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Post by kpratt on Nov 18, 2012 23:38:44 GMT -6
Made my self some perforated steel inserts. This picture is before i paint them black
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Post by nelson480 on Nov 19, 2012 0:07:00 GMT -6
Why is the pic so cloudy?
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Post by kpratt on Nov 19, 2012 6:10:55 GMT -6
unfortunately that's what happens when dust gets in the camera lens on my phone..
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Post by sall on Nov 19, 2012 16:01:16 GMT -6
So what am I looking at here?
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Post by kpratt on Nov 19, 2012 20:13:31 GMT -6
Grill inserts after i painted them black. Before the grill that i made in the picture above was just metal color. Attachments:
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Post by kpratt on Nov 19, 2012 20:20:19 GMT -6
Sallc5 You are looking at vents that i made. Had a sheet of perforated steel that I got from my work. Perforated steel is like sheet metal with a bunch of small 1/4" size holes. I Had cut them out using a template i made. And out of sheet metal cut a boarder approx half and inch around the out side as a decorative piece. Took a little bit of time but the over all goal was to get the after market look of a grill insert for the car because i have not been able to find any. And over all i have very little into in other then my time and i am very pleased with the way it turned out.
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Post by lkraft92 on Nov 19, 2012 20:25:16 GMT -6
i can see it and i like it. its a real clean look.
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Post by XJSman89 on Nov 19, 2012 20:34:45 GMT -6
Cool, can you take a close up?
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Post by kpratt on Nov 19, 2012 20:40:50 GMT -6
custom vents vs stock vents   EDIT; thumbnailed pics |
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Post by nelson480 on Nov 19, 2012 21:14:43 GMT -6
Yeah but then you can see the white edges of the bumper?
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Post by Oldsnut on Nov 19, 2012 22:33:15 GMT -6
He just needs to spray everything behind it black.
Me likey this mod.
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Post by sall on Nov 19, 2012 22:44:04 GMT -6
Plastidip. So you can peel it off later if needed/desired.
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Post by tigger on Nov 19, 2012 22:54:03 GMT -6
Not bad. How are they attached?
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Post by kpratt on Nov 20, 2012 7:09:52 GMT -6
On one side it has the normal tabs similar to what the original had. And on the other side there is a nut and bolt that runs through a hole thats allready in the bumper
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Post by XJSman89 on Nov 20, 2012 12:27:41 GMT -6
Looks good! A nice, original custom mod. Good work!
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Post by dynamic1964 on Nov 21, 2012 17:20:02 GMT -6
Like it! The 2G lower front needs a face lift and this was really nice job.
Maybe chrome as an alternative to paint them black? Great work!
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Post by kpratt on Nov 23, 2012 8:42:13 GMT -6
Chrome might look alright. I actually have several sets of stock vents so i painted one a silverish chrome type deal. it looked okay but didn't stand out as well as the black does.. but maybe if these vents were professionally chromed it might be sharp.
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Post by sall on Nov 23, 2012 10:37:42 GMT -6
Getting stuff chromed is expensive so is vapor deposit(not that we are talking about that). My favorite 2G grill mod thus far has been awhelage LED DRL.
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Post by XJSman89 on Nov 23, 2012 11:27:47 GMT -6
We have a full powder coating operation here at work, I could see what it would cost and if you paid shipping I could spray them for you here. We don't chrome things but we have a high metallic chrome powder that's pretty close to the real deal. Probably wouldn't be too cheap tho, even at cost.
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Post by ntrenn on Nov 23, 2012 15:35:48 GMT -6
Looks great. I bought one of those cheapo Harbor Freight powder guns a while back. They do as good a job as the $5000 guns for what we need. Small parts - just bake in your home oven.
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Post by scottyaurorav8 on Nov 26, 2012 18:25:47 GMT -6
did you ever try painting the stock grills black, then spraying them with a gloss clear coat? I think that would look much cleaner than the stock grey.....
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Post by jsmithjr23 on Sept 26, 2014 15:59:14 GMT -6
I painted my stock ones, yours looks alot better. I've been looking all over for that piece that's in place of your front lic. Plate. Where could I get one and what is it called? Thx.
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Post by Marc on Sept 26, 2014 17:56:00 GMT -6
I painted my stock ones, yours looks alot better. I've been looking all over for that piece that's in place of your front lic. Plate. Where could I get one and what is it called? Thx. That's called the cover at www.gmpartsdirect.com P/N 12483111. See the 2G Aurora parts catalog at www.weekendwars.com/aurora2/parts/gen2.pdf under "front Bumper". It's #21 in the diagram there. |
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Post by jsmithjr23 on Sept 27, 2014 9:30:07 GMT -6
Thank you so much. The ppl. On Here are great. THx. Again.
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Post by Marc on Sept 27, 2014 9:59:24 GMT -6
OK
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