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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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first off this is a guide to how I did my grill, so if you attempt to do this do at your own risk, please don't do a crappy job and tell everyone that it was tweak rover's design. If you are not good at tedious tasks this is not the mod for you. cutting the plastic is extremly difficult to do and you can screw up your grill pretty quick if you are not careful. I assume that anyone attemting this has a general knowledge of painting and glueing and some good old fasion common sense...so.....
get some gutter gaurd for $2 at lowes or home depot
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I painted mine (make sure to get your cool bike in the background)
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remove your grill and carfully pry out the lr badge
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use masking tape to mark out your hole

carefully cut it out with an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel, use a dremel with a small cutoff wheel to round your corners
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scuff the inside area around your hole with sand paper so the epoxy can grip the plastic
line up and tape your mesh to the back side of the grill
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use epoxy to glue the mesh to the grill, making sure its tight to the grill
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center your badge where you want it and tape it down, flip the grill and epoxy the back of the badge to the mesh
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there you have it
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Update: after a few days I noticed that some of the spots of epoxy had let loose, after I removed the grill to see what was up I found that the epoxy had held fine but the paint on the grill had peeled of letting the mesh pop free. So when you epoxy your mesh make sure that the mesh is immersed in the epoxy so it wraps around it holding it firmly. What can I say its my first time doing this.
 

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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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WOW...

WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I WAS PLANNING..

Cant wait to do mine, though Im the only person in the world who LIKES the stock grill
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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looks good!! We need some pics of it on the truck now too lol..... What epoxy did you use to fasten it all together?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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Oh snap! That's gorgeous!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Long Haul
looks good!! We need some pics of it on the truck now too lol..... What epoxy did you use to fasten it all together?
will get them today it was 1am when I finished so the grill will go on after work today, the epoxy was the kind that comes in the double sided siringe
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Spencerfitch
WOW...

WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I WAS PLANNING..

Cant wait to do mine, though Im the only person in the world who LIKES the stock grill
I like the stock grill too but the saudi is a factory grill also, I just can't leave well enough alone. plus you get the benefit of more airflow.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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Way too nice! I want one.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 10:01 AM
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great job my man... looks clean and does the job.

on a side note, how did you get permission to do all that epoxy work on the dining room table?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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Awesome job! I am thinking about doing that to mine and keeping it as a back-up or selling it.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Cosmic88
great job my man... looks clean and does the job.

on a side note, how did you get permission to do all that epoxy work on the dining room table?
its not a big deal the dog my wife brought home already chewed all the chairs up.
 
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