I got mine done with the gutter mesh thingies. I got them a Lowe's though and they were like 1.50 a piece! The only thing is the mesh itself was made for small gutter stuff so you have careful cutting it or you'll end up with something that won't cover the whole thing. I had a little problem with the large bottom one so I'll post pics when it's fixed. Foglights aren't done yet.

2 mesh was enough for the bottom one and the 2 top ones . I've yet to check if the leftover would be enough for the foglights so 3 will be enough.

Total: mesh + paint 'bout $20 (primer + the color paint)
Time to cut/paint 12hours
Total time to install: 1 1/2 day (counting paint time and breaks )

 

yeah Im actualy workin on my mesh right now..I just got done painting this stuff I bought at home depot,Im putting 3 coats of black on it.Then My order from summit racing came in the (black powdercoated unaversal grille) http://store.summitracing.com/


thats what they say it looks like but it really looks like this



It doesnt look like what they say on their site..

The stuff I bought from home depot comes like this:


After I painted it it came out like this



Looks good but it wasnt wide enough for some parts of my bumper,so thats why I have to use the other stuff also..

 

Post some pics once you get it all done. I know it's gonna be hot.

 

I plan on doing this mod too and go to Home Depot or something. I know Mitsubishi sells the same thing for an *** raping $200+. Given the relative ease of doing it yourself I can't understand why they'd charge that... or better yet, who would pay that. If it were $50 I might consider it, but even that would be a bit much for simple wire mesh.

 

get good mesh. Buy a tuner kit for like $20.

 

what color spray paint would i use to match Thunder Grey??? or where can i find the exact match?

 

hey i did my grills and it was not an easy task to get the mnesk to stay on the back of the plastic grill, can you post some pics on how u did this also?

 

a lil dirty but its sall G..lol..watcha think?

 

one more time.. lol

 

very nice!

 

thanks! worked hard to get it work..lol it looked kinda ghetto at 1st.. but i refined it..and wahhLLah! theres my crill..nothin better than saving extra bucks.. and u did it yah self.. then come out to look better than oem..lol

 

im gonna do this over the weekend.... so let me ask this first to make sure i got this down

-after i sand the inserts, cut out the mesh, i use the bondo stuff to glue the mesh on the back of the inserts? is that what you do to make the mesh stick?!!

i just need to make sure before i start this... i dont want to **** anything up

 

When I installed mine, I put the mesh right up behind and the plastic inserts held them in place no problem even through crazy highway and winter driving

 

to get the thunder grey exact spray paint, would i have to get it from the dealership???

 

Color codes
i hope this helps! Not sure if this will or not