Mesh grill on a gen 1.5 solara

by **Ilovemylara** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:30 pm

Today I Modded my grill using mesh, and it looks killer! I havent had a chance to wash my car, so Ill take some more pics once I get her all shined up. what do you think?
Painting it:

on the car

by **jetbtkng** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:46 pm

that looks bad asss, nice job.................. :drinking:

by **LEE337** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:10 pm

Looks mean bro!!! :evil:

Did you get this idea after seeing SilverSurfer's Lara?
They both look very sharp!!!

by **Chinky420** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:21 pm

did you run out of black zip ties?

lol

looks good for a DIY

now go buy some more black zip ties :lol:

by **Ilovemylara** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:05 pm

LOL!! Yeah the i ran out of black ones, But I have a better idea, Florist wire, it comes in black, and is basically as thick as the twist ties on bread packaging. That would be more sturdy, and almost completely unnoticeable. Glad you guys like it. before I painted it, it was silver and I thought it looked pretty good, but black matches the theme of my car, so yeah... here it is before paint.:

by **SleeperSolara** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:33 pm

Looks good man.

Website · by **99BlackSandv6** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:22 pm

Nice look, good work. That's the perfect size mesh. Also I agree, kill the zip tied look :lol:

by **Ilovemylara** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:27 pm

I got the mesh from lowe's, it was 10 bucks, and came with 5 big sheets of it. Its called Gutter Guard.

by **SpeedySolara** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:36 pm

I've been thinking about doing this mod for the longest but I dont like that first layer of the grille which is needed for the tabs to hold onto the bumper. Unless I find something to fill-in the grooves I probably wont do it. It would look black like that to match my black headlights. Looks good bro. Keep up the good work!

by **k-0tik** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:52 pm

looking sick, just finish it off with a trd badge.

by **Toy1mzfe** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:51 am

MR DIY. Gotta love what u do. Simple, clean effective, cheap! good stuff

by **Ilovemylara** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:34 pm

Thanks for all the kind words guys

, This morning I made the mesh grill for the lower part of the bumper, and I used black zip ties this time lol

Yeah My bumper is pretty dirty. This afternoon I'm going to tint the fogs, wash+wax the car, and polish the headlights again. better pics soon, I promise

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by **Chinky420** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:46 pm

oooOOooo now black out the headlights

btw, what is the bottom peice on the grill that looks like it's got a diamond cut in it, but it's clearly not mesh....?

i'm guessing it's used to secure the mesh...but i can't seem to figure out exactly what it is, or how you got/made it.

by **(K)** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:49 pm

Chinky, I believe that's part of the Gen 1.5 grill (which I guess doesn't come off as I hoped it would...)

Nice work overall though! I really like it. Are you planning to do something about the top of the grill to make it follow the hood line more? May I suggest something similar to the rubber that's part of the hood for that factory look?

by **knightbird123** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:21 pm

u should have bought plexi glass, spray paint it black or tint it black then bend the plexi to the grill.

Not crazy about the 1.5 grill mesh look

im thinking about selling my chrome grill, you may want to buy that off me instead of having that mesh, will look 1000 times better

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-5643267238 ... _216196085

Mesh grill on a gen 1.5 solara

Mesh grill on a gen 1.5 solara

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