Yea or Nay? Grill opinions wanted!

[The Orphaner]

Have been toying with the idea of making an upper and lower grill to keep out the bugs, rocks, birds (lol) etc. I dont know if I like it or not. Mounted it all from behind so that you cannot see anything. I know many of you will say that it will make the car run hotter...but by how much? 5- 10 degrees? Just driving it today for a couple of hours I collected 3 bee's. LOL.

But what do you guys think Yea or Nay? :shrug:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid111/p8e9224807b9fddd3ee3a0e6b025f48a5/f910059b.jpg.orig.jpg

 

[MyT-Mouse]

link doesn't work

 

[03cobrablack]

link didn't work for me.......

 

[EatonMe]

Looks good. Do you have any pictures from a lower angle? One where it would show it straight on instead of looking down at it? Thanks.

So far it doesn't look bad. Once I get my LFP HE I'll be considering something like that to protect it - especially with a 3,000 mile road trip coming up.

 

[OLD FART]

I agree that so far it looks ok, but I would like to
see it from a lower angle.

What did you use to make it?

 

[akaeric]

I don't like the way they look. Dam I wish you had a 97 I have a grill set still in the box I didn't know I ordered. So I have to check again but if someone has a 97 cobra and want a full screen set I'll send it to you for the cost of shippimg.

 

[The Orphaner]

I was thinking of painting it black so it blends in and is almost not noticable. But I dont know...I do know that there must be a freakin Bee Farm around here !!!! :whine: Oh well, I might just trash it....I hate to loose the $4 I spent on the aluminum though...LOL:-D

 

[PowerWheels]

Take a few more pics please. I need to see it further away and lower. Looks good from what I can see thou.

 

[The Orphaner]

I'll try and get some pics soon...its suppose to rain the next 3 days, and I only drive her on the weekends.:cryying:

 

[99cobraclone]

I'm actually thinking about manufacturing a lower mesh grille kit, there is no way I would ever pay $150 for a freaking grille craft kit.

Would anyone be interested in lower grille kits? I think I would make them color coded as an option. At most they would be $45 shipped.

 

[gatzer]

A lower grill would be something I would like to have eventually after upgrading the HE.

 

[351MachOne]

Funny you should mention birds... I got a robin kinda stuck in my fog light... I thought I had hit him (low flyer) but since I didnt see him on the road i fgured he made it... until I pulled into my parking space and he dumped off my front bumper... whoops..

 

[JimBobWay]

I'd be intersted in the lower grill. I lost my OEM HE because of a rock or something. Now that I have the Xtreme HE with fans, I'd like to protect it some.

 

[jimwood]

Negative Ghostrider.

 

[03yllwguy]

Orphaner, if you don't mind sharing how how you made that, I think if it was painted black it would look sweet, I would definately put a black set on my ride.

 

[postban]

Looks very nice.:thumbsup:

 

[ShelbyGuy]

expanded metal looks soooooo cheesy.

 

[NeedForSpeed]

I'm interested in knowing who makes these grills for our cars. Your set looks pretty good, but doesn't help the rest of us out.

Where can we buy something like this?

I have a fluidyne radiator and extreme HE going in, I'd like to protect them also......

 

[RossSVT]

I am comtemplating a prototype of a grille insert set. It would be 4 peices. 2 for the fog light ducts, 1 for the intercooler area and 1 for the grille opening.

It would be high quality stainless steel mesh of the exact mesh and look of the Z06 grille inserts. They would also have high a high quality fastening system which could be easily removed. And nothing visible and attached without any drilling required. I was also thinking of them avalible in black anodized finishes. Just some thoughts, it seems like many members here are looking for a fix for this problem in the aftermarket Heat Exchanger area and this would be a terriffic solution.

Let's here your thoughts. I have ordered the stainless mesh and when it arrives, I will begin the paterning and then the mock ups.

They would not be a cheap aluminum, (gutter guard) material but high quality stainless steel. What would you pay for a complete set? Your thoughts, interest?

 

[stvdman]

I am thinking of getting a JMS set. If you order both upper and lower they said they would throw in a Cobra Emblem for no additional cost.

http://jmsproductsinc.com/

BTW- I like the look of what you have there, maybe paint it black.