Custom Grille Fabrication!

[Trupiano]

Hey dudes, just got my custome grille piece from CustomCarGrille's.com! Im stoked, it's a big enough piece, that I an do all 4 inserts for the grille, and will still have enough to remove that ugly black plastic piece from my front end, and throw a grille insert in there! SHibby! Lets the fabrication begin! It's a 24X48 inch piece by the way, powdercoated black. COst $120 shipped to my front door.

 

[jimtete]

Don't forget the pics when your done Bud.

Jim

 

[Trupiano]

^^I definately wont! Ill try n make a lil DIY, just in case anyone else wants to try.

 

[Danimal77]

That will look awesome Steven. I just replaced my inserts this past week as well. I'm stoked with the way mine turned out.

 

[Trupiano]

Dan! Looks flippin sweet man! Hope mine comes out that well!

 

[talon6]

whats that sheet made out of?

 

[HKkid]

Looking forward to the end result, question though, it looks a lot like gutter guard. Is it the same thing?

 

[0212353]

for the $$, that better not be gutter guard!

 

[OklaHemi]

going to look awesome trup

 

[matt99]

hmm thats kinda high for that, but i hope it turns out good. That street scene mesh one wasnt too much more, huh?

 

[Trupiano]

The grille's they sell are either stainless steel, or aluminum, or they have some in billet. They powdercoated mine black for me. Here's what I got! It's really high quality stuff!

Diamond XXL Grill Mesh Sheets
Raw Material: Aluminum
Raw Thickness: 0.051" / 16 Gauge
Finished Thickness: 0.064" / 14 Gauge
Open Area: ~ 70%

Street scene has some good lookin stuff, but the bumper valance piece alone is $112. I paid $120 for the mesh, and I have enough to make a grille, the valence piece, and then some!

 

[HKkid]

Awesome!!! Make sure we get some pics!

 

[SMKN]

looks good man! You have this finished yet??? lets go man it is Sunday already weekend is about over

 

[Trupiano]

Yeah the grille's done, Im just in the process of taking the bumper off to make the valence. Would have been done already, but my buddy had his going away last night and I was hammered drunk! I lost 3 straight games of beer pong... and we always play 12 cup. BLEH! It was definately hard to walk after that third game lol. But I feel great now, woke up at 6 a.m. Should be done with the valence in a couple hours.

 

[Trupiano]

Alright all done! Here's the finished product.

Mesh cut in 2 pieces ; The grille and the valence


Took the grille off


Took the frame bars off


Mock Up of how it will look


Cut to fit, screws installed. Couple of the holes were stripper out, so I bent the mesh under them and wire tied it tight



Reinstalled and finished!

 

[AF_Hemi]

how is this different from the "gutah grill"?

 

[Trupiano]

and for the valence...

Took the bumper off


Removed the frame plates



Installed the valence mesh. Bent it to fit, and tucked it between the bumper frame, and the plastic bumper cover.


Top row done, now for the bottom


All finished


Hemi badge reinstalled


All Finished!

 

[Trupiano]

... the gutter grille material looked cheap, I didn't like the design, and I wanted a quality poduct. I don't like to half-ass **** on my truck, so I bought some quality stuff.

 

[Trupiano]

I'd ike to see a duck go through my grille now! lol I did a very complete and thorough job installing it, and it's really strong stuff, yet still somewhat moldable with a good amount of force.

 

[cheapbeater]

i might have to use some of that for my lower valance... looks good!