I've been wanting to do something different with the Disco, but there's not much out there in the way of mods that aren't off-road related.

I wanted to give my grille a more modern feel.

I searched around on eBay and found a seller that drills stock grilles and paints them for a ridiculous amount of money (around $300).

So I thought to myself, why not give it a go? What's the worst that could happen?

I grabbed a drill, a ruler, and some masking tape, and went to work.

Here are my results:





I think everything came out quite nice.

I finished it off with some clear, and I'll be reinstalling tomorrow if the weather holds out down here in South Florida.

 

Nice, I was thinking about cutting the crossing pieces out and using the heavy screen material to make the homemade Saudi Spec Hot Climate grill, but I kind of like this idea for added air flow! I could always start here, and then move to the screen if I do not like it, or mess it up.

What dimensions did you use for your grid to draw-up the diagram to drill by?

 

looks pretty good. not my style, but i like it. let's see some pics of it re-installed!!!
jon

 

Like this:



This grid represents the horizontal slats on the grill.

Divided in half horizontally, and then each half is divided in half again.

Vertical marks are made every 1/2" from the left and holes are drilled in a staggered pattern.

 

Looks nice. Will look forward to seeing the after installation pics.

 

I think it looks great!! Just hope those hole don't become whistles while at speed creating an annoying frequency.

 

 

Waiting on the black grille badges to come in.

 

Looks awesome... just gotta install one of those cheap "electric turbo" from china (recent thread on here) and you can slap the supercharger tag on the back and it wont be a lie! well kinda...

 

Needs to be gold.