mesh grill material and mounting? [Merged 2-7]

[Mar10]

hey thanx for the pics..i'd say it looks pretty good eh

 

[dalepmay]

I like it. I bought that kit for $3 on ebay.

 

[blaise2gst]

i bought some gutter mesh from lowe's or something cut it out put it in it look's real good to... no picture but i like it....

 

[LambdaJoker]

imo, dont ever put mesh in your bumper. i dont really like the looks of it. looks like chicken wire on a car. thats just my opinion though.

 

[ddavisaf]

IMO mesh is a good idea for FMIC's. They help protect from road debris. Maybe not an insane amount, but I'll take any protection I can.

 

[Julia]

Personally I think it looks good....much better than putting a on a body kit. I'm even considering to put the mesh on my car

 

[GSTBlack95]

I wonder what it would look like on a 2g eclipse with that mesh.

 

[devlish]

i like it too. for a stock bumper, i'd try a black mesh though. (well, depending on the color of the car that is) then it's just noticable if you're looking, and will hide the lines and what not behind it, but wont stand out like silver mesh will

 

[speedy13]

IMO mesh is a good idea for FMIC's. They help protect from road debris. Maybe not an insane amount, but I'll take any protection I can.

yup, i agree.mesh on 2gb's ok,on 2ga's

 

[Amazin' Wasian]

i just put mesh in my 1ga bumper 2 days ago i used gutter gaurd from home depot, i spent 6 bucks, 2 sheets of gutter gaurd and some black zip ties, it looks exactly like dalepmay's grill, and the first day i installed it some guy complemented it and said he thought i had a front mount ......... i wish i had one.

 

[Mar10]

well sounds good, anyway thanks for the opinions and pictures and i think i'm gonna be installing it sometime soon, when i have some pictures of it, i'll put em on here...o the cars white

 

[epborden]

I'm exploring several different options. I'm looking for the best method to attaching mesh on a kit. I want it to look like the mesh is part of the bumper, like it floats there. I haven't had much experience with kits, as this is the first kit I've put on a car. Any knowledge would be great!

 

[ootalipseoo]

cut your mesh bigger than the opening it fills, fold the edges over behind the kit and put a lil bit of fiberglass resin on the back side edges., once it hardens it will hold it nicely.
-Shane

 

[epborden]

Like little dabs of resin around the edges? And that holds pretty well to 100mph?

I'd imagine it would, that resin is pretty good stuff

 

[FFeArXVI]

Like little dabs of resin around the edges? And that holds pretty well to 100mph?

I'd imagine it would, that resin is pretty good stuff

Up to 100mph? Why would you even need it to hold at 100mph. I'm hoping you don't go that fast on a highway.

 

[Defiant]

A putty epoxy will work well also. Rough-up the surfaces it'll be attaching to either way.

 

[napkinthief]

And if you are worried about it flying off, you can just cut it bigger and fold it over as said before, then use small bolt nut combos to hold it snug. Keep the nuts on the inside of the bumper for a concealed look.

 

[RUSURE]

Whatever you do, don't punch holes in the body kit and use wires to hold the mesh up. This one guy that I was going to buy a talon from did that, it looked like crap.

 

[morbid_eclipse]

Whatever you do, don't punch holes in the body kit and use wires to hold the mesh up. This one guy that I was going to buy a talon from did that, it looked like crap.

hmmm..thats weird...i have a friend who did it to his eclipse and i did that to mine and you cant see wires or anything that connects the mesh to the bumper...mine looks fine and you cant see the connections..

 

[RUSURE]

yah, I should have said be careful if you are going to do it with punching holes and using wires, didn't mean to offend you or anyone else. This guy that did it did a real bad job and the mesh was crooked.

 

[n0c7]

I've seen some kits that have hooks molded into the bumper that you just bend around the mesh. The mesh I have on my kit is just glued on, never had a problem. Not sure what was used as it was already done before I bought the car. Personally, I would use resin, but carefully. It gets messy real fast.

 

[inteclipse307]

best way to di it is to get some metal strips which are very bendable and they should probably be two-three inches long and about .25 inches wide and fiberglass them to the inside of your bumper or wherever your putting mesh and the cut the mesh out a little big, stick the strips through the mesh and bend them over so it hold the mesh that way if you ever want to take out the mesh you can and there wont be any holes or anything to show that it was there.

 

[cs82685]

liquid nails

 

[arajsquad03]

Use liquid nails or any good plastic adhesive and glue some thin strong but flexible wire to the bumper. Then lay mesh down bigger than the hole and tighten down with the wires you glued in place. Works really good and holds. Resin works good too but the mest has to be flush with the bumper and sometimes that is hard to do in tight spots. The wire can be glued practically anywhere around the inside of the bumper and twisted around the mest with needle nose pliers in tight spots.

 

[epborden]

I'm going to try the liquid nails method, that seems like a really durable way to do it. I'm heading down to Lowes tomorrow for some basic gutter mesh. I know its cheap, but I really need to cover the holes if not temporarily it looks really bad. I'm sure Lowes will prob have everything I need for it. Be my little daily project today. I was trying to avoid using wire though. I have the Drift 1g front-end, so you know the holes it has. How much mesh you think I might need? Specifically for this bumper, maybe 10 feet?