DIY: OEM Emblem-less Grill
man i was seriously thinking about making these in my spare time and selling them but *** i donno, maybe if you dont want the bumps, because so far that is what is taking the most time for mejust filling in the 2 opening is pretty easy...
Originally Posted by ShanesG
man i was seriously thinking about making these in my spare time and selling them but *** i donno, maybe if you dont want the bumps, because so far that is what is taking the most time for mejust filling in the 2 opening is pretty easy...
i dont see why people wouldnt want the bumps... they do look better...
Originally Posted by zackt69
Not to jack the thread, and not to make any promises, but I've been working on a part to make the DIY easier.
These are pics of the 2 pieces that I made out of plastic that fit exactly in the holes left by the emblem (the pieces even have the grooved patterns on the back that the grille has). The parts in the pic are the first pieces, and have some bondo on them to fix the small imperfections that happened during the casting. They still need to be smoothed out and straightened a little, and I'm going to add the bumps next.
Once this is finished, I will make a couple of molds and the final pieces will be 100% solid plastic. I'm thinking this will be a good starting point, if you epoxy these in place, and then smooth out the front and all gaps with bondo, you'll have a much more stable patch.
Is there any interest in this? These parts fit my spare 05 coupe grille... so they should fit the 06 as well. Any other years and I would need to make parts specific for those grilles... but once they're made they can be molded and duplicated.
BTW, great DIY Chris and Marcus... the grilles really did come out good!
These are pics of the 2 pieces that I made out of plastic that fit exactly in the holes left by the emblem (the pieces even have the grooved patterns on the back that the grille has). The parts in the pic are the first pieces, and have some bondo on them to fix the small imperfections that happened during the casting. They still need to be smoothed out and straightened a little, and I'm going to add the bumps next.
Once this is finished, I will make a couple of molds and the final pieces will be 100% solid plastic. I'm thinking this will be a good starting point, if you epoxy these in place, and then smooth out the front and all gaps with bondo, you'll have a much more stable patch.
Is there any interest in this? These parts fit my spare 05 coupe grille... so they should fit the 06 as well. Any other years and I would need to make parts specific for those grilles... but once they're made they can be molded and duplicated.
BTW, great DIY Chris and Marcus... the grilles really did come out good!
Originally Posted by Beebo
Do it!!!
i dont see why people wouldnt want the bumps... they do look better...
i dont see why people wouldnt want the bumps... they do look better...
Grill is finally 100% done! Finally got around to dremeling out the middle section of the grill and I repainted it to fix a few rock chips.
HUGE thanks to Chris (bigc) for helping me complete this project
Never could have done it without ya man!
Grant (Gdup35sedan) is credited with the 1st and 4th 'after' photo.
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HUGE thanks to Chris (bigc) for helping me complete this project
Never could have done it without ya man!Grant (Gdup35sedan) is credited with the 1st and 4th 'after' photo.
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Originally Posted by hyperlite21
awesome looks great man! im still trying to get my hands on another grill to try something new 
kinda
dont really know what "new" you could do with an emblem delete. 