Mesh Grille Insert Now Painted Red

[HondaBoy]

well, my mesh grille insert was getting corroded. it still looked cool. well, it was like the easiest thing i could think of to do to take up some of my time. i was board as hell tonight! still havent gotten the 3gee fixed(needs water pump replaced). im not driving it risking it to mess up. anyway, i sanded all the corrosion off and painted it red. i had been planning to do this for a while, but have been lazy. lol. i'm letting the paint dry better in the house because the humidity is so damn high outside. if i were to try drying the car off, it basicly wouldnt get dry. anyway, heres a couple of pix. i'll take some pix when i put it back on the car.
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_145.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_146.jpg

[jigga225]

you got some time on your hands...!
but yah, anything else onthe car red?

[HondaBoy]

yeah, i got some of my interior done up in red and the honda window banner is red.

[AccordArizona89]

did u like saw off the middle parts of the grille to get the mesh in?

[BITESIZE]

How the fark did you do that?

[HondaBoy]

i unscrewed the chrome part of the grille and sandwiched the mesh between it. doesnt push the chrome part out too much if you do it just right. i had to trim several times to get it perfect. ive had it done for a while, yesterday decided to paint it.

[AccordArizona89]

sweet thats sick. im gunna try that one day

[HondaBoy]

ok, i got that grille back on and i still want to take a pic, but i'll have to wait till the weekend i think because its been rainy and cloudy. looks alright to me, kinda goes with all the red you can see looking into the car.

[wprocomp]

cool man...did you just use that APC mesh or something else?

[KoNEY]

looks sweet, i wonder what the stock 3g bumper grille looks like with the bars cut out and colored mesh in it....

[HondaBoy]

the bumper grille would look pretty sweet with red mesh in it. no, i didnt use the APC brand grille mesh. that i felt was a waste of money, considering its about $40 when i looked. i got this stuff at Home Depot in a big ass sheet. it was too big to fit into the car without folding it in half.......that should give you an idea of how big it was. anyway, it was about $4 for the sheet. i painted it with red engine paint. im going to go take a pic of it now.

[BITESIZE]

Hurry up with those pictures!

[HondaBoy]

hold your horses buddy. lol. i couldnt get 3geez to work when i was going to post the pix, how convienient. anyway, heres some, there not the best, but i'll take more when its light outside.
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_147_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_148_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_149_full.jpg

[BITESIZE]

Fog lights are beautiful! ! Where'd you get em?

[HondaBoy]

got them from Pepboy's for $20. they work great.

[MattsAccord]

It looks good Maybe I will try that some day.

[shane_lxi]

Did the cover fall off the right hand side bumper light, or is that intentional? lol. HOW MUCHCHROME CAN YOU PUT IN ONE 3G? Why don't we ask this guy right here, lol, jk. It looks like you painted the front end trim with chrome paint, or is it just the angle i am lookin' at it in? Nice job, I don't think it will work with the '88-'89 models, since they don't have the squared chrome grille, unless we took the grill off of a '86-'87 model, and put it on the newer models, I don't know if it would fit, but that's my two bits...

[HondaBoy]

if sure you could make it work on the 88-89 one piece grille.

[wprocomp]

he man get a good complete pic of your car...I dont think I have ever seen a full pic from the front :cheers:

[HondaBoy]

you mean get a pic head on of the front end? like centered not showing the sides? i havent take too many pix like that.

[adams86lxi]

looks good with the grille insert! :cool: