Making your own grills for the 08 hood??

[Jsparks]

Well got the hood installed and it looks amazing...as if you all didn't know that already!! Bringing her home from the bodyshop and what pulls up next to me??...Gsxr 1k Third gear from about 75 to 115.... don't know if the guy was a wuss but I pulled on him by 2 car length!!

Anyways....called Jon with partsrack for the grills and he told me he couldn't help me. Bought my hood from a local guy and Jon told me he is saving his grills for his hood customers.... I understand completely; but now I will have to make my own.

Somebody posted a site a while back about where they bought their screen. I couldn't find it and was wondering if anybody else remembered??

Thanks

 

[dave6666]

What does the screen look like? Square openings? Wire mesh?

 

[treesnake]

Contact Mike at XVIPER.COM I bought two 08 hoods from him and he has the grills. DC really made these grills difficult. Each grill is different and they only come in sets of six grills, no individual grills. Retail is about $500 I think. JonB has a thread in the "Vendor special" section that gives a good description and photos.

 

[Jsparks]

What does the screen look like? Square openings? Wire mesh?

they are a plastic hexagon type mesh.. I'm not looking for a perfect match.....actually would like a black powder coated diamond shape

 

[dave6666]

McMaster Carr has 1/4" x 1/2" opening diamond sheet in aluminum for about $60 for 36" x 40" of it. You would have to come up with your own scheme to fasten, and of course paint or powdercoat them after fabrication.

 

[treesnake]

These are at a VCA vendor site:


Viper Generation 3 Accessories and Parts - Products Page 1

 

[Hiss]

I made my own grills go to customcargrills.com

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Diamond XXL FLAT Grill Mesh Sheets

Super high quality mesh!

Just like the regular XXL, but with a flattened look. Much easier to work with and gives a larger appearance.
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I got 2 pieces of the flat XXL (12X48-powder coated black)-as mentioned flat is easier to work with-are now about 40$ for 2 sheets.

Not hard to make.

 

[85 of 200]

I didnt like the shape that Hiis used even thought he did a fantastic job, I wanted a shape closer to factory and I made these.

I had them anidized black. I have an extra set already done if you like them, just PM me.

 

[Jsparks]

I didnt like the shape that Hiis used even thought he did a fantastic job, I wanted a shape closer to factory and I made these.

I had them anidized black. I have an extra set already done if you like them, just PM me.

Thanks....but I just got back from Home Depot and found some .25in steel slotted sheet stock like Hiss'. Looks like it will work great and all for $40 bucks!!

 

[Hiss]

I installed mine with 1/2" #12 metal screws and washers.

 

[Jsparks]

I installed mine with 1/2" #12 metal screws and washers.

Thanks

Heading to the Depot right now to pick some up

 

[FE 065]

Any more of this and there might be a sudden change in Partsrack policy towards those who've bought their hoods elsewhere..

 

[ILLSMOQ]

Well got the hood installed and it looks amazing...as if you all didn't know that already!! Bringing her home from the bodyshop and what pulls up next to me??...Gsxr 1k Third gear from about 75 to 115.... don't know if the guy was a wuss but I pulled on him by 2 car length!!

Thanks

I 've run with a few gsxr1000's and it's a close race......never had a clean run, but I think we could take them

 

[dgt1031]

Hey Hiss, do you mind making a few extra sets and selling them? I will pay $$$ and I am sure others will too. Thanks

 

[Kala]

I didnt like the shape that Hiis used even thought he did a fantastic job, I wanted a shape closer to factory and I made these.

I had them anidized black. I have an extra set already done if you like them, just PM me.

I finally got around to installing the OEM Hood Grills from Jon B today... I bought my hood from Jon B...

My hood vents have been open since the October Hearst Castle Run

The pattern used above is very similar to the stamped pattern used just below the wipers which has the same pattern as the OEM hood vent grills.
Kind of a honey comb look.

I didn't even notice before installation that the theme was carried thru from one part to another

I rolled 12k miles today, 3k miles with the 08 hood on...
It is a very good mod, for a much cooler cabin

 

[Hiss]

DGT

I don't think I would be interested in making them. IT does take time to get it done right.

I did have more of the the honey comb look on my first set that I sold-then I went with the powder coated diamond flat shape.

I really like the look of the diamond shape the best. The openings are larger. The flat was so much easier to cut and shape to fit.

Here is a closer pic of the flat diamond

 

[treesnake]

The OEM grills are good for an additional 6 RWHP. The aftermarket grills best show on the dyno was a gain of 4 RWHP...

 

[Jsparks]

That was rediculous...... I only used half of the grates so it cost me $20 and took me all of about an 45 minutes from start to finish. I still have to remove them and paint but that shouldn't take much

For anyone that it wondering I used the sheet steel from Home Depot, .25in zip screws, and tin snips!!

BTW - With the top down I had my hand out of the window... I put it down by the side mirror and I can feel the heat coming off the motor which I never could before!!

 

[johnk]

HISS, were you able to locate mesh like yours that has a more 'open' pattern? Is yours the 60% open? The link you provided had a thicker (more difficult to work with) pattern that was 72% open. Do you think it can be formed for our application? I think I'm going to try the 100% open pattern for a while and see what happens. I just hate to effectively cover up almost 3 of the 6 openings, but boy your grills are beautiful...

Thanks

 

[Hiss]

JohnK

I used the aluminum powder coated XXL flat Diamond(60%)-easy to form and cut. Order the sample pack-this will give you info needed.

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[johnk]

These are at a VCA vendor site:


Viper Generation 3 Accessories and Parts - Products Page 1

That's a shiny mesh grill that mounts on top of the original grill