Cleared corners and painted grill inserts.
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Cleared corners and painted grill inserts.
So i finally bit the bullet and cleared the corners on my SSEi. The write-ups on here made it sound easy enough but the fact that i heard the headlight assemblies are $175 a piece still haunted me during the whole process. I'm really happy on the outcome, not to difficult of a task and with the darker gray paint they really stick out but not too much. I had actually painted the grill inserts silver a month back but the cleared corners really pulls it all together i think.
The last picture is of what i think might be a good idea but im not too terribly sure. when my headlight was out i noticed i had some water on top of my splash guard right where the cone filter for my Intense FWI sits. I noticed there were two quarter sized holes in the splash guard right where the filter resides. With winter coming i definately don't want all that foul road salt/slush mixture getting in there, so i cut up a milk jug and using some silicone RTV and a couple staples sealed those off for the winter. Ghetto? very much so but i think they'll do the job until something a bit cleaner can be rigged up come spring. There is still plenty of air getting in there and i have not seen any water pooling on top of the plugged holes, if so i can always drill a couple smaller hole nearby. Anyone else ever do anything like this before? pros, cons?
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Thanks for any feedback, pardon the dirt if you can see it in the pics. She is due for a bath. And yes i know, now i have to do the rears too.
The last picture is of what i think might be a good idea but im not too terribly sure. when my headlight was out i noticed i had some water on top of my splash guard right where the cone filter for my Intense FWI sits. I noticed there were two quarter sized holes in the splash guard right where the filter resides. With winter coming i definately don't want all that foul road salt/slush mixture getting in there, so i cut up a milk jug and using some silicone RTV and a couple staples sealed those off for the winter. Ghetto? very much so but i think they'll do the job until something a bit cleaner can be rigged up come spring. There is still plenty of air getting in there and i have not seen any water pooling on top of the plugged holes, if so i can always drill a couple smaller hole nearby. Anyone else ever do anything like this before? pros, cons?
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ghetto ingenuity?
Thanks for any feedback, pardon the dirt if you can see it in the pics. She is due for a bath. And yes i know, now i have to do the rears too.
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VERY nice!
BUT, take off the dealer plate borders, unless the dealer is paying you to have them on there. Otherwise it'* free advertising for them.
BUT, take off the dealer plate borders, unless the dealer is paying you to have them on there. Otherwise it'* free advertising for them.
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Originally Posted by driverjohn2005
VERY nice!
1) What is the last picture of? :?
1) What is the last picture of? :?
Good choice on doing that BTW, FWI suck in bad weather and when they get wet.
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Originally Posted by driverjohn2005
BUT, take off the dealer plate borders, unless the dealer is paying you to have them on there. Otherwise it'* free advertising for them.
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Originally Posted by 1994se
Originally Posted by driverjohn2005
BUT, take off the dealer plate borders, unless the dealer is paying you to have them on there. Otherwise it'* free advertising for them.