grill mesh ?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2016
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From: Ohio
grill mesh ?
after cleaning up the front end between the radiator and condenser(?) bird nest of rocks and such -
has anyone added any type of grill mesh to the front opening to help prevent or reduce any of this?
or is that a dumb idea?
any thoughts?
has anyone added any type of grill mesh to the front opening to help prevent or reduce any of this?
or is that a dumb idea?
any thoughts?
Le Mans Master
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C4 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
Not a dumb idea and over the years there have been a number of guys who have done that and posted about it. Usually people use mesh bought at the hardware store. Generally a larger mesh 1/4" or 3/8" is better than the tiny screen door mesh. You want to stop plastic bags, rocks, twigs, leaves, etc but ..... the air still needs room to get through.
Drifting
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If you are interested, Marc Haibeck offers this from his ZR-1 product line for 1990 and later C4s. It can easily be adapted to older cars as well.
Marc is fantastic as most of you probably already know...
http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20W...s%20screen.htm
Marc is fantastic as most of you probably already know...
http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20W...s%20screen.htm
Racer
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Everbilt 24 in. x 1/2 in. x 12 in. Plain Expanded Metal Sheet-801417 - The Home Depot
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Melting Slicks
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I did the homemade "hardware cloth" (steel mesh) installation too. Doesn't look as pretty as the others but it works awesome. I used 2 layers for strength and regularly find straw, bugs, other debris caught in there. Radiator and condenser are still very clean after 6 years and 28,000 miles.
Last edited by DGXR; May 10, 2021 at 05:33 PM.
Le Mans Master
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This thread contains some info about how I fabricated those screens:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...adiator-2.html
It's been about 15 years since I did those, but I think this is what I used for the raw material:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Amerimax...oduct-overview
Live well,
SJW
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...adiator-2.html
It's been about 15 years since I did those, but I think this is what I used for the raw material:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Amerimax...oduct-overview
Live well,
SJW
Last edited by SJW; May 10, 2021 at 06:04 PM.
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