Well I have been interested to know what meshing the front might look like on my car, so i jumped in the car went and bought a kit and in 30 mins I had it all meshed up... then I realised I had made a fundamental error... in my haste I failed to notice the inner shell of the TH grill which i happily put aside, has the fixed fasteners to connect the grille back to the car, so here I am I have got it meshed up and realised I could not put the damn thing back on! :doh: [insert laughter here]

So I thought, take a snap of it then rip that mesh off and put it in the "seemed like a good idea" pile. Oh and yes that is $4 keeping the front of the grille up :redface: ..oh well, back to the drawing board! Any meshing experts faced this? How did you get around it?

http://neilk.customer.netspace.net.au/mesh.jpg

looks good, i want to put some in the little pieces next my fog light to cover the big gaps, where do i get it in black...???

looks good, i want to put some in the little pieces next my fog light to cover the big gaps, where do i get it in black...???
Autobarn, I got a huge piece for $30 (bin material now! sorta) but you can get smaller pieces for $16 i think it was in Black, Red, Blue, and silver.

Thanks mate, will make a trip there tomorrow...

hahahaha what a pisser... cant u just use cable ties.

hahahaha what a pisser... cant u just use cable ties.
In my earlier modding years I would have probably settled for cable ties but I couldn't bare to do it now, do it rite or don't do it at all IMO. :roll:

I ran into this problem doing mine.. (which youve seen neil)

And i just used double sided tape to stick the grill to the bumper and headlights...
Seems to work, its stuck on good and hasnt fallen off. And if i need to take it off, i just replace the tape :D

hope that helps


BTW Looks good man!!!

Hahaha, cut it out around the supports and sikaflex it in place, you can even use tiny screws on the back to hold it in place then sikaflex it, I think a couple of guys have even used a hot glue gun.
The grill bits I think have to be cut out though.

look.. cut the mesh to fit inbetween the black bit and the main part. it look me about 20 min to cut but looks freaking awsome...

http://www.geocities.com/rob26t/parabolics.jpg

Nice work, it looks awesome :clap: ... actually, silver looks better, but I am not sure about on a white car. Hrmmm, thanks for the info, much appreciated :thumbsup:

Thanks :D .. my mum whats me to do hers now :doubt:

Thanks :D .. my mum whats me to do hers now :doubt:
HA HA, start a family business ;) just don't get carried away meshing the windows of the house or anything.

HA HA, start a family business ;) just don't get carried away meshing the windows of the house or anything.

damn... so does that mean i have to take em off :( lol

THe down side of the way i have done it is i have neons all through the car. one of them is behind the grille.. well under (you cant see it) anyway, the black original mesh shows up and you cant see the chrome stuff (at night when the neons are on). I might cut the black stuff out to see what it looks like..but it wont be as strong as it was :(

Spend your moneh on colour coding, meshing looks gay compared to whats on a stock TH grille.

In my earlier modding years I would have probably settled for cable ties but I couldn't bare to do it now, do it rite or don't do it at all IMO. :roll:

hehe yeah well my toolbox pretty much just consists of a 50 pack of cable ties, a wheel nut socket and ratchet :D

my front and rear bars are both held on by cable ties :)

but i can see ur point

trboy,

u thought bout meshing exact same mesh on the front lip where foglights under number plate sit....( might be over kill or would look freakn tuff) i've done the opposite 2 u mesh down bottom just colour coded top (thought bout meshing might have a go see if its over kill...

I used this mesh in my TH grill


http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/dvscomputers/Badge.jpg


But I modded my grill

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/dvscomputers/newmagsfront.jpg

Yeah, I have been green with envy over your grille since day one of being with AM! lol

Nice work, it looks awesome :clap: ... actually, silver looks better, but I am not sure about on a white car

my TE grille is different of course, but i have silver mesh in the grille of mine:]

P.S. TRboy your grille looks *** good!

im told the TH grill is easier to mod compared to the TE

is this true?

Trav

look.. cut the mesh to fit inbetween the black bit and the main part. it look me about 20 min to cut but looks freaking awsome...

http://www.geocities.com/rob26t/parabolics.jpg

so u styill have the grills behind the mesh and the main frame? how hard is it to fit it in between?

im told the TH grill is easier to mod compared to the TE

is this true?

Trav
Yes it is as the TH is a 2 piece grill most of the others are 1

Yes it is as the TH is a 2 piece grill most of the others are 1
Well I have no excuse now do i? lol

Thought it was ok for me to dig up my own thread to show of my new meshing... it was a bit of a spoiling for my car after the damage was done last week (you cant see it so well now as I have used touch up paint) So yeah, I finally got around to doing it... pretty happy with the results.

http://img92.echo.cx/img92/3757/mesh15tz.jpg

http://img92.echo.cx/img92/4654/mesh20jw.jpg

My eyes are playing tricks on me, cause your mesh looks pink???

Good job though mate, cant really see that accident though, you must have covered it up ok.

Hey, you should paint the grille white, that would look sweet, also the black bits down the bottom of the bumper.

My eyes are playing tricks on me, cause your mesh looks pink???

Good job though mate, cant really see that accident though, you must have covered it up ok.

Hey, you should paint the grille white, that would look sweet, also the black bits down the bottom of the bumper.
Ha ha yeah... just the way the light has caught it... (don't need any more pink things on my car lol)

Yeah when I get the damage fixed I am going to be looking at possibly doing some colour coding around the rest of the car.

My photoshop not the best but you get the idea.

Cheers for that mate :D I do want to get the grille done only if they can match the colour well otherwise it sticks out like dogs goolies.

Cheers for that mate :D I do want to get the grille done only if they can match the colour well otherwise it sticks out like dogs goolies.


Neil i reckon leave the mesh silver and paint the bottom bits white.. white mesh might just look a little to much... :D

Neil i reckon leave the mesh silver and paint the bottom bits white.. white mesh might just look a little to much... :D
Yeah cheers... nah, I wasn't intending on painting the mesh white, just the surrounds... it would look crap in no time.

Yeah cheers... nah, I wasn't intending on painting the mesh white, just the surrounds... it would look crap in no time.

The bottom bits would look good white.. down where foggies go.. :D

Yeah leave the silver bit silver, my photochop no goodie.hahhaa :D

Yeah leave the silver bit silver, my photochop no goodie.hahhaa :D
he he, your photochop was fine ;)

If i can find me digital camera i will take some pictures of me ralliart :cry: . i have meshed the front grille but am debating as to whether i should mesh the front bumper as well seems a task just to rip the bumper off :shock: . Meshing is the easy part once you rip the old mesh off

Heres what my verada looks like with a meshed grill. It took a while to grow me but now i think it looks pretty mean inbetween the parabolics.

About 6 Months ago when i had my Hyundai accent, i decided to mesh my front bar.

1st Prob, Decide not to remove the front bar
2nd Prob, Decide to lay underneth the car whilst glueing masonary plugs on the the Bar
3rd prob, decide not to use safety goggles
Last prob, using a hot glue gun, a piece of glue dropped onto my face, actually my eyelid, lucky i closed my eyes or i would have been most likely blinded my right eye, then having the hot glue burning away and trying to remove the F***ing S**t,

I'll just say never to try meshing a grill or bar without using a safe approach. I did it wrong and suffered.

meshing a TR grill, possible?

easy as any other. i was thinking bout it

just cut out all the plastic then put mesh in there?

yea or u could mesh behind the plastic. that would look ok

might do it this arvo, shouldnt take to long but i just painted my grill black
how much is mesh

On the 3rd gens, the front garnish unscrews from the rest of the grill not sure if the second gens are the same. You can then cut the mesh to size, and then srew the standard grill in behind it to sandwich it in place. Its really easy and takes about 15mins tops
It cost just under $30 for quiet a large piece from autobarn