i brought a dremel, i have been told how to do it! i might even do a DIY! lol
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i brought a dremel, i have been told how to do it! i might even do a DIY! lol
no need for a dremel just get a stanley knife and a blowtorch and heat it up. i bought the mesh a few days ago ill makea DIY for you guys. mind you i encourage you makea DIY using dremel and me hotknife :) nothing wrong with 2 DIY's, good luck buddy!
if you guys need a detail on the tools used im more than happy to help, i know prices and where to buy cause i work at bunnings! (in tool section as well!)
i started mine today cut most of the middle section out! my cheap arse dremel thing was useless at the cutting stage!so i uses some scissors and a stanley knife worked fine i thought! i then used the dremel thing to tidy most of it up! got a fair bit to go so i rekon ill get the mesh next week and get ti all finished :)
i finished mine, the torch heating up plastic + stanley knife did it in about 30 minutes (rushing to get to uni LOL). then cause i have the 96-98 model i got pretty dicked as to where to cable tie the mesh (on the top bit, no clips!). so im probably gonna get clear silicon and outline the outside of mesh hope that works.
the EK99-00 tutorials shows easily to fix the mesh on, you cant with EK 96-98's
i also bought some filler, because the bit where i hacked off the plastic has a big mess. and im gonna wet sand back the entire inside (80, 120, 360) and then use filler to smooth out the outer part of the grill to the inside (theres a inside frame which makes it look ugly so ill smooth that out), then i got some touch up paint cypress green (matched to my exact car), some grey primer which ill prime the inside and then colour it.
will post pics/DIY later!
for all those wanting to mesh a 96-98 EK! i hope your not a big perfectionist like me lol