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Post by KentuckyKITT on Jan 29, 2009 19:01:25 GMT -5
I have a Knight Passions front bumper and I'm thinking of adding the fog lamp grilles to it. I've already purchased some flat stock aluminum and have decided to put two grilles on each side. After studying and zooming in on the show several times, it appears that there are two grilles but built inside of a seperate box inside the openings. I was originally going to notch my openings from the back and slide the grilles in that way, but I'm wondering if that's the best way to do it.
Has anyone else noticed what appears (to me) to be a box built into the opening with the two grilles inside of it? If you look close you can see a seem all the way round the fog light openings sometimes. I think either way would look fine, but just wanted some other opinions before I go at this.
Bryan
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Post by andyg on Jan 29, 2009 20:54:51 GMT -5
I think thats a great idea Bryan, and say you should go for it... I have to say, I never really looked that closely at them and didn't realise they were like that. If you have a screen cap, could you post it? Andy
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Post by customkitt on Jan 29, 2009 21:46:33 GMT -5
You are right Bryan. The grilles where befind the fiberglass, not built in... That is on my growing list of things to do, I just have to sit down and do the drawing then drop it off at my machine shop........
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Post by knightdriver on Jan 30, 2009 12:17:05 GMT -5
This is the way I have my car set up. The grills behind the fiberglass, not cut into it. I do believe however that there are 3 grills per side, not 2. Either way would work as you would get the same desired effect. The one things I ran into with my set up is, I have the Knight passions nose as well and while having the grills mounted behind the openings, it makes for a VERY tight space to mount fog lamps in the areas closest to the fenders. The grills literally smash that fog lamp into the grill as well as the back bumper guard. I'll see if I can dig up the pictures I took making and installing mine so you have some refernce to go by when doing yours. Maybe it will give you some ideas on how you want to do yours. I'll post back when I dig up those pictures.
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Post by KentuckyKITT on Jan 30, 2009 13:26:54 GMT -5
Thanks Brian, yea that would be helpful if you have some pics. I think I might be ok for the fog light clearance since I don't plan on putting any that far out toward the fenders. I've always liked the two on each side (shoved toward the center) like my last car was. Also, I'll see if I can find some screen caps of the grills too.
Bryan
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Post by knightdriver on Jan 30, 2009 16:30:32 GMT -5
OK, Here is what i could find at the moment. First picture is the alluminum bars I grabbed at Home Depot. Also grabbed a bunch of 1" L-brackets and nuts/bolts. The bars had holes drilled in the edges of them as well as the side brackets. These were the same size as the holes in the L-Brackets Next picture is of the two sets assembled. I made sure the two were long enough to fit past the openings. Disregard the bigger L-Brackets, they didn't work out like I had hoped and went with the block method instead. I next epoxied a few wood blocks on each side of the openings. Seen here in the next two pictures. A small flat bracket was mounted over the grills once in place and screwed down into the wood blocks. These held them very secure in place. Viewed from the front, you can't see the blocks installed or the ends of the brackets. Just the grills themselves. Grills were painted before installed. Last few pictures are with the fog lamps installed. Don't mind the tow bar, that his since been removed. It just didn't look right with the Knight Passions nose. That is a basic quick look on how I did my grills. Hope that helps some.
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Post by KentuckyKITT on Jan 31, 2009 0:44:07 GMT -5
Wow, that looks really great! Thanks for the info and pics. I'll deffinitely look into doing it in a similar way. I can already tell just by your pics, that the flat stock aluminum I bought a few months back is going to be too wide. I need something thinner to clear those fog lamps. I'll head back to Lowe's or Home Depot and see about getting the thinner stuff. Thanks again, that really helps me see a way to go about it and it looks awesome once installed.
Bryan
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Post by azknight on Feb 1, 2009 11:11:48 GMT -5
Knightdriver...thanks for those awesome pics! I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to mount the grilles without making cuts into the nose. The last thing I needed was to measure incorrectly and make a bunch of unsightly cuts.
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Post by knightdriver on Feb 1, 2009 14:29:17 GMT -5
No Problem.
I am glad the pictures helped you all with some idea's on mounting them.
I know I didn't want to cut into my nose either.
I will have some more photo's to share on things once my web site overhaul is completed. You will be able to see how I did everything on my car.
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Post by The Board Master on Feb 2, 2009 21:01:25 GMT -5
It may be different in person, but I honestly find it more aesthetically pleasing to see those grills in behind the fiberglass. Thanks for the pics.
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Post by CJaguar265 on Feb 24, 2009 12:48:52 GMT -5
KITT has braces a very Herbie moment
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Post by jedityger on Feb 26, 2009 6:06:38 GMT -5
They look great. Mine came already glassed into the grill (orered it that way). I have NO experience with this yet, but I wanted to throw this out there as it was brought to my attention about a similar project. Epoxy is a great and powerful thing, but sometimes the heat and cold tend to make it more brittle, or lose it's hold. I would suggest a fiberglass resin to hold anything in securely, especially to fiberglass. Just a suggestion. Anyway here is a close up of my grills with the light behind it. *S* Mine aren't strips, just bars, but I do like the look of the strips. *S*
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Post by miamivice on Mar 1, 2009 12:53:03 GMT -5
Hey Brian, do you have some higher res versions of those pictures you could send me??
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