Some pics of my Kenstyle rear Replica...





Haven't installed the mesh just yet though, and just a word of advice, the replica turns out really nice, JUST AS LONG as whomever takes the time to prep it and fit it correctly, as it DID NOT fit right "out of the box". Make sure whomever paints and or instals it, knows what he or she is doing!!! I cant stress that enough. Its not hard, just some people tend to jump ahead of themselves and next thing you have is a painted bumper that doesnt fit and it need to be redone again. I was up ALL NIGHT long prepping and fitting this rearend on my car to give it a 99% seamless fit, then had it sprayed by a local body shop and installed it myself...

PS: The front and side however are Greddy...

 

The mesh I ordered online. There's a lot of people selling different styles and whatnot. You gotta shop around. The rear bumper is pretty easy to take off. You have to start off by removing the rear tail lights. They're held on by 3 bolts which you can acess by removing the trunks lining and plastic sill. Once you have them removed, you need to reach into the rear quarter panel and theres a set of bolts that hold each corner in place. You need to remove them from inside the trunk area as well, and then access one more on each side at the very corner from outside (right by the rear wheels). Then you have a set of push-pin type holders on the top, a few snap claps, and some more on the bottom you need to remove as well as if I remember correctly two more 10mm bolts. It sounds complicated, but if you jyst take your time and do thing one step at a time, its not hard at all..

The drop is 1.75" thanks to Sprint springs.... Works very well with the car and the 20" Volks...

 

Ducatiguy, if you want to be original, dont use the chicken wire/mesh that everyone else uses. IMO, one of the goals in fixing up a car is to make it look professional and try to make it seem as if the car came that way. The mesh that everyone usually uses looks so ricey, cheap and "aftermarket" that it often ruins the look of the car. One thing that I have come accross as an alternative to mesh was something that I came across while taking a **** in a public bathroom lol. When we **** in the urenals, we sometimes look up. As I did that one day, I saw the large lighting in the ceiling and noticed something. Normally, in the kitchen lightings, they're covered by a large transparent plastic sheet. However, in some places, they use a "criss cross", waffle type cover. Thats when it hit me. If I took a sheet like that, and turned it diagnal, it would look ALOT like the OEM style, plastic grills we see on alot of cars! It reminded me of the 99-00 civic SI front grill! Home Depot sells these chrome and flat white to be painted any color. The grill's holes about big enough for a finger to fit through. Whats really nice about these is that it will give a nice dimension and depth that the chicken wire mesh cant.

 

wow you thought of all that while pissing? LOL

 

Good idea, but one little problem - What you're talking about is flat and won't conform around curved openings, such as those found in many bumpers and rearends (such as the back sides on the Kenstyle and Greddy front end). You'll end up with corner gaps and openings, as the griid will only lay fla. The wire mesh and or others in that catagory are easier to work with when it comes to custom aftermarket applications. You can wrap around the edges to hold them in place. With ceiling grids, you just cant do that. They'll only work on flat surfaces and in areas where you have enough room to mount them, as they're at least .5" thick. You could possibly try heating the grid up with a heat gun (to reshape it), but I don't know how well that will work (depending how much you need to bend it), and it would definately not work on anything painted (will burn and mar the surface), that's for sure. If you get a chance try some and post some pics...

 

Well, they're also pretty thick, so they have some room to work with. For slight bends and curves, it could be sanded down to fit. Thats also a problem that when through my head too. Another way around it is to not modify the ceiling grill, but to modify the bumper openings so that they are flat. Then use some bondo and slap it on from the backside to hold it on. I also thought about heating it, but I dont think that will work. It probably wont bend well because of the way its shaped. It would be using the same principles as an "I-beam", so bending it would very limmited... but might be enough to work. I would try it, but theres nothing for me to try it on lol. I thought of this a long time ago when I was thinking of a unique route for a custom front grill on my honda. I ended up customizing a Mugen grill instead

Why dont you think it would work on any painted parts? Just shape it to be slightly larger than the opening, slap it on the backside, bondo the edges so it stays in place... and your done. As long as the bumper is painted before hand, it would turn out fine... and also paint the grill black. Unless you want the grill to be painted the same color.... that might be interesting.

 

Sometimes, I take really long pisses