Author Topic: Front Grille 'Mod' Time...update 02/04.Its Finished & Now Fitted!!(pics page6&7) (Read 18232 times)

jonnyturbo · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 March 2010, 18:10 »

Yep steve matt is a pic whore tbh lmao

bobbarley · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 March 2010, 18:26 »

Good luck mate! I hope it comes out well, I'll be keeping my eyes on it! On another note, if it works well I might pay you to do me one!

richw911 · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 March 2010, 18:35 »

Quote from: bobbarley on 26 March 2010, 18:26

Good luck mate! I hope it comes out well, I'll be keeping my eyes on it! On another note, if it works well I might pay you to do me one!

Cant wait for pics

northeast_gti-t · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 March 2010, 23:22 »

just to say thanks everyone for all your comments

much appreciated indeed

agree with you it is akward and alot of work but i'm prepared for doing it i'm determined to pull this mod off as i want to have something a little different

oh and looks like i'l be selling the black one i have at the moment

northeast_gti-t · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 March 2010, 23:30 »

Okay well started on some of the work earlier and so far the retaining piece has had the original lugs removed and tidied up,centre vw piece has had the grille slats removed and made up some plastic infills from the wheelarch liner bonded those in and applied 2 lots of filler which has not long been rubbed down with 400 grade wet/dry (used dry) and had a go over with (wet) 600 grade and fixed/clipped to the retainer also got the R32 bunper grille cut around the edges ready for sizing up for fitting to the retainer so some steady progress and i'm pleased with how its going so hopefully will be working on it on and off over the weekend

so in the meantime here's some of the progress

alot more to do but so far so good

dub268 · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 March 2010, 23:53 »

Looking good so far

Wayne · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 March 2010, 23:59 »

Very different, good luck

northeast_gti-t · « **Reply #17 on:** 27 March 2010, 23:08 »

well this morning i got the R32 mesh cut to shape for either side of the vw badge and tonight set about cutting and making up two infills for each end of the grille so as to give it a finished look where the mesh ends well spent an hour making and ensuring they fitted okay but once trying to bond them onto the back retainer they wouldnt bond successfuly even tho i was using some decent epoxy resin so it must be down to the composites of the two plastics

so in the end ditched that idea and just going to leave them cut to shape not what i wanted but has to be just a little frustrating having spent the time making up the pieces oh well

so tonight managed to get the mesh 'fillered' and made a start on smoothing it down level which is going to be slow progress and i'l be taking a trip out to get some more wet and dry i think

so for the time being most of the work will be spent sanding and touching in any filler to level it up
so for now heres some pics of the progress

vwprime · « **Reply #18 on:** 28 March 2010, 11:52 »

I cant wait to see this finished mate

northeast_gti-t · « **Reply #19 on:** 28 March 2010, 23:43 »

After the formula one this morning set about the task of sanding down the filler to level it up and to see any imperfections etc that need some filler adding well looking at the grillle i thought how the fcuk am i going to get that flat

well stuck with it and got it half decent before going out and getting a decent sanding block and some more wet & dry and how much better did it go with the block well had it level in no time

so washed all the dust off and let it dry ready for filling all the areas that have imperfections and the get these sanded down before smoothing it off very wet with some finer grade wet & dry to hopefully get the coats of primer on in the middle of the week
so progress from today....