DIY Mesh "guttah" Grill

 
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:55 PM
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Default DIY Mesh "guttah" Grill

ok heres what i did, goto home depot not lowes and pick up some hinged gutter gaurd 6"x3' its $1.98 each youll need 4 now get what ever color paint you wish to use while your there i used dulicolor clearcoat heres some pics to show you better on what i did....
this is what the gaurd looks like....
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now you have to trace out the shape you want it i used my grill inserts to help me on this.....
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this is the shape it should look like you need a dremel or tin snips to cut the material....now what i did is used my old honeycomb grill and utilize it as support so i cut out a bunch of the honeycombs i didnt want it to show through so i left a little to help strengthen it
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now you have to attach it to the old grill inserts i used zip ties black ones so you can see them as good....
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and this is what it looks like put together, this is when i applied my clearcoat i chose to leave it the orig color as i have been blackening stuff and i want a lil color for now(itll be changed this is just a temp grill) if you choose to paint it a color now is the time....
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and now you have to assemble your inserts back to the grill i again used beffy zipties to hold it back into the original location and voila...."guttah grill".....
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so here my "guttah grill" what do yall think.......
 
 



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