Where to get blach mesh?
So, right now I have a huge section in my grille where I cut out the ugly stock grille, and want to put some black mesh in its place, but I don't want it to be ricey or anything, i want it to be conspi-cuous, but also making the car look a little better.
Where can I get some inexpensive black mesh locally? like at lowes or home depot or something? |
Those would be the first places I'd check. lowes or something. See if they have any concrete mesh or something. I think I may have seen some at like an autozone or something before kinda rolled up like chicken wire. Or a paint store/ body shop would prolly have something for fiberglass repair.
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well i dont think any place has anything black.... for my old truck i had i used a BBQ grill material from homedepo and painted it silver ;)
and then it looked like crap because the cuts where so ruff so i bought some stuff off a website. i still got a chunk of it that i plan on using on my 96dx sometime. but i cannt remember where i bought it from now. dang..... they had several different types of grill materials they sold. but i cannt for anything remember the name. it was ___products.com but i cannt remember the first initials for them :( o hell ya i found it... google grill material and addiction2bass.LOL http://74.175.101.66/dealer/items.asp?CartId={20B4C664-EVEREST4ED4-4ED6-9532-3F3371EAFA8C}&Cc=G-METAL i used the large circle opening stuff. the other finer material is really fine and it does rust because ive got a sample piece in my dresser and it has surface rust on the dam thing already! i threw it away tho so no picture of it. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...E/d8d98c02.jpg and supersized picture if you want to look at it closer. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...E/5b0a1f34.jpg |
addiction... hos is that front grill insert on the black civic.. i see they are very popular and pretty sleek looking.. where do u get them and how much are they and how do you like them... it looks good to me but hows fitment and whatnot and did u ever feel like changing it again
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I believe he made it himself it is pretty damn easy
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well my upper grill is OEM SI grill.
the lower one was a cheapie ebay thingn and fitment did suck.BUT i dont know if it is OEM fitment issue or the aftermarket bumper cover that is on my 99 or what not... i have no idea.... but i did have to trim the grill down alittle to make it fit and its still not that nice of a fit! the cheap @ss grill to the left is not what im using.... i might use it on the 96dx but not sure how it fits yet since i havent tried. i bought it before i bought my oem SI grill and as soon as i bought that turd i found a SI grill afew days later and never tried to use it.LOL |
thanks guys. addiction, I think i'll try that home depot BBQ grille material. I just want some cheap material, and I don't think the edges will matter for me, because I have already cut out the stock grille, so if I mount it from behind the bumper I don't think the edges will be visible.
Any idea how much the BBQ grille material was? And how big was it? Since i'm talking about doing the lower grille (only one i have) I'll need a kinda large piece. |
well i was talking about the bbq ruff edges around every piece.... not just the edges! every cross section had a ruff edge! i wouldnt recomend it.LOL
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oh, alright
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Originally Posted by addiction2bass
(Post 587262)
well my upper grill is OEM SI grill.
the lower one was a cheapie ebay thingn and fitment did suck.BUT i dont know if it is OEM fitment issue or the aftermarket bumper cover that is on my 99 or what not... i have no idea.... but i did have to trim the grill down alittle to make it fit and its still not that nice of a fit! the cheap @ss grill to the left is not what im using.... i might use it on the 96dx but not sure how it fits yet since i havent tried. i bought it before i bought my oem SI grill and as soon as i bought that turd i found a SI grill afew days later and never tried to use it.LOL |
Originally Posted by BonesZ33
(Post 587335)
where can you buy an oem black si grill like the one in your black civic on the right man
just put in 99 Si as your car |
Originally Posted by BonesZ33
(Post 587335)
where can you buy an oem black si grill like the one in your black civic on the right man
i bought mine used off ebay. expect to pay ruffly 70-100bucks... i think brand new one off ebay is like 140-150bucks I THINK.... |
You can buy the cheap chrome grill **** from walmart and spray paint it black thats what i did and it looks gr8
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Originally Posted by jprommel
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You can buy the cheap chrome grill **** from walmart and spray paint it black thats what i did and it looks gr8
i just want to do it cheap and it still look somewhat good. i'm not going for top-notch quality, as it is barely visible. also it will be black, so it's kinda hard to see it in the shadow area it's in. how much does it cost? |
I dont really remember i'll pop by tomorrow i live like 3 min away and i need some food stuff too, i dont think it was more than ten dollars though. and u get quite a bit of it.
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yah this is what my grille looks like before i spray painted the hood latch black so u couldnt see through the grille.
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Originally Posted by jprommel
(Post 587563)
I dont really remember i'll pop by tomorrow i live like 3 min away and i need some food stuff too, i dont think it was more than ten dollars though. and u get quite a bit of it.
i'm guessing it will be in the automotive accessories dept.? |
Yea any auto store should have something like that. I payed $30 for 2 sheets, already black, large enough to do all my front bars 8 vents and and the fenders vents. It was propper grill mesh too, so it looked the part. Not tacky. Real stiff mesh.
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thread back from the grave, you ever do it?
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Went to walmart and I looked for like 15 minutes and didn't find it. I haven't had the money to buy the expensive stuff ($40 sheets of it online) so i've just been putting it off.
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