funky2nite
Ex. Club Member
I've been long to do this,,, and longer to put it here for our memebers..even though further improved examples are already available - which indeed helped me achieve this!
It's far from being perfect, yeah I know! but I LOVED DOING IT myself (Y)
as I already said in previous threads... I love reading threads with lots of pics.. and I start by doing it myself!
removed grille haha!
salvatage micra badge for future reference, before destruction commences...
Plan out your work , mark before-hand
close up of line markings..... I know .. I know this is already becoming boring.. :glare:
DREMEL tool for cutting such jobs is PERFECTO! don't comment on safety, which I should be ashamed of... wear protective eye glasses, and on an adequate surface on a work bench with appropriate light.
cut centre part , be cautious to keep cutting in a straight line/... unlike myself..
cut-out grille part
Sand the sides down... as these needs to be filled using bumper filler or plastic filler so the filler can stick to the grille. I first sanded the big part using dremel 'sanding tool' then continued further by hand using dry sand paper
same goes for this side
centre part also needs to be sanded down due to the dremel not being able to cut flash with th rest of the plastic
lightly sanded from all sides
further sanding by hand
this is the sandpaper that I had in stock... it did well IMO :laugh:
this is the bumper filler that was avialble from local wurth store (no need to comment on quality) :
hardener that comes with the filler... it should be mixed 2% hardener with 98% filler. so for every handful of filler.. I assume that a finger-nail size 'amount of hardener should be mixed'
ohhhh ho ho ! I thought this was the best part...but it aint best grille time yet fwn
very important to plan / sketch out your required parts of the mesh before cutting.. and it's important to cut out the largest required part firstly then the smaller ones can be easily joined together by the left overs of the mesh... unles you want to buy another one...., I used maskingtape to mark out the parts to cut.. I cut it out using a regular home scissors slowly and it came out quite good.
Also I learnt this from another club memeber's thread.. the sanded down parts of the grille needed something from ebnath to fill up the hole and onto which the filelr could be applied. for this I used the transparent part of a cd case whihc I marked with a pencil and I cut out using the scissors but more slowly this time...
I know GUYS THIS IS THE ####TIEST applied filler you've ever seen..this is my very first time trying to figure this thing out.. how it works how it mixxes and applies together..so please excuse me on this one :
it dried out before I had time to figure how to do it :laugh: .. I had a broken part which I filled also to strenghten it up..
I know it's ####ty... try to get something good out of this... I felt I shouldn't put only the good pics only in the thread..
this is super cheap... I was amazed less then 5quid for a aerosol can with colour code paint
btw as I was about to spray I very lightly sanded down the whole grille with a light sandpaper like 600 grit then first coat.. then a super light & WET which was too light.. I bought a 2000 grit if I'm not mistaken but is too light..
it was left to dry over night..
then I bought a wurth silicone sealant transparent sealer to stick the mesh to the grille . I had to match two cut-offs from the mleft over's mesh.. as I left the largest part for the bumper part... so closely the two parts had to be aligned together to match their 'hole design' , they also had to be bedned to the grille shape lightly from the coreners.. and after applying silicone sealant I had to put weight on the mesh as itkeeps coming off the silicone... it;s really nothing near to glue.. it's simply flexibli adhesive fluid that takes ages to solidify... a better way would have been using super glue to attach it lightly in place then apply silicone sealnt al lthe way around.. I used paint buckets as weights
ta daaa! :blues:
rear boot not opened for fun REST ASSURED guys... not dat type of person!
feel free to comment anyone,
cheers!
Ian - MALTA
It's far from being perfect, yeah I know! but I LOVED DOING IT myself (Y)
as I already said in previous threads... I love reading threads with lots of pics.. and I start by doing it myself!
removed grille haha!
salvatage micra badge for future reference, before destruction commences...
Plan out your work , mark before-hand
close up of line markings..... I know .. I know this is already becoming boring.. :glare:
DREMEL tool for cutting such jobs is PERFECTO! don't comment on safety, which I should be ashamed of... wear protective eye glasses, and on an adequate surface on a work bench with appropriate light.
cut centre part , be cautious to keep cutting in a straight line/... unlike myself..
cut-out grille part
Sand the sides down... as these needs to be filled using bumper filler or plastic filler so the filler can stick to the grille. I first sanded the big part using dremel 'sanding tool' then continued further by hand using dry sand paper
same goes for this side
centre part also needs to be sanded down due to the dremel not being able to cut flash with th rest of the plastic
lightly sanded from all sides
further sanding by hand
this is the sandpaper that I had in stock... it did well IMO :laugh:
this is the bumper filler that was avialble from local wurth store (no need to comment on quality) :
hardener that comes with the filler... it should be mixed 2% hardener with 98% filler. so for every handful of filler.. I assume that a finger-nail size 'amount of hardener should be mixed'
ohhhh ho ho ! I thought this was the best part...but it aint best grille time yet fwn
very important to plan / sketch out your required parts of the mesh before cutting.. and it's important to cut out the largest required part firstly then the smaller ones can be easily joined together by the left overs of the mesh... unles you want to buy another one...., I used maskingtape to mark out the parts to cut.. I cut it out using a regular home scissors slowly and it came out quite good.
Also I learnt this from another club memeber's thread.. the sanded down parts of the grille needed something from ebnath to fill up the hole and onto which the filelr could be applied. for this I used the transparent part of a cd case whihc I marked with a pencil and I cut out using the scissors but more slowly this time...
I know GUYS THIS IS THE ####TIEST applied filler you've ever seen..this is my very first time trying to figure this thing out.. how it works how it mixxes and applies together..so please excuse me on this one :
it dried out before I had time to figure how to do it :laugh: .. I had a broken part which I filled also to strenghten it up..
I know it's ####ty... try to get something good out of this... I felt I shouldn't put only the good pics only in the thread..
this is super cheap... I was amazed less then 5quid for a aerosol can with colour code paint
btw as I was about to spray I very lightly sanded down the whole grille with a light sandpaper like 600 grit then first coat.. then a super light & WET which was too light.. I bought a 2000 grit if I'm not mistaken but is too light..
it was left to dry over night..
then I bought a wurth silicone sealant transparent sealer to stick the mesh to the grille . I had to match two cut-offs from the mleft over's mesh.. as I left the largest part for the bumper part...
so closely the two parts had to be aligned together to match their 'hole design' , they also had to be bedned to the grille shape lightly from the coreners.. and after applying silicone sealant I had to put weight on the mesh as itkeeps coming off the silicone... it;s really nothing near to glue.. it's simply flexibli adhesive fluid that takes ages to solidify... a better way would have been using super glue to attach it lightly in place then apply silicone sealnt al lthe way around.. I used paint buckets as weights
ta daaa! :blues:
rear boot not opened for fun REST ASSURED guys... not dat type of person!
feel free to comment anyone,
cheers!
Ian - MALTA
