yea i would hope you cant see the zip ties
otherwise that would look completely red-neck
Ill do the zip tie thing if my other attempt is an epic failure.

 

What about simply cutting the lower grill to size and gorilla gluing or epoxying it into place?

I don't imagine it would ever need to come off

 

I wouldnt make it permanent... but thats me

Are you talking about cutting it to the curve and fitting it in? or just cutting a nice rectangle and glueing it to the back side of the opening?

 

Cut it to the curve and fit it in. Perhaps just use zip ties and foam tape to secure it.

 

that would be tough to cut the entire curve and fit it in. I mean its def possible... but alot of work. Plus you would only get one shot... at least my plan has 4 possible atempts with each extra grill you have.

just becareful on glue... im sure i dont have to say it but... too much and you have globs and runs everywhere

 

Well if I used the upper grill as a "stencil" I think it'ld be pretty close...

I guess the issue I see is the curve of the uppergrill and lowergrill.

 

what i meant by curve was the actual shape of the opening. You could do the stencil thing but you would have to make it purposely too big then shave it back. If you cut it too small the first time, it wont fit, then you gotta get another grill.

Thats what i meant by alot of work...
cutting the stencil (slightly too big)
Then shaving back every little hexagon
thats the only way it would fit perfectly.

You could do it all with a dremel kit. they come with a cutting head and several sanding heads. Actually all of our methods need a dremel haha.

 

So who is offering their service to make this???

 

like i said earlier, i might be...depending on how my second attemp turns out tonight.
i will be making my own version of a DIY.
if i fell content with my own quality of work then i will offer my services to others.

 

Yeah I have a Dremel and a bunch of crap that came with it. I just don't know if I'm too lazy or not.

 

I will be waiting.

 

if my first attempt goes well then I think I could get 3 more badgeless uppers out of the 1 lower.
No matter who does it, its all hand-worked and time consuming so the more the marrier. The only difference is the methods of the maddness.

 

well if you think your gonna get 3 uppers out of 1 lower im assuming your going the glue method.
ill be doing th ezip tie one.
my buddy should be here shortly with the dremel.

 

GL with the attempt. I hope you succeed, so you can make me one. :D

 

yea im gunna go for the "fitting a smaller piece" aproach. But I have a set of digital calipers to I should be able to get it damn close. Im not doing it tonight tho... more like this weekend.

 

i started tonight but got nowhere near finished.
im goin reallly slow so i dont have to do this a 3rd time. lol
and i had to devote half my time to my sound system stuff i had to work on. ill get the grill done for sure by the end of the weekend though.

 

Show us pics of the finished product.

 

i will...when its finished.

 

alright ladies and gentlemen,
I just went out to start my project and realized three things:

1. The upper and lower grills have different size hexagons. The lower has approx 1.3in hex's and the upper has a little more then 1.1in. (I measured with engineering calipers). What this means is that one will not piece into the other. If you want to use the piece-in method then you have to use an upper for an upper.

However you can still do the entire grill replacement method that yellowxhoodie and Dakine are talking about, without effect.

2. The black grill section is actually behind the chrome section anyway... I had originally thought that they lined up on the oem upper. This makes Dakine's method even more logical because it will line up the same as the oem does.

3. The piece-in method is still possible, but there is only enough for two clean sweeps. In other words... if you want to cut just one large piece from the extra grill, there is only enough for two tries. This is because the grill tapers off towards the ends... and the rows of hex's are not tall enough on the ends to fit in the middle where the badge is.

 

i said it would be done and so it is done.
HERE YA GO GUYS.

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