Grilles

[Jake007]

Hi, Just purchased one, has come in black. What do i need to do to it bearing in mind i want it met blue like my car.

Thanks
Jake

[Jake007]

Forgot to mention, can i do it my self or will i need a specialist to do it?

Jake

[vipergfx]

Can do it yourself dude, sand it down, primer it, paint it, and lacquer it.

Can get your paint matched up at halfords, won't need a tins worth.

[Jake007]

Oh that ok, any clue around the price?

Cheers
Jake

[Graham]

shouldn't be more then £20

[Jake007]

Rite, cheers for the help!

Jake

[tinyepson]

yer 500/600ml spray primer and the laquer is gunna be 6.99 each rougly may be more. and the blue if u got posi blue they shud have on racks in wich case will be 6.99 if not for a made up can it will be 9.99.

[FurioGaz]

Where'd you get your grill from mate?

[Crunkers]

Personally I wouldn't get your paint from halfords, just get grey primer and and clear lacquer from them. There is a good place online I can't think of the name of the place but if you email Predator_VTR he will be able to tell you. Did my mates grille the other day and they are easy to do.

Cheers

[Crunkers]

FurioGaz try ebay, they do Saxo grilles on there for a pretty good price, or you can use yours and make up your own.

Cheers

[tinyepson]

yer the paint is alright but the measuring tools that halfords use are shit and are way out of calibration. and when u do a metalic paint well it dont look very metalicy unless they put lots of the number 042 item which i add alot cos it makes it look a proper original paint

[Jules]

yer the paint is alright but the measuring tools that halfords use are shit and are way out of calibration. and when u do a metalic paint well it dont look very metalicy unless they put lots of the number 042 item which i add alot cos it makes it look a proper original paint

I am getting this all wrong.....do halfords make up paint on order.
Im wanting to paint my grill silver to match my car was going to buy paint from citroen.

[bide_furio]

yea halfords will paint match! as long as u know ur paint code!

[Jake007]

May sound like a stupid question, but can i still access under my bonnet? The only reason i ask is the latch is in the current grille and as it's mesh will i be able to access this?

What do i need to swap them over? Is it just a few screws?

Cheers
Jake

[Jake007]

Where'd you get your grill from mate?

http://www.rtecshop.com/?p=browse&category=163&car_make=28&car_model=784

Less than £45 posted!

Jake

[Crunkers]

However the paint doesn't ever match your colour, anyone who has got paint from them will tell you that

Cheers

[tinyepson]

if ur doing it urself u will have to make a gap in the middle top right hand side on the mark2 grill to access the leaver and i cant member the mk1 i aint been bothered to do mine i just done ma mates

[vaughany2]

What size torx screwdriver do you need for the screws?

[Jake007]

Is there a 'How-to' Guide to fitting?

Jake

[David]

yeah.. check the faq's...

[Jack_Sax]

I cant find the fitting guide on FAQ's????


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAXO-MK2-STREAMLINE-CARBON-GRP-FRONT-GRILL-PROCOMP_W0QQitemZ230165789330QQihZ013QQcategoryZ10 376QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Found this grill would this fit on a R reg vtr?

[furioAL]

My how to guide for meshing and colour coding a mk2 grill (shows you what you need to do to still be able to access the bonnet release catch):
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67162

Removing the grill from the car is easy, open bonnet, 7 torx screws need to be undone, then it can just be popped out.. and the reverse to fit the new one :y: it's really really simple!

Alex
:)

[Jack_Sax]

Nice mate- u got a guide how to pop the old one out? Where abouts are these 7 screws-

Like this one off ebay- can u av a look n ava guess how to fit it?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/citroen-saxo-vts-grill-modified_W0QQitemZ180161458097QQihZ008QQcategoryZ1 0376QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[furioAL]

oooooohhh mk1 grill... completely different ballgame lol..

Open bonnet.. undo the four 10mm bolts that secure in the tops of the headlights and grill...

then disconnect the indicators, you need to pull them away from the headlight, and keep gently wriggling until it pops out, then you can undo the cable and the indicators fully off.. do the same with the indicator on the other side... then if you look at the far ends of the grill there is a small plasic clip that attaches the grill to the front wings, you just need to pull it up and it comes straight off... then the grill should be free just to pull straight out.. but you'll need to work your way along putting your hand behind the grill as there are several locator posts to make sure the grills sits properly on the car...

And then once the grill's off the car.. to remove the black plastic part if you wanted to mesh it, it is simply torx screwed onto the grill...

Alex
:)

[Jack_Sax]

Class cheers dude

[Jack_Sax]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/JackSFC/Photo-0063.jpg

Mate thats my front- can u suggest how id get the grill off this one?

Cheers mate

[furioAL]

Exactly as stated in my last post #24

But you'll need to take the eyebrows off the headlights before you can remove the indicators...

Alex
:)

[Jake007]

I cant find the fitting guide on FAQ's????


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAXO-MK2-STREAMLINE-CARBON-GRP-FRONT-GRILL-PROCOMP_W0QQitemZ230165789330QQihZ013QQcategoryZ10 376QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Found this grill would this fit on a R reg vtr?

Think yours is a MK1 so no.

Jake

[Jake007]

Can do it yourself dude, sand it down, primer it, paint it, and lacquer it.

Can get your paint matched up at halfords, won't need a tins worth.

Sorry, forgot to mention, it's plastic. Should this be a problem or can i just use the same paint?

Thanks in advance!

[Jake007]

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