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 Post subject: el/ef grill mods
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:49 am 
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can anyone help me with mods to monty grills. Ive stumbled across a couple posts that others have done but cant bloody find em again. In perticular the el chrome grill mods. My monts a el and I wanna do somthing with that grill. Got a few ideas but interested in what other crew have done

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:51 pm 
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well sorry i aint got a el but heres my ef ghia grille
mirrored plastic behind the mesh and door edge chrome strips for the edgework

yah..same car - plate change incase u wondered

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 Post subject: LOW GHIA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:55 pm 
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sorry about the change of direction with the thread, but is "LOW GHIA" a genuine WA plate :?:
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 Post subject: Re: LOW GHIA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:36 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
sorry about the change of direction with the thread, but is "LOW GHIA" a genuine WA plate :?:


Yep.

They can have up to nine characters on personalised plates I'm pretty sure.

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:33 pm 
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Hey mate heres what I made once with Supercheap mesh!

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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:53 pm 
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here's mine... just a lick of black paint added...

 

 

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 Post subject: Re: LOW GHIA
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:57 pm 
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sorry about the change of direction with the thread, but is "LOW GHIA" a genuine WA plate :?:




yep...sure is

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:23 pm 
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That EL grille looks 100% better for just some paint!

 

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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:46 am 
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This is my custom grille. A mate and i did this in about 10 minutes. All we did was cut out all the grille supports and used mesh to cover the back of the grille. We also used gloss paint behind the grille so it would show the mesh better.

 

 

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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:35 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
That EL grille looks 100% better for just some paint!
thanks lukey... I modded it BEFORE i deamt of doing the BA GT bar conversion... Just so happens to comliment the bar nicely by co-incidence.. :wink:
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 Post subject: Re: el/ef grill mods
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:28 pm 
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Has anyone else been doing anything like this as of late. I'm looking at doing mine shortly and perhaps doing a step-by-step, but I'm looking for stronger mesh than the standard supercheap stuff as it seems too plyable.

 

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 Post subject: Re: el/ef grill mods
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:55 pm 
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Has anyone else been doing anything like this as of late. I'm looking at doing mine shortly and perhaps doing a step-by-step, but I'm looking for stronger mesh than the standard supercheap stuff as it seems too plyable.


You don't need anything stronger as it is only for looks. The Supercheap mesh and others is aluminium so it is flexable, needs to be as you will need to bent it around a little to get the fit right.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:18 am 
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This is my custom grille. A mate and i did this in about 10 minutes. All we did was cut out all the grille supports and used mesh to cover the back of the grille. We also used gloss paint behind the grille so it would show the mesh better.


I'll be doing this to my EL Ghia very soon.
Along with placing some meshing behind the front bar gap.

Your grille looks mint, hope mine comes off that well.

 

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 Post subject: Re: el/ef grill mods
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:33 pm 
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I've just done mine, the same style as B_C_1988,
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This weekend Im going to put some meshing down the bottom of the front bar,
I like the outcome heaps,
Thanks for the idea B_C_1988

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 Post subject: Re: el/ef grill mods
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:41 pm 
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Hi there,
i realise this is an old thread, but i have a 98 EL futura, im in need of a new bonnet, and possibly a new front bumper...
Is this the only type that will fit? or will another model fit?

When I bought it a few months ago it already had front damage and the grill is gone... can u tell me if the EL futura's grill attaches to the bonnet or to the bumper..

Apologies for the 'silly' questions compared to you smarty pants guys :P

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