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JamieS697 04-24-2003 04:36 PM

Gill inserts for vents
 
I painted my vents and i dont like them at all so instead of paying for new ones i wanted to put chrome grill inserts in there has anyone done this before i have only seen it on one car and it looked pretty good

JamieS697 04-24-2003 04:54 PM




this is what it looks like but im not sure what i would use or how i would do it help!!

oc civic 04-24-2003 05:00 PM

we all know i have nothing nice to say about that so i will say nothing.. lol

JamieS697 04-24-2003 05:29 PM

much appreciated

pdiggitydogg 04-24-2003 06:17 PM

looks like a custom fab job to me...where'd you find the pic? Could you get ahold of the owner of the car?

ebpda9 04-24-2003 06:27 PM

that looks ....... :paranoid: :| :mad:

JamieS697 04-24-2003 07:45 PM

its one of A Peice of Crap project cars

drdingo21 04-25-2003 11:53 PM

Your best bet would probly be to hit up a junk yard

DavidH 04-26-2003 02:03 AM

that picture reminds me of a video game like the games u sit in at an arcade...dunno why

JamieS697 04-26-2003 03:10 PM

as pdig knows there is not anything at the junkyards round here

pdiggitydogg 04-26-2003 05:13 PM

^exactly...closest one I know of (thats worth anything) is in Holland...still 100miles from me

JamieS697 04-26-2003 10:47 PM

thats quite a long ways away from me to

blind34_1 04-27-2003 02:20 PM

try searching the online junkyard site...car-part.com i think.

what youre showing is a custom job, prolly pretty pricey if you dont have the tools and knowhow. You can still fix youre old vents if you are patient. just remove them carefully, if you break them just use some epoxy or jb weld. Remove all of the louvers, again carefully, I used real tiny jewelers screwdrivers (cheap ones), and soak everything in warm water. I used a biger screwdriver and my fingers to work the old paint off. From there you can paint again or just reinstall them.

JamieS697 04-27-2003 08:56 PM

it is a pain to paint them i tried removing the paint but i didnt try warm water thanks for the tip its just the little vents that look crappy the other two look pretty good

blind34_1 04-28-2003 03:59 PM

let me guess:

you used walmart paint (krylon or something)
you sprayed when it was too humid
you sprayed when it was too hot
you sprayed when it was too cold
you didn't let it sit for a day

its always a combo of those that screw up a paint job. I speak from experience!

JamieS697 04-28-2003 11:42 PM

even worse i ran out of paint for my middle vents so they looked good till the last coat that spuddered and f'ed them all up


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