David1965 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 My next small job is to mod the front end now having done the colour coded boot lock trim. I have just bought a mesh grill off eBay for £35 delivered and seems very good quality. I have also bought a colour coded grill surround off eBay also £35 delivered. I have read that epoxy is used to join the mesh to the surround, I haven't got any in my garage but i do have a hot glue gun. Would this be good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Claws Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hi David strangely enough timjag has just changed his using epoxy have a look at the post 'face lift for the little lady' regards steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Jag Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 The epoxy is a putty (it should come with the mesh grill if you got it from the same guy as me) 3 pellets of it. Anyway this is used to put into where the clips that you have to cut on the back of the grill to connect the surround to the grill (sandwiching the mesh between them) if that makes sense... I'm a little dusty today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1965 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Got cracking today and cut the padtics out, this is it loosely assembled Can anyone point out where the epoxy goes, preferably with a picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Jag Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi david, did you cut the clips off the back which hold the colour coded bit to the grey bit? if you did (i think you have to do so) the epoxy putty goes into those holes) i have a pic somewhere hang on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Jag Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 so the first one is how it looks from the back before i have added the epoxy, i have used a number of cable ties as clamps the in pic 2 you can see i have picked the putty and stuffed it into the wholes where i cut the clips, leaving it to dry for a couple of hours to make sure it sets hope this helps :) p.s use gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1965 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi mate, luckily only 2 clips broke and they were on the bottom part. Is it necessary to put epoxy anywhere else where the mesh lays on the grey plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Jag Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 oh nice, the instructions i followed told me to cut all but 2 of the clips then put the putty into them when the grill is in, you don't need to put it on the mesh (as the mesh is stainless i doubt it would work anyway. I would suggest putting the putty in the 2 you broke just for added security, you don't want 2 of them opening and the grill sliding out oh and don't forget to colour in the bits you cut off (the white bits you get when you cut the cascading grill) a sharpie will do the job or some black paint, otherwise you will see the white bits overtime you looks at it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1965 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Its put back together this morning and the joints reinforced with epoxy resin. I'll leave it until tomorrow to give the epoxy time to set solid. Just gave the bolts and screws a squirt of wd40 on the original grill so hopefully will come off easily tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Jag Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1965 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Thanks, but not finished yet. The 2 top bolts came out easily enough but the lower torx bolts aren't budging, i'll keep aplying wd40 over the next few days to see what happens otherwise they will be drilled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1965 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 One bolt was truly stuck so ended up drilling it out. Job now done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.T.H Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 It looks really good --Job well done--go's great with the Red . Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Does look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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