Ok I know that there is know company that makes one for our cars so I'm wondering if there is a easy way to make one your self?? Does any one know where you could buy the stuff to make one?? If any one has any thoughts it would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks,
RYAN

 

Well can any one help????
I have heard it is exspensive to have it done some where but what custom **** isn't :-)

 

Well I guess no one has any ideas of how to make a custom billit grill.. Does no one know where you could get the billit tubbing stuff??? Come on any ideas????? :-)


Well thanks any ways every one even if no one can help....

RYan

 

A billet grill gets its name from being made from a solid (usually aluminum) block called a billet. To make it yourself you would first have to go to school to become a machinist! You would then have to buy a $5K+ milling machine and everything to go with it. I work in tech support for an industrial supply distributor and I talk to machinists all day. Trust me, you're not making a "billet" grill at home on your workbench. I'm sure this isn't the answer you were looking for, but I saw no one responded. Sorry

 

Thanks for the reply... See I wasn't exactly talking about makeing it like you describe I was asking if any one know's of a company that already makes solid aluminum tubbing that I could buy the tubbing from and creat a grill from that. My dad sayed he probably could help me out though, so I'm still looking around..

I see where you could of got the idea from my post though that I was thinking about makeing it that way because I didn't really explain it very well....

Thanks again for posting though......

 

cause this question is asked almost every week....the <b>search feature</b> at the top of the page would've helped you out too.........anyways heres how you can do the grille, its really easy, well kinda..........

1. get Billet grille for a chevy/GMC/Ford truck(the bigger models so you have plenty material to work with!) @ Jcwhitney.com for about $60(if you need an exact part number let me know, I don't have it off hand..)
2. take off your stock grille
3.remove the "stock grille inserts" inside the grille "housing"
3. place the new billet grille into the newly redone stock grille "housing"( you might have to cut the billet grille a little to make it fit, thats the hard part, cutting it right to fit!)
4.secure the billet insert into the grille "housing" and put the SOB back on the car and you should be done

it may sounds easy but I couldn't tell you cause I never did it! good luck!


[Edited by DA-MAX on 02-19-2001 at 06:38 PM]

 

Actualy I did do a search for this topic, I only found one thread about it but It wasn't anything about makeing one.. I'm sorry if this is posted a lot, I for some reason couldn't find any thing when I searched... Thanks DA-MAX.. I was actualy looking into doing that I was just posting to see if any one knew of any other ideas... I'm also looking into a couple metal factorys to see if I can just get something from them....


Thanks!!!!!!

 

you shouldn't have to go with a metal shop or anything, I would think a good circular saw or hack saw would cut through the "billet" really well and you could fit it really easy, it seems like an easy do it yourself job, many guys on here have done the "gutter guard" grille wihich is probably easier to cut and bend, but I couldn't really see the billet as being any harder....I might give it a try or do the gutter guard grille myself this spring and see how it works out!

heres a pic of one you can use:

<a href="http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoitem.jhtml?CATID=42071">Hers the link!</a>

 

Yea I was thinking about that one or maby this one... http://a235.g.akamai.net/f/235/2654/...ache/I8975.gif

I don't know.....

 

I believe the one you picked out is the same one da max was talking about when he said "gutter guard" if your going to buy that grill i think you could save about 70$ going to home depot for that specific material, just my 2