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zoidberg · #1 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:40 am

Has anyone made there own grilles for the rads?

Theres some on flea bay put £40 for three bits of mesh seems a little bit much.

blinkey501 · #2 Post by **blinkey501** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:50 pm

zoidberg wrote:Has anyone made there own grilles for the rads?

Theres some on flea bay put £40 for three bits of mesh seems a little bit much.

Go to wicks or B@Q. Cut your own mesh and cut. Go to a scrap yard and ask for a door seal. They should give you it for nothing.

zoidberg · #3 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:53 pm

Ahh, I like you're thinking. You got any pics of the ones you made?

Falco Frank · #4 Post by **Falco Frank** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:32 pm

B&Q Stainless mesh, make templates from paper, wrap into shape and tie into place with wire - job done...

zoidberg · #5 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:00 pm

Looks smart. Will get meself to B&Q

Viking · #6 Post by **Viking** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:54 am

What Zoid said - looks very smart!

Shouldn't be too hard to do, either. Just have to find the mesh.

fatboy · #7 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:53 pm

Tip.
make sure that the mesh stands 'off' a little from the rad and oil cooler, if it is flush fitting then debris can pas through the mesh and into the fins of said cooling component ( been there )
The smaller the mesh size the better protection, a 5mm gap between rad and mesh will be good.
Falc oil coolers are bloody expensive and there is no universal type replacement

GregD-UK · #8 Post by **GregD-UK** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:27 pm

Hi all,

Delkevic supply shiney new one's for £99.99 each :)

zoidberg · #9 Post by **zoidberg** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:21 pm

Would This be suitable?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Ste ... 1e80ee0eed

zoidberg · #10 Post by **zoidberg** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:23 pm

This actually looks better

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PitKing-Produ ... 53fae95a55

plasticpig72 · #11 Post by **plasticpig72** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:49 pm

I think the first one looks better myself, but it's not the right grade. The other issue they are both woven meshes which means they will be hard to bend without the mesh distorting. I have tried before on another project.

fatboy · #12 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:26 pm

You would need a folding machine or press to shape both of those, no chance of doing it by hand.
have a look for perforated stainless sheet,which you can bend with a vice and straight edges,

falcomunky · #13 Post by **falcomunky** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:08 pm

Got a sheet of gold mesh via Ebay a few years back.
Did the same way as iconic944ss pic shows. Dead easy job once the plastics are off.
I recall it was a universal car front grille (cut/bend/glue to fit) I got for about £20.
Dont Halfords still do sheets of the stuff?

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