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Have to show front grille i modified
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:24 am
by CJ Krause
I decided to remove the upper and lower middle bars and then i added some gutter mesh that i used on the lower grille that i bought at Lowes. took me 2.5 hours and i still have some small things to do. Total mod $3 for the 2 mesh gutter screens and all my hard work
but
I Love the Grille. it is a keeper
before
After
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Chevy owner since age 14
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:36 am
by chipster55
very cool, Charlie. gives it a neat retro look
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:00 am
by windshieldbug
Good look, but I'm not sure it will make it through tech inspection...
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:51 pm
by MartyNeilan
Charlie,
While I have not been the biggest fan of the HHR, I think your mods now make the front end look 1000% better.
Better still, you didn't go out and order $3000 worth of parts from the Ricer catalog, but you did it with a little creativity and ingenuity instead.
Congrats!
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:56 pm
by iiipopes
Nice. Look for GM to duplicate it in about 4 years, but claim they thought of it first
. Then you can boast of having it first. I really like it.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:49 pm
by Dan Schultz
Nice job, Charlie! That ought to keep the leaves and 'helicopters' out of your radiator
I remember how my dad had a fit when I took the verical bars out of the family '55 Chevy! He wasn't very happy with several things I did to that car.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:43 pm
by tofu
Bet you get much improved airflow into the engine compartment lowering underhood temp.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:45 pm
by Jeffrey Hicks
TubaTinker wrote:Nice job, Charlie! That ought to keep the leaves and 'helicopters' out of your radiator
I remember how my dad had a fit when I took the verical bars out of the family '55 Chevy! He wasn't very happy with several things I did to that car.
was it anything like this?
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:31 am
by Dan Schultz
Jeffrey Hicks wrote:TubaTinker wrote:Nice job, Charlie! That ought to keep the leaves and 'helicopters' out of your radiator
I remember how my dad had a fit when I took the verical bars out of the family '55 Chevy! He wasn't very happy with several things I did to that car.
was it anything like this?
Yeah!.... 'cept it was a turqouse and while 2dr sedan. I took out all the vertical bars leaving only the thin horizontal bars. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find some pictures of the '55 Nomad I sold about ten years ago. I got rid of the Nomad and the 1st wife all at the same time. It would have been a bargain and ten times the price!
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:45 am
by adam0408
I like it. Its a nice mix of classic and modern. I kind of thought "ish" until I saw the chevrolet on the top, but that really makes the part. COOL.