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Old May 28, 2001 | 02:22 PM
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i heard you can make a grill from mesh from home depot for the front bumper. but how does the mesh look like and where in homedepot do you get it? SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA
Old May 28, 2001 | 02:30 PM
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You need talk to nismo96max or metallic97gxe (I think those are their org names).
This post may also offer more info:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=39930
Old May 28, 2001 | 03:10 PM
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I used home depot grill on my car. It looks great.
Old May 28, 2001 | 06:51 PM
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rain gutter mesh from Lowe's or Home Depot.....paint it or leave it alone...fiberglass it,body glue or tystrap it....I used air conditioner filter mesh.....I painted mine white.....

Bumper removed
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...1_214_full.jpg
Mesh grill and valnce...inserts....
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...1_224_full.jpg

I have my "old" chrome grill on ebay it has mesh in it already...here...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...item=591756757
Chrome grill w/mesh inserts.....
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...1_264_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...1_263_full.jpg
Old May 28, 2001 | 08:41 PM
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i did it with gutter mesh from home depot, very easy to do...i have pics on my black 98, post your email address and ill forward u pics, or just email me and ill reply back with attachmetn
Old May 28, 2001 | 10:09 PM
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I've got a 96 Maxima, Just wondering, did you guys have to cut the existing plastic off before putting on the new mesh? For a 96 maxima, there are little hexagon shaped holes i think, so would I have to cut all that off before i put hte mesh behind and then glue it?
Old May 29, 2001 | 06:57 AM
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Originally posted by 96max
I've got a 96 Maxima, Just wondering, did you guys have to cut the existing plastic off before putting on the new mesh? For a 96 maxima, there are little hexagon shaped holes i think, so would I have to cut all that off before i put hte mesh behind and then glue it?
96max, take a look at my crummy photo web page to see how an overlaying grille might look on your car...because we both have the same front end...seeing that mine is a 95.

take care,

G
Old May 29, 2001 | 09:20 AM
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kineshi1 , id like to see some pics Bandit259@aol.com
Old May 29, 2001 | 09:21 PM
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aight guys.. i read this thread and got remembered that a piece of my gutter guard had come off, and was jsut sitting in my garage.. (and wasnt going to go back on anytime soon).. so i decide it would look good so i cut me some pieces and took off the grill and hot glued them on (it worked really good.. the glue stuck to the plastic really well) .. well anyways.. it looks really good, and i recommend it.. its also very cheap, i think they are like 88 cents for a piece..
Old May 29, 2001 | 09:27 PM
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oops i forgot.. my dad said it wasnt shiny enough so i spray painted it chrome with rust-o-leum metallic finish.. i think it helped it out a good deal
Old May 30, 2001 | 09:43 PM
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Here's my pic of the Home Depot grill. They cost $0.95 a piece here, and I needed three pieces. I used fiberglass the first time, but it didn't flex with the bumper, so this time I used hot glue....that is what Wings West uses on theirs.

http://a676.g.akamai.net/f/676/987/1...Mvc%2D063f.jpg
Old May 30, 2001 | 09:58 PM
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Originally posted by DrivinDaMax98
oops i forgot.. my dad said it wasnt shiny enough so i spray painted it chrome with rust-o-leum metallic finish.. i think it helped it out a good deal
i hope u sanded the grill before u painted it cuz if not when u spray decent pressure of water it will cuz the paint to come off....
Old May 31, 2001 | 06:23 AM
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Hot Glue?

Originally posted by DrivinDaMax98
anytime soon).. so i decide it would look good so i cut me some pieces and took off the grill and hot glued them on
That hot glue will melt in the summer sun. I think some other type glue might work better.

Jack
Old May 31, 2001 | 09:01 AM
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well if the chrome paint does come off.. then oh well.. ill get over it it was tooo noticeable.. and the hot glue is outta harms way.. it wont get any sunlight i dont think.. i concealed it quite well cause i ddint want the glue showing
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