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Good luck keeping them in. A buddy made me some. Wrapped the edges with some tiny rubber hose. For the life of me, I just could not keep them in. Even tried some double sided tape on the ones in the fog light areas. Both the brake duct and fog light screens continually blew out. 
I ended up buying the OEM Z06 screens with the plastic frames and after velcroing them in, I haven't had any problems and couldn't be happier.
I ended up buying the OEM Z06 screens with the plastic frames and after velcroing them in, I haven't had any problems and couldn't be happier.
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Originally Posted by jaxgator
Good luck keeping them in.
I did this as a side project this weekend. My real project was
a heavy duty DIY protective radiator screen. Besides the things
that could get sucked-in and block the radiator, I could see real
potential for something smashing a big hole in the radiator and
leaving me stranded. Had considered buying off the shelf, but
was concerned the aluminum one might not be strong enough
for some of the stuff laying in the road sometimes. Built mine
from fairly light gauge expanded steel. Will post pic of that later.
Just happened to see this gutter material when I was gathering
stuff up for the radiator shield. Figured $1.30 wasn't bad compared
to over 100 bucks from WCC.
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Good idea on the brake and air screens. The radiator screen is unneccessary for the reason you stated because there's already a big "screen" there called the A/C condenser! It's plenty good for keeping other debris out of there though. Nice work! 
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Deer Whistles
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Deer warning whistles. Major hazards at night in the area!
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Originally Posted by ptj851
Do you feel the deer whistles actually work? I've heard both ways - we have lots of deer problems here in GA also. I have seen some much smaller that what it appears you have though - have you seen them?
Have lived in deer country all my life. Never had them on any of my vehicles. Have hit one deer only, and that was in my work truck (no whistles). Decided I'd get them for the Vette, and ended up putting them on all my vehicles.
There are smaller ones. Usually they are each "tuned" differently to produce different pitches... one you can hear, and one you can't (just like a dog whistle). The ones I bought are bigger because each one has both frequencies on each whistle.
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Originally Posted by DoubleZ06
Nice work.
I think they look pretty good for such a cheap mod. The stainless is no maintenance (except for occasionally catching a bug or two). Have thought they might look better painted black, but not sure the paint would stay on the stainless.
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Originally Posted by LoJo
How did you attach them? Looks good, and as you said, couldn't get any cheaper!
The air screens are "formed" around the back structure of the fog light surround (center portion cut out with Dremel cutting wheel and edges cleaned up with sand paper), then glued in place with Gorilla Glue. Put a small amount of the glue in a paper cup, add a few drops of water and stir it up good. It will "foam up" just like the sticky "foam insulation in a can" (same stuff)... very sticky. Use a tooth pick to smear it on with. Don't try using just the glue out of the bottle... it will run everywhere and takes forever to set-up.
