kevkel33leg05 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Heres my diy grill http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/kevkel50/DSC01167.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ^^^ You need to see this guy. Looks badass with the frontmount and slick tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Here is my grill that I did like 2 months ago. I was gonna cut it up like the DIY grill, but painted the wings instead just to see if I liked it better, and I did. http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/3040000-3040999/3040917_12_full.jpg http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/3040000-3040999/3040917_13_full.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ^ Oooooooh. That looks GREAT! <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 That does look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ^ Oooooooh. That looks GREAT! Thanks!!!!! this is how it should come from the factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I like it on the white, especially with your blacked out headlights.... looks really clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_J Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Yeah no doubt that looks sweet. Flat black with some clearcoat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 no clear coat, just sanded with 300 and 8 coats of flat black primer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I'm curious to hear about how long that lasts with no cc for protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Mine is primer only and looks like the day I did it after about 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 yea I have about 15,000 miles on my car since I sprayed it with just 8 coatst of primer and it looks the same as it did the day I painted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hmmm. So it seems that primer holds up better/longer than paint+clear. Weird......but I now know what I'm doing to mine next Spring instead of bothering with actual black paint then clear. I guess I didnt consider where you guys are driving... How much actual traffic are you driving in daily? My first attempt was specked after a week. The next has held up much better, but still not nearly perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 my commute to work is 85 miles round trip all highway. I have 36,000 miles on my car which I bought Aug. 25, 2007 So I drive my car a lot.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBird Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 crazy question without pictures but i'm almost finished with my grille and i wanted to do something different for the emblem. if anyone has their letters off the back of their leg put the GT together with the L centered sitting on top. Waddaya think? i would post pics but im at work. if no one can do this i'll put some pics up when i get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleM Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Heres my diy grill http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/kevkel50/DSC01167.jpg how did you mount the sti badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 my commute to work is 85 miles round trip all highway. I have 36,000 miles on my car which I bought Aug. 25, 2007 So I drive my car a lot.....lol Sure...but are you in traffic? As in..cars close in front of you that would/could launch stuff at your grill? I'm in rush hour type traffic twice a day, so there's no avoiding stones etc. being thrown up at the front my my car. Though it still sounds like primer is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevkel33leg05 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 how did you mount the sti badge? I bought two L clips at home depot. Ya know the things to help secure a computer desks or other things. Bent them back a little bit so the badge sits on an angle. Drilled two holes in the grill all the way by the back. Used some JB weld to hold badge in place. Over a month on there and hasnt gone anywhere. cant even see the L clips when looking at it. Can take a closer pictures if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Sure...but are you in traffic? As in..cars close in front of you that would/could launch stuff at your grill? I'm in rush hour type traffic twice a day, so there's no avoiding stones etc. being thrown up at the front my my car. Though it still sounds like primer is the way to go. Yes I am in rush hour traffic in the morning and in the afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_J Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 no clear coat, just sanded with 300 and 8 coats of flat black primer Wow...that turned out really good. It looks like you used an air compressor? Or did you just carefully spray with a can? Just the 300 grit, tape/remove the badge, and let it sit 2 hours before each coat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin2000 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Wow...that turned out really good. It looks like you used an air compressor? Or did you just carefully spray with a can? Just the 300 grit, tape/remove the badge, and let it sit 2 hours before each coat? No air compressor, just a can of spray paint. roughed up the chrome parts with 300 grit paper and taped the badge. I used some utility lights and a fan for the drying process. I let each coat sit for about 15 min and then sprayed the next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBird Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 this is the lgt emblem i refered to previously...thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 how did you mount the sti badge? Note to those putting an badge on the grill...I've seen a lot of slightly crooked badges on here. I did a couple trial sticks with my Sti badge and as hard as I tried, it would still be juuust sliiightly crooked. So with the grill off of the car, I put the grill on my bench on blocks of wood to hold it upright and flat, put a flat piece of 1X6 MDF on the top of it, then put a small level on the MDF to make sure the grill was perfectly level. Then, just to be safe I put a long level on my bench to make sure the bench was level. Luckily it was. Even if yours is not, if you level the the grill you'll be good. Then, I stacked little pieces of smooth MDF wood in front of the grill to where the top one would line up flat with the bottom of my emblem, and I made sure the top piece was level too. I had to stand back about ten feet, but I could stick the emblem on and see if it was parallel with my level little pieces of wood. With my little wood block setup, it became obvious if the emblem wasn't quite level, whereas by eyeballing it with no reference, it was hard to tell. What I ended up with is an emblem that looks totally factory. If anybody wants to see it lmk and I'll snap a pic later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevkel33leg05 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Lets see a picture whobaru. The way i did it was have it run right on the bottom of the grill that way it has to be even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Well, the car is filthy and the pic isn't so good because it was taken directly into the sun, but you get the idea. If you look at the emblem, it is perfectly level with the ground. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/IMG_3633.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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