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Removing font and lower grill

Discussion in '8G Lancer - Customization' started by chetman7, Jul 28, 2007.

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  1. chetman7

    chetman7 Well-Known Member

    hey guys

    If anyone read my other thread which got deleted with the server crash, I promised pictures of the grill being removed, well I was smoking something that day cause I took it off for pic and it looks like.....shit without the chrome piced or the grilll.

    Here are the pics

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    Theres mad junk in between as u can see
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    I was thinkin about just taking out the black mesh and painting the chrome...but theres holes in it so it look fugly
    gts014.jpg

    I decided to start taking shit apart and se if I could remove the lower half of the grill...cause that would look much better. it was a bitch to get to but there are two screws that u have to unscrew from the inside...then I sat there scratchin my head for abomut 10 min tryin to figure out where the other screws are...they were hidden out front...Theres 2 plastic pieces that pop out in fron top of the mesh
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    take a ratchet...and pop those out....
    This is where I hid a standstill and this is where I call out for some help
    I cannot find the other screws nor can I find clips to pop it out...I didn't have my jack so I couldn't get underneath the car. I did this all with a mirror and a small screwdriver...I lowered the mirror down and moved it so it reflected so i can see where I wanted to see

    Can anyone help me out?
     
    chetman7, Jul 28, 2007
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  2. Malakei

    Malakei Well-Known Member

    ill take a look

    Im still waiting on mine but ill jack mine up im supposed to get it today and take a look to see if i can see anything underneath and let you know. Seeing your pic made me wish i waited for black. DAMNIT!
     
    Malakei, Jul 31, 2007
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  3. chetman7

    chetman7 Well-Known Member

    YES!!! finally some help. Def keep me posted. I do not have a good jack nor stands so I cannot get myself under the car. Any help is appreciated
     
    chetman7, Jul 31, 2007
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  4. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    well i took out my plastic mesh on my grill and put in polished silver mesh like the evo it looks sexy.. basically you have to take off the whole front section of your car and from there you can take off the plastic mesh pieces. it took me and my buddy from start to finish about 3 hrs and that was just taking our time.. if you need anymore help send me a msg and ill try to explain it better
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 16, 2007
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  5. cheilo

    cheilo New Member

    can u throw up some pics sounds like something i'd b interested in doing.

    thanks
     
    cheilo, Aug 17, 2007
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  6. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    tell me how to post pics in a forumn and i will
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 17, 2007
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  7. chetman7

    chetman7 Well-Known Member

    host them in photobucket.com and then coopy the IMG link
     
    chetman7, Aug 17, 2007
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  8. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    P1000235.jpg
    wheel well 2 screws on each side must b removed
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    one top bolt on upper inside wheel well on each side
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    must remove black cover and intake tubing, then there will b 5 bolts under that u must remove
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    under the body ther are 5 more bolts to take off and a whole bunch of plastic clips, remove everything holding on the nose and just play around with it and make sure its not connected and tug on the wheel well area of the nose and itll pop off, do that to both sides then if u have all the screws off the front of your car will look like mine.
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    cut the mesh or w/e u stick in there and just play around with it. i did my two center pieces silver mesh from pep boys the side ones are still enwork. ran outta time and didnt haveany ideas of how to make the mesh stay so that will b in the future
    Finished.jpg
    good luck
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 18, 2007
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  9. chetman7

    chetman7 Well-Known Member

    wow, def seems like a lot of work. I love hows there styrofoam between the bumber and body. Thanks for the writeup

    mods....lets get this to the knowledge base
     
    chetman7, Aug 18, 2007
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  10. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    yea it was work but not bad. and yea hopefully i see somemore 08 lancers on the street wit some evo style grill..
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 19, 2007
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  11. jRox

    jRox Well-Known Member

    nice job with the mesh. looks good
     
    jRox, Aug 19, 2007
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  12. bras_33

    bras_33 Well-Known Member

    diggin the mesh, great job. The side mount oil cooler kinda looks like the side mount intercooler from a 2g eclipse
     
    bras_33, Aug 19, 2007
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  13. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    thanks its not that much work really[/i]
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 20, 2007
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  14. BabyLee

    BabyLee Well-Known Member

    that looks nice...which model do u have?
     
    BabyLee, Aug 20, 2007
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  15. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    i only have the DE im in the airforce only 19 couldnt afford GTS. i did put 1200 rims on it 1600 system in it, tint, intake, pulley, exhaust, and mesh grill.. more to come
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 21, 2007
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  16. BabyLee

    BabyLee Well-Known Member

    whoa... yea...i wouldnt have prolly got my car but i sat in the dealership for 6 friggin hours n i was just like ok whatever it is just let me sign the papers n get the hell out of here. i dont mind my car tho.....everything i do to it i am gunna do all at once so when i save the money i will decide whether 2 do it or trade my car in......
     
    BabyLee, Aug 21, 2007
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  17. Subawho

    Subawho Well-Known Member

    Where is that mesh from? Some sort of car part store or a hardware store?
     
    Subawho, Aug 21, 2007
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  18. jda1unv

    jda1unv Well-Known Member

    car lookin sweet with the grillz ,keep up the good work . and how much was that a pepp boys
     
    jda1unv, Aug 21, 2007
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  19. mugsy1piranha

    mugsy1piranha Member

    well the mesh was 40$ for a rectangle of it and u need 2 of them to do just the front and lower like i did and if you want to do the sides you will need another one.. but i was at home depo and they have the same fucking mesh for like 5 dollars for huge thing of it.. back by the fencing shit.. polished tin or something
     
    mugsy1piranha, Aug 24, 2007
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  20. FF7DarkCloud

    FF7DarkCloud Well-Known Member

    the mesh does look great man, great job on it^_^ it does seem like alot of work though :twisted:
     
    FF7DarkCloud, Aug 24, 2007
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