I got a hold of some expanded mettle a few months ago and had intended to fab a grill for my car since I had ripped out the dry rotted piece of black plastic that once occupied the space

Well tonight a couple hammers a jigsaw a pair of kleins and I got around to it

It cost me absolutely nothing so that counts for something and I think it looks alright

(Please no stupid posts saying I should have bought one and so on because Im not going to spend that much on a peice of plastic)

Heres the pictures

 

1

 

where are the pics?

 

1 hopefully

 

2

 

3

It took me about 30 minutes to do

I plan to get a black plate with a chevy emblem on it for the middle area

 

There, I wish I had better pictures but I had to degrade them to fit the size limit

 

Convert the to higher compression .jpg and you should be fine as far as image size limitations.

 

I do not know how

 

Open the file in paint, make it a decent size on the screen, then file menu-?>save as-> select type of jpg

 

how did you mount that in there ive been thinking about doing that to mine but behind the grille and i havent got back there to see how to mount it.

 

looks ok but it think i would of painted it silver to let it stand out more

 

If you keep that (and not switch to a finer mesh--which is what I'd do), then I'd try to mount it behind the grill openings...

 

sorry man, i don't dig it. looks cheap to me.

 

 

You trying to keep the chickens from getting out of your engine bay?

 

That would be because it is cheap.........but do tell why you think it looks cheap

No, You trying to be a dick?


I have it fitted in place in the picture
I used some electrical wire (Where you cant see it) to secure it
I might change the color to an aluminum color later

On a side note I had no grill but I had the material to make this one and after paying $313 for tires and still having to replace an idler arm and struts I dont have the money to buy expensive materials

 

I think you just answered your own question.

It looks cheap (to me) because your 'mod' is a clear indication that you opted for a budget fix instead of spending the dough on the appropriate fixture.

It looks very out of place, in my opinion. But what do I know... I don't even have a grille

 

Your car has braces

It doesnt look that bad, but i think it might look better behind the center section

Idea: A
Execution: C

Good luck

(BTW: Im not flaming you)

 

Well i think it looks good.

 

behind the license plate area would definitely look better, even if you do put another plate over the center area i think having it recessed further would look better.

 

the mesh needs to be finer and going the opposite direction (horizontal instead of vertical)

 

hmm, good call nova...
anyone care to do a photoshop to see what that would look like?


I think it's pretty slick. An emblem in the center will make it pop more.

 

Thanks for the input

Changing the direction was something I already wanted to do
The piece I had was already cut off and I lacked the appropriate tool to cut another strip so I went ahead and did that one(I might make another one late like that)

I will think about messing with it later
Heck it still looks better than the stock louver peice

 

i'm curious, what's your avatar supposed to be?

 

yep yep, cool idea, i know ur on a budget soo the first thing u can do to make it look a lil better is take some of these guys advise and put the mesh behind the the center thingy, the next step would be to get some finer mesh and then give it a nice glossy paint job and it should look really cool, I know what a pain meshing (lol "meshing") can be I have a turbo hood and cutting and placing all that mesh for the isnt fun.

 

yeah Ill see about that

My avater is that that..........for some reason I thought it would be cool to make it the message telling me to change it
Im not sure why