I'd like to hear from any of you who've trimmed the grill or any other similar part on a Land Rover or any other vehicle. Any other project really. What tool did you use? Were you happy with the results?

I expect to be mounting a new Terrafirma front bumper on my '99 DII this weekend according to what I've read I will need to trim about an inch off the bottom edge of the grill.

 

I did not have to cut the bottom on my 2000 without a winch. If i did i would imagine using a dremel tool with a plastic cutting blade

 

didn't have to trim mine either. But as with drowssap, I don't have a winch, yet!

 

I used an angle grinder with a thin metal blade. Turned out poorly, I'd recommend a dremel.

 

Really? I've used an angle grinder with metal cutting blade on the plastic and it turned out great. If you move it too slowly it will start to melt the plastic though. It cuts like butter though so keeping it moving isn't hard. It will leave a melted plastic sorta edge. This comes right off with your fingers and leaves a nice clean edge. I've cut a couple grills and a few bumper endcaps this way and had great results.

 

It might've been where I needed a slight curve to my cut and even with a mark I had an absolute horrible time making the line straight. Couldn't do it for the life of me. For me, a dremel is a far easier way to get a nice straight line.

 

I like the cut off wheel too..... I have used a template and router bit in a laminate trimmer, but it better be sharp and secure with old brittle stuff

 

Dremel or cut off wheel. Depends on how accurate you want to be!

 

I like this idea. Have a table router all jigged up with tons of different bits. I will probably try this when I put in my winch.

But before, I guess I should know how much a new grill is :-)

 

This has been talked about before on this forum...

One of the pro's that contribute said to use a table saw, with the blade reversed. Clean cut.

I helped a friend install the TF on his rig, we used a jig-saw and it came out clean, but I would use table saw next time.