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| louiskemp1 Member Since: 19 Mar 2013 Location: Norfolk Posts: 55  
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Looks excellent!
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16th Jun 2015 6:32pm |
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| Landrover OCD Member Since: 13 Jun 2015 Location: Cornwall Posts: 3 
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Having not actually modded my Defender yet, would it be possible to ask for some pics of the fittings?
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16th Jun 2015 7:07pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20348
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Ah I see, makes sense now.  |
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16th Jun 2015 7:19pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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Looks good to me.
Doesn't affect airflow to radiator etc? Pickles. |
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16th Jun 2015 8:50pm |
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| JellyBean Member Since: 02 Mar 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 142
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I think that is really, really nice - very understated and cool.
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16th Jun 2015 9:22pm |
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| chiversn Member Since: 01 Jun 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 42 
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To answer a couple of Q's / comments:
The mesh is just pushed on / secured by the fir tree fittings. The air flow is no more restricted than the KBX grill I had before. Thanks for the positive comments, I'm really rather pleased with the outcome  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My first job involved driving from Southampton to Wick in a 300TDI (twice) The experience of 3000 miles in a Defender has never left me (for many reasons!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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16th Jun 2015 9:45pm |
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| nitram17 Member Since: 08 Jun 2014 Location: newcastle Posts: 2261 |
Ditto! |
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16th Jun 2015 9:45pm |
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| Stiff1 Member Since: 09 Dec 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 596 
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So was it grill off or can you slide it into place from the top?
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16th Jun 2015 11:42pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Can you post up a photo of the inside of the grill - it might help explain how you have fitted the mesh |
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17th Jun 2015 9:23am |
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| Inigo Member Since: 13 Nov 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 617 
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Land Rover have their own version of this, or something similar:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RADIATOR-CHAFF-G...1426921497 I fitted one after cleaning loads of grass out of my radiator after deep wading. Now have to clean it all out of the mesh, but that is slightly easier with the grill off. I attempted to paint mine black to hide the garish gold colour, but the paint doesn't seem to have stuck very well.  Click image to enlarge I kept an eye out on ebay until one one came up much cheaper, still not as cheap as your solution. |
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17th Jun 2015 12:55pm |
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| nitram17 Member Since: 08 Jun 2014 Location: newcastle Posts: 2261 |
Why is there a large hole in the centre of the mesh?...whats its purpose ?as this would be difficult to replicate in a diy mesh!
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17th Jun 2015 7:27pm |
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| Clive Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Littleborough Posts: 467 
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"Why is there a large hole in the centre of the mesh?"
It's for the starter handle 
Seriously though, I quite like that, might have to copy the idea - if only to keep some of the cr@p out of the air-con radiator. |
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17th Jun 2015 8:02pm |
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| chiversn Member Since: 01 Jun 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 42
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Sorry all - won't be able to post any "behind the scenes" pics until after the weekend, as it's into my local Indy for some work over the weekend.
The mesh was secured into placed by pushing it over / down onto the fir trees that hold the grill in place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My first job involved driving from Southampton to Wick in a 300TDI (twice) The experience of 3000 miles in a Defender has never left me (for many reasons!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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17th Jun 2015 9:39pm |
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| consumerize Member Since: 27 May 2014 Location: Berkshire Posts: 121 
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Nothing like a bit of plagiarism to while away the hours.
Liked this idea a lot, and was looking for an excuse to remove and spray my very grey'd plastic grill and light surrounds. Trip to Halfords for some paint, and spotted they have this grill in stock in both black and silver options. As I've got a black theme going on, black it was. A very good size match. had to cut off about 5 inches off one end. I won't be winning any car painting competitions, but I'm pretty pleased with it. (Although now looking at photos i need to cut about 5mm more off one end..) I simply lined it up, put the screws straight through the mesh into the original fixings. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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18th Jun 2015 6:23pm |
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