Anyone made a DIY mesh grill?

[Vaux1506]

Hi Gents,

Has anyone made their own mesh front grill for the preface hatch using the aluminium "nets" you can get online? Or is there any reason why I shouldn't give it a go?

Some a$$*@!e tried to rip my grill off a couple of weeks back (they did a few other siggys in the area too, probably after the parts) and they've pretty much destroyed it. Missing badge, 3 chrome bars snapped...

Anyway, I've ordered some aluminium mesh as it's cheap as chips, and was looking for a bit of advice.

My current plan is to cut out the centre of my old grill and fill with mesh, keeping the chrome surround.

Anyone got any input?

Cheers,

Nathan

[lizzard-t]

Hello nathan, I always find it very inventive going down your own route and it's better because thaught has gone into it and it makes it stand out from the usual .
When I had my vectra Sri I purchased some black honeycombed mesh and made my own grill , I was pleased with the results.
Put some pictures up of it when done it may inspire others .
Tally Ho

[Drew]

Sounds good, I have never tried it since I welded up a tubular grill for my brothers mk2 Escort. I was about 15 at the time..........it looked sh!t, but it wasn't long before he crashed it again so didn't last long!

There are some YouTube vids on custom car grills.

[Brian147]

Sounds interesting, I’d be interested to see the finished product if you do give it a go. Just done a quick YouTube search and there’s a free app, customcargrills.com which may be worth downloading, it may be of some help. Good luck and let’s see some ‘how to’ pictures if you do it, [emoji1305][emoji1303]

[Russ]

https://www.carid.com/2011-buick-regal-grill/