license plate insert
Racer
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Amarillo TX
There are some premade, and a nice little DIY in the stickies for this project. Only downside is you have to cut your front fascia behind the area where the plate goes. That step makes some people a little queezy.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 252
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From: Amarillo TX
The DIY sticky is over in the tech section. Here is the post I mentioned. >> http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...cover-mod.html
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: LaPine Oregon
either Halltech or DIY
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[/IMG] This example is not my car , though my car is a QuickSilver Z06. What I did was to mount the SST mesh screen behind the front plate cover opening. After removing the opening's rear vertical mounting face BUT leaving only a 1/4" (.250) lip to fit the black "door edge protector" strip ( to simulate the OEM look). I cut the 12" X 24" screen so as to conform over the back ( not inside) then , after prepping the attachment surface with 3M promoter , used 3M acyrlic foam double sided tape (.06 thick X 1.00 wide). Care taken to keep the mesh pattern aligned, vertically and horizonally. As a final step I secured the mesh with another strip of 3M tape ( 3M 4504 Acrylic foam single (1) sided tape trimmed to fit.[IMG]
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The point was to give as much depth to the new grill opening. I'm now trying to locate an approperiate emblem /logo that will enhace an OEM look. I also replaced the black OEM front C5 emblem with one for a silver ( clear coated) 2003 C5 so as to be less visual.
The screen was $45 from McMaster-Carr ( 5x5 .047 dia. 12"x 24"http://www.mcmaster.com/#85385t29/=14gexn), the door edge protector from Brandsport (25 ft roll , cause I needed more for the other screen openings i will install) was about $1.00 a foothttp://www.brandsport.com/trmg-2205-b.html. Expect to pay$15 for 5 yards of the 3M double back tape.
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[/IMG]But I went this direction:[IMG]
[/IMG] This example is not my car , though my car is a QuickSilver Z06. What I did was to mount the SST mesh screen behind the front plate cover opening. After removing the opening's rear vertical mounting face BUT leaving only a 1/4" (.250) lip to fit the black "door edge protector" strip ( to simulate the OEM look). I cut the 12" X 24" screen so as to conform over the back ( not inside) then , after prepping the attachment surface with 3M promoter , used 3M acyrlic foam double sided tape (.06 thick X 1.00 wide). Care taken to keep the mesh pattern aligned, vertically and horizonally. As a final step I secured the mesh with another strip of 3M tape ( 3M 4504 Acrylic foam single (1) sided tape trimmed to fit.[IMG][/IMG]The point was to give as much depth to the new grill opening. I'm now trying to locate an approperiate emblem /logo that will enhace an OEM look. I also replaced the black OEM front C5 emblem with one for a silver ( clear coated) 2003 C5 so as to be less visual.
The screen was $45 from McMaster-Carr ( 5x5 .047 dia. 12"x 24"http://www.mcmaster.com/#85385t29/=14gexn), the door edge protector from Brandsport (25 ft roll , cause I needed more for the other screen openings i will install) was about $1.00 a foothttp://www.brandsport.com/trmg-2205-b.html. Expect to pay$15 for 5 yards of the 3M double back tape.
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