Women! they just don't understand.

Looks good though.

you can get the mesh and supercheap, etc, i got mine from crazy clarks, it was only like $15 for a peice the size of my boot .. only problem is keep it clean, so, when i clean my car, about every 3 mths lol, i just go over the mesh in chrome paint

cheers - will have to stop by crazy clarks or something on the weekend - the s**t autos stuff is overpriced @ $30 for a small piece - and its not what i'm looking for either - the grill is too open

Hahha, cool, don't forget a LED gear knob from crazy clarks lol

lol yeah that'd go real well with all the woodgrain & s**t inside my interior! hehe.

Looke great rik. The only thing old man-ish about that car is the sun visors and the mudflaps

Good job, love your wheels too.

My EL.

Thanks guys
And no-one said rice ! Cool

The mesh was about $30 from Repco in Rockingham - I only used about half of it too.

I was really unsure how to go about fixing it or attaching it, but then it all became so clear - I guess inspiration hit me like a hammer.

Th small parts on either side are simply cut to shape and then held on to the existing plastic vent flute things with cable ties - if you look closely you can see them.

To do the larger centre piece I just took out the existing grill, cut the mesh slightly larger, then wrapped the edges around the existing grill, that way it just went straight back in.

It is a very quick job if you do it this way


The wheels are polished alloys - not chromed

When I got them new - about 6-7 years ago they were really shiny - now they are pretty dull - to get them repolished to mirror finish is $50 each

There's a polishing mob in Perth - Bagby Metal Polishers or something like that - I think they told me it would be $100 per wheel if they were not already polished, so stock XR 5 spokes can be polished up for that price.

When I first got them there were none others around - nowadays I've seen quite a few.

If you look at my engine pic you can see I did a half-assed job of polishing my intake "snails" - just the front 3 - couldn't be bothered doing the back three as well. Really the whole intake needs to come off to do a decent job. Oh well, another job for another day LOL

That would be great. Save me 2.5hrs every week.

I was going to do my front like that. But decided I would ditch the plastic bit and just have the mesh grill and only the FORD badge over it (as seen in my Avatar.) I was originally inspired to do mine when I saw how Warlock had done his mesh grill on his EL. He actually put a Tickford badge over his grill instead.

the reason I did mine like that was because Warlock said it couldn't be done! I saw his EL and asked why he got rid of the middle bar (I like it), he said he was going to leave it but could get it to fit. Not one to shy away from a challenge I set out to do it.

It is completely original (with one exception) with the black 'mesh' backing, Al mesh moulded over the top, holes 'nibbled' out in the right places for the bars tabs to fit back, and a longer screw was used to hold it on. A bit of grunting and groaning getting the tabs to snap back in place, then screwed the middle back on, and it was done.

I love that. That has been my inspiration with couple of recent projects. People say they cant be done or they wont work well, and so i set out to prove them wrong.

My BA project for example i will be setting up a 3 way Dynaudio front stage 3 x 10" subs 3 x amps, 2 battery's dual 20band eq and more, all from the factory headunit, using "David Noavone" hand made line level converyors.

People have told me it will sound crap, ...... we'll see......

Great work.Yeah you are right it does look quite good on your EL. But I reckon cause of my Darker coloured EL the Plain mesh look seemed a bit more tougher.

dude that is some seriously expensive SQ gear... glad your paying for it and not me... who did your EL setup, yourself or a company... i heard from someone on CAA that you got freeway car audio in dandy to do it?

That is thr first thing I did to my car. Removing the sun visor takes away all the old man feel of the car...