lower part of the bumper too

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Lots of people paint theirs silver too. It'* by no means chrome, but it'* kind of the same effect.
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
you can also cut your factory grille and insert some Home Depot gutter guard

here is an example

(your grille is different but here is what i did with a 92-95 grille....yours will be similar)





and then you can also do the lower part of the bumper too



That is EXACTLY what i want to do, thanks for sharing tha info man..how do you stick on the gutter guard tho, some kind of adhesive?
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there are some places in the bumper you can hold the guttergard on with some clips


and as for the grille you want to use a adhesive that allowes the mesh to flex...if you dont it will break the bond and will be worthless
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Pat the next time you bring the 03 out this way we need to make you one of these

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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
and as for the grille you want to use a adhesive that allowes the mesh to flex...if you dont it will break the bond and will be worthless
What exactly did YOU use my friend? Im not tryin to **** my **** up
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