Quick grill mesh question please

[DarylCooper]

If I mesh my mk2 saxo.. How would I open the bonnet lol? Might sound stupid and I'm not thinking properly lol or do u cut a slot out of the mesh to open it? Please reply

[JDub]

Tutorial here...
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67162

[mikeaustin92]

yeahh if you mark out where the bonnet catch is and then cut out a slot big enough to get your hand in, thats what i dits hardly even noticable until you get right up close to the grill :)

[DarylCooper]

Cheers, I just snipped a line at top and sides then I can push the piece forward to open bonnet then pull the piece back as if it's not even cut.. Kinda messed the job up tbh, the backing plate at back of grill snapped so can't screw it to bonnet, tried to get one from scrappy but only one they had was f****d! So zippy clip for now then use some sealer or something tomorrow.. Will post pictures on progress post tomorrow! Thanks

[Saxonator]

if your anything like me (which i hope your not) I ended up cutting the slats out from my mrk 2 grill and then leaving it bare without anything there because i was too lazy to get round to puttin mesh behind it.....good old selotape for a few months....bad look!

[DarylCooper]

Yeah I used zippy clips till get some sealer

[VTR-GAZzA]

I snapped the back on mine when I did it but used some resin glue and put it back on but after a while it started to come undone again so i'd suggest if you can't see the zip ties use them as well as the glue

[DarylCooper]

U can see them though :/ they go through the mesh then thru where the screws use to hold it on .. But they're black so can't tell unless your close lol..

[rick_VTR]

when i deslatted mine i cut the mesh to fit exactly then i drilled loads of tiny little holes all round the edges to hold the mesh, the front part of grill and rear part of grill all together with tiny little black cable ties, they were like 1mm wide, cant see them and its solid, then just to make sure i used black silicone on the inside all over the back joining the back part to the front part.

and where i cut the hole to open the bonnet i used some old extension cable, removed the wires and cut a slot down one side and fitted that to line the hole, if that makes sense?

[GTuff]

wat the funk is a zippy clip

[joel666]

wat the funk is a zippy clip

my thoughts exactly ... im guessing he means a cable tie? cause they go zzzzttt when you pull them tight :P

[Adamvts03]

Did mine like this in the end
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3691/img1070t.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/img1070t.jpg/)

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[DarylCooper]

yea cable tie lol

and i get what you mean.. ill upload a pic now of what i did,

and that pretty good idea adam but cant see the bit i cut out anyway cos i bend the mesh and bend it back cos ive just put a 2 slits in it if u get me

[DarylCooper]

http://i40.tinypic.com/9qjy9e.jpg

[Adamvts03]

haha i get what you mean now wish i thought of that first haaha

i got some c2 badges on mine now will get a pic up in a min

[Adamvts03]

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9168/40276036246975711180010.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/40276036246975711180010.jpg/)

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[DarylCooper]

lol, i did a few mesh's to see which colour looked best, white,red,black, and i fort white looked the best :D

[DarylCooper]

not to keen on that to be honest, unless u did them a different colour?

[chrisbrain24]

looks good :)

[DarylCooper]

looks good :)

Cheers :)

[Furio-Gazza]

tbh i aint a fan off meshed grills, my MK1 had a meshed grill & i hated it so much
but each to there own :y: :)

[Collavts]

Yeah looks good, the tutorial helped me a lot