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How do you make a mesh grill?

Old Jan 22, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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How do you make a mesh grill?

i have one of those grills that has the chrome line, and i see other people have that on the org but they have mesh in the background instead of the black plastic, i took my grill out but i have no idea how u put in the mesh cause the black plastic doesnt seperate from the chromes front and i have no idea how u get the mesh in it..... so how did every1 else do it?
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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i believe people cut out separate pieces and stuff them in there. ask JetBlackMax, he has his done.

http://forums.maxima.org/member.php?u=12079 --- his profile
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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Here's the link to VQPower.com. Its my own design mesh grille:

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...&pid=38&page=1
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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ya i talked to him already, and i know about the vqpower but i dont get it, didnt any1 make a mesh grill?
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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like the sorona grill?
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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His grill looks great
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by R5a7B
His grill looks great
who, Nick?
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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If Nick is JetBlackMax, then yes.
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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yep, that's him. it is pretty nice. i like my S5 grill better though.
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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look at jetblackmax's grill

i have the same grill, i just wanna know how he did it lol
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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isn't it the same as vqpower one????
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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dremel out the factory black mesh..stick in whatever you want..
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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how do you "dremmel" out the black plastic stuff? is this easy?
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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get a dremel..and cut out where the black stuff attackes to borders of the grill. then grind it down so its flush..now u have lots of room to put in a nice grill of your choice form homedepot. u can kinda see it in my sig.. too bad my fron is busted.. couple pics on my www. if u want to see a dremeled out homedepot grill when my car still looked nice. paint it black IMO.. looks clean but doesnt stand out like rice.
Old Jan 22, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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no no no no wait, lol! You dont need to dremel out anything

Thank you R5a7B and Felix

This is how its done.

What you will need is, a roll of wire tie that you can get from a hardware store, some Gutter Guard you get from Home Depot and some Poster Paper.

What you do is put the paper up to the grill and try and trace some sort of a template. thats what I did and when i cut it out, it was still to big but I made some trimmings and watned to make sure it completely fits right in the upper and lower part of the chrome bar or colored bar in the middle of the grill. 2 Seperate pieces.

Once that is done, now line it up on the guttar guard and cut it out from the template. What I did was I painted the grill a metallic silver (3 coats) then 3 coats of Clearcoat. You can get all that spray paint when you get the wire tie. Paint the grill, if you wish. Its better so it prevents rusting

Got that done? Now put the top part that you cut out from the gutter guard and bottem part in place where the grill is. Now when you cut out that mesh, please wear gloves, or your gonna have some sliced up fingers lol. I learned the hard way.

Now its easier to completely take the grill out of the car. Which in the back of the grill has a few snaps and it just comes out, you will see it when you look at it.

Now that you have the mesh in place, Use the wire ties to push in the middle of each little square box from the black plastic in the back, through the mesh. So your gonna bend the wire like a V, then push it between the mesh into each border form each square. That way you can now TIE it from the back like you tie garbage bags, and it will hold in place that way. You must do that with all the squares on the upper and lower part. Once thats done, the ties are the same color as the mesh, so you can barely see the ties. you should be all done.

So now sit back, look at the grill and your sliced up fingers, and realize .....Was it worth making the grill because of cuttin my hand up? Well, Of COURSE IT WAS!

I hope this write up helped guys

Need more help? Hit me up on PM

Later yall!

Nick
Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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ok thanks, i think im beggining to get it, do u have any close ups, like really close pics of the mesh in the chrome part of the grill cause i dont seem to get how u slit it under there
Old Jan 23, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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Thanks for typing all that out, Nick. I think I am going to try this once the weather gets a little better.

-Rich
Old Jan 23, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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ya, thanks, so could i just use zip ties to hold the mesh in place?
Old Jan 23, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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I dont have any closeups. I can get one though. Dont use zipties, cause they will be seen. When I take the close up of the grill on my car, u will see the little wire ties. you buy them from a hardware store, comes in a roll.
Old Jan 23, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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ya that would be good if u did ^^, what county do u live in?
Old Jan 25, 2004 | 01:24 AM
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Is this possible for 95's I was looking at the roll of gutter guard, and it doesnt look like it will complelty fill the gap on my grill. Am I wrong? THanks alot
Old Jan 25, 2004 | 02:43 AM
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you guys seriously need to use the resources available to you more often...

95-96 grill
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=275284

97+ grill
http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=38
Old Jan 25, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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I have that write up, but i wasnt sure if the mesh grill would fit, it looks really small. THat why I asked
Old Jan 25, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by NISMOMAXMAN
I have that write up, but i wasnt sure if the mesh grill would fit, it looks really small. THat why I asked
well your original post was asking for help
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i i took my grill out but i have no idea how u put in the mesh cause the black plastic doesnt seperate from the chromes front and i have no idea how u get the mesh in it..... so how did every1 else do it?
also, both of those sets of insructions i gave you told you now much to buy.
Old Jan 28, 2004 | 09:13 AM
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I just made my grill like superblack did, and i am just wondering are wire ties the best way to tie it? I was wondering if you could just use some sort of string??? or would that melt b/c its close to the engine? im just wondering...
Old Jan 28, 2004 | 03:51 PM
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string cant...melt. Use Zip ties
Old Jan 28, 2004 | 05:12 PM
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Im thinking zip ties or wire
Old Jan 28, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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zip ties would be easier than wire, also wire could rust, etc...just use zip ties
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