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Lot of work to chop thin metal. Doh, thought I had that grille pegged as Bentley.
The mirrors look sweet, seen a ride that you pulled outward on the mirror to "pop" the door open.
Actually, not a bad piece for the price. As many reviewers mention - no hardware, you have to re-use the mounting studs (which unscrew from the stock grill), and either drill out the plastic mounting holes that they go in or alternately, heat the stud and twist while inserting.. which I did. The inner and outer shells don't quite snap together; I tried to use the inner supports from the stock grille and they don't quite fit. But after the nuts are on the studs and carefully set down, it seems to come together ok. The upper corners stick out a little bit though.. I may have to play "heat and push" until they set back where they should be. Grill is topped with genuine 23kt gold leaf in the old Chevy script, with a nod to the past with the flying wings....
I ended up spending a lil time on and off over a couple months working on this. One OEM grille from a scrap yard, some aluminum flat stock from Canadian tire, and lots of job weld resulted in what ya see. The emblem is my handy work aswell. Spray paint tinted resin remould. Kinda proud. It's my first car so I'm goin ham! 😅
10-19-2018, 05:25 PM
