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Elky,
Your grille looks great. I couldn't tell from the pic, is the bottom done as well?
Also interested in how you did your grille.
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Hey elky-
I read a couple posts from people w/ the home depot gutter guard that said the first rock that hit it dented it. You still have the orginal grill behind your screen right? I was wondering if your grill shows any battle damage, and do you just plan on replacing it every so often?
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Nice job Brian, looks real good  Maybe you should consider the acid dipping of the grill and then have it painted body color. I'm having this done today actually and picking up my car tomorrow. I will post pics when I get it back 
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Glad you all like the grill!
unfortunately I just sold the last of my mesh about 5 minutes ago.
XTREME, ignore the PM i sent you.
But heres a possibility, It costs me about $110 to get enough material to do three SVT's. It comes in 3' X 5' sheet. The shipping is the killer, because it doesn't weigh much, i have to pay a minumum shipping charge of $50.
If there are enough people interested, it could be worth buying a few sheets at a time, to save o shipping.
I have had this grill in for about 4 months, not a single crack,dent, or discolor yet.
Let me know what you guys wanna do.
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I bought some mesh from Elky, and it looks sweet. Waiting for the weather to clear up so I can take some pics. Also painted my ring black. (It turned out nice, but not perfect)  Look for pictures soon!
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Originally posted by Roger R: Nice job Brian, looks real good Maybe you should consider the acid dipping of the grill and then have it painted body color. I'm having this done today actually and picking up my car tomorrow. I will post pics when I get it back Thanks Roger! I'd like to see yours when done. Make sure to post pics and what you had done.
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Originally posted by bkent:
Hey elky-
I read a couple posts from people w/ the home depot gutter guard that said the first rock that hit it dented it. You still have the orginal grill behind your screen right? I was wondering if your grill shows any battle damage, and do you just plan on replacing it every so often? I have had mine on ever since last summer, I actually took the plastic ford grill out, and re-made the whole thing, ill have pics up as soon as I get may car out of the shop.
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Originally posted by ElKy:
The shipping is the killer, because it doesn't weigh much, i have to pay a minumum shipping charge of $50.
Why dont you take it to the post office and ship it priority mail?? Or use a ground service like Ups or Fedex. With $50 you can overnight it to someone and still have money left over. I just shipped something from Cincinnati to Detroit for $3.87! It got there in 2 days too. I'm just saying, to save yourself some money, just ship it Fedex or Ups ground, or for a little extra, priority mail. Good luck on your grille too
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mmarfan, the shiping cost of $50 is to get it shipped to me from the manufacturer. They have a minimum charge for anything shipped by truck that is under 500 pounds. the 3X5 sheet only weighs around 5 pounds. and it is too big to ship any other way.
for me to send out the cut to size pieces by usps shipping is only around $8.50. for regular delivery. UPS was about $45 to N.carolina.
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Sorry guys, kinda got it backwards :rolleyes: Hehe I got a D in english, I couldn't comprehend worth crap. But, man that really sucks with the $50 thing.  I sure hope you can get a lot of orders for it so you can get more. Good Luck
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Premier DEH-P740MP head unit
matrix display, plays Mp3s!!
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