Who's the guy who was putting wire mesh screens in the side gill openings?

Anyone still have those pics?

Len

 

 

I don't remember the member's name, or even have the pics of the mesh installed but I did save the template he used to cut the mesh. Hope that helps.

 

any pictures?.....i'd like to see these things...

 

I got that pic Len...let me find it

Here it is

 

Does anyone remember how he attached it to the inner fender wall? There's not much down there.

 

That's one of the pics, thanks. Do you know who posted it? Anyone save that thread link?

He went into detail about the different wire mesh available etc.

 

Probably epoxy

Unless he made a bracket or something

 

Use my search thread in the Tech section. The Force will be with you...

 

Got it.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...t=black+chrome

Cherrybombc3 was the poster, and his pics are still hosted. Sweet.

 

http://www.pitstopusa.com/SearchResu...ategoryID=1123

 

I know a company that made this exact shape for me. They have a water - jet cutting machine and they cut this shape with no problem at a low cost.

http://www.bwire.com/

I called these guys and sent them my specifications to be met, and they did it for me perfectly.

If looking for this shape in wire mesh, try them, they were reliable.


-J

 

how much did it cost you?

 

Don't have exact price that I paid, but I know that if you send them in the drawing, they will come back with a pretty fast quote.

Obviously the more pieces, the lower the $.

 

I bought approx. 1/8" stainless steel mesh off ebay and cut it into pieces about 1/4 inch longer and wider than the opening..more or less oblong but slightly larger than the opening. I then used red rtv high temp silicone sealant and coated the ends of the gill inside the fiberglass, fished the piece of stainless mesh through it sideways then attached a fly fishing locking clamp like they use in surgeries to a piece of the mesh, turned it 90 degrees across the opening, centered it, pulled it back and held it for two or three minutes then was done...let it sit for 24 hours. Silicone cures with humidity naturally so it needs about 24 hours and it's set. Still in place. Second one I did was neater than the first. You could paint the stainless mesh black or any other color ifyou want but I chose to be natural techy stainless. Like the effect for my tastes.

current photos attached

Lance Pearson
Chester, Va.

I saw it on someone else's vette here by the way and that's how they did it locally.

 

Here's a picture of one I mocked up a few years ago. I didn't care for it and never installed them

 

I think this place cuts the exact shapes using waterjet machines, not 100% sure on that though.

 

I found that the large mesh sizes like you mocked up did not give the deliberate, functional, technical look to what was a black hole previously so went with a 1/8" mesh and have been pleased with that.

I sort of half hearted did it with a computer graphics program first and the size did matter in terms of appearance.

Lance P.

 

Not very noticeable, hardly seems worth doing, but it's the attention to little details like this that make a super sharp car.


Scott

 

True, Scott. I often wondered why the C3's were made with such a mundane engine compartment. Crappy blue or orange engine blocks with no attempt to make it look finished, visually appealing at all. I know they were just engines but it was like anything that the hood covered up could be left with rough edges and functional and that's it.

Many here have cleaned all that up and done lots of little things to make things cleaner lines, more finished looking.

Mine went up on four jackstands and blocks beneath the wheels today so that tomorrow I can crawl around under the car and do some modest cleaning, touching up paints, lube the front end, etc. Nothing major but I also wil pull the seats out and look at all their parts, tighten hinges, lubricate seat tracks, see what's under there before pulling the carpets out and the jute and replacing it with urethane and new carpets. My big size fifteen shoes don't help keep carpet on jute insulation in place and what was in it when I got it looked okay but was really not underneath so I've been eager for a half a year to yank it out and do a better job.

In the end, once the big things are done I'm finding fun in doing the little things. Will also reroute some post wiring I added under the carpet now that I have more experience.

Fun little winter things.

lance P.