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Old 12-15-2012, 11:02 PM
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I used 14 gauge perferated steel instead of the mesh, and I think the circles match the headlights than the mesh. I used zip ties and adheasive blocks that after I put on I sprayed over with spray on 3m adhesive. Cut and painted one peice of the steel zip tied it in

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Old 12-15-2012, 11:06 PM
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Youd need a thin cut grinder for the steel though
Old 12-15-2012, 11:27 PM
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All I did was sand the back of the grill sheet of aluminuim and a glue gun 1hr job DONE!!

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Old 12-15-2012, 11:38 PM
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Looks good, never thought of a glue gone
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I used gorilla glue epoxy the first time but some of the blocks popped off within a month. Second time used loctite epoxy and haven't had a single block pop loose since, it's been about 6 months now and below freezing a few times and still good.
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Originally Posted by ohio12jk
I used gorilla glue epoxy the first time but some of the blocks popped off within a month. Second time used loctite epoxy and haven't had a single block pop loose since, it's been about 6 months now and below freezing a few times and still good.
Almost forgot, second time i scuffed up the spots for the blocks with 320 sandpaper and cleaned 3 times with denatured alcohol.
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Im surprised mines stayed put as heavy as it is. I think if any pull off im gonna put in some long carriage bolts and 3 nuts to hold it in place, paint the bolt heads same color as the jeep (metallic green). I may do that anyway now that I think about it....
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Old 12-16-2012, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by stagedtrip
Im surprised mines stayed put as heavy as it is. I think if any pull off im gonna put in some long carriage bolts and 3 nuts to hold it in place, paint the bolt heads same color as the jeep (metallic green). I may do that anyway now that I think about it....
Mine is 16 gauge and has held up for a year now. I used gorilla glue and zip tie blocks.

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Originally Posted by FlameRed10

Mine is 16 gauge and has held up for a year now. I used gorilla glue and zip tie blocks.
Now that looks clean! I could not figure an accent color for the metallic green, only thing I could think was copper.
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Originally Posted by stagedtrip
Im surprised mines stayed put as heavy as it is. I think if any pull off im gonna put in some long carriage bolts and 3 nuts to hold it in place, paint the bolt heads same color as the jeep (metallic green). I may do that anyway now that I think about it....
That looks like a lot of restricted air flow to me.


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