$6 GT Grille Mod
1/9/12, 07:53 AM
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A few people have PMed me to ask how I did the foglight Airflow grille mod...
I went to Lowes and bought some gutter metal screen, painted it with plastiDip ( also purchased at lowes)
used the screws from the fog lights and bent the screen into place nice and flush. Turned out great for a low cost mod!
Kinda like the idea behind the Boss302S grille.... flow into the Air inlet tube to the airbox is right behind the drivers side foglight. as seen in the pics below.
I went to Lowes and bought some gutter metal screen, painted it with plastiDip ( also purchased at lowes)
used the screws from the fog lights and bent the screen into place nice and flush. Turned out great for a low cost mod!
Kinda like the idea behind the Boss302S grille.... flow into the Air inlet tube to the airbox is right behind the drivers side foglight. as seen in the pics below.
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1/9/12, 10:45 AM
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VERY cool. Nice work and thanks for sharing! Just a thought regarding durability, stone chips, etc...
Do you think it would be better if primed and painted flat black first, so if it chips/peels, then black would still be behind it?
Do you think it would be better if primed and painted flat black first, so if it chips/peels, then black would still be behind it?
1/9/12, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 05GT-O.C.D.
VERY cool. Nice work and thanks for sharing! Just a thought regarding durability, stone chips, etc...
Do you think it would be better if primed and painted flat black first, so if it chips/peels, then black would still be behind it?
Do you think it would be better if primed and painted flat black first, so if it chips/peels, then black would still be behind it?
1/9/12, 12:38 PM
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Nice job. looks good!
obviously works best if you already have fogs on your CS lower. If you purposely remove your only set of fogs to do this mod, then that would be loco.
obviously works best if you already have fogs on your CS lower. If you purposely remove your only set of fogs to do this mod, then that would be loco.
1/19/12, 12:32 PM
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I tried this mod the other night. I could not get the screen looking that nice. I would love to see the backside of the grill to see how you have that mesh in there. For now I put the saleen grill in.
1/19/12, 03:51 PM
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I completely agree. The CS lower facia with working fogs makes this mod very practical. Looks great! Best looking white GT I've seen in a long time.
1/19/12, 04:01 PM
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the mod takes some massaging to get just right, but it is well worth it!
You can see the air induction directly behind the drivers side screen.
The only shot I have from behind the grille is these two:
