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BIGWOOD

I always like the look of the Pajero Evo front grille. I was looking at getting one but they’re not only expensive but hard to find. I decided to make one myself. Obviously I not going to try to make it look the same as that’s just copying someone else’s design and boring from a build standpoint.

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My plan is to order a new grille and have the stock one on the truck while I build the custom one. I’m thinking it’ll take a few weeks being that I can only work on it on the weekends between diaper changes & bottle feedings with the newborn. Not to mention the plan calls for deleting the centre fins using a rotory tool and probably hours of sanding and bondo’ing to smooth out the cutouts. It’s also going to need some refinishing. Since the paint I propose to use is a polyurethane based textured finish, this could save some sanding time as it’ll probably hide a lot of the imperfections. Anyways plans are made to be changed and revised. We shall see. I have some carbon fibre/resin I can use but then I remembered how much I hate carbon fibre on vehicles. I like the functionality of it but hate the look as I feel it’s being overly used and looks cheap IMO.

I’ve narrowed it down to 3 patterns. They’re aluminum stock, powder coated in black. This is what I have envisioned it to look like (quick cut & paste mock-up). Which one do you prefer? I like the first 2 to most but the 3rd isn’t bad either. Having 77% open area compared to 70% is something to think about. I might get all three and go from there…

Stock

Diamond XXL – 16 Gauge / Open Area: 70%

Stacking Oval – 16 Gauge / Open Area: 70%

Perf Hex – 14 Gauge / Open Area: 77%

(next up) DESIGN & MOCKUP - Work in progress

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peteinchad · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 20:14 Post subject:

No3 for me!

mick_n3 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 22:10 Post subject:

No 3 for me as well

Andy(NorthWales) · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 17:57 Post subject:

It's #3 here also...

I did one for summer and I use a standard one for winter...: -

Side by side...: -

Summer one fitted...: -

Andy...

BIGWOOD · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 19:53 Post subject:

Thanks guys.

Thanks for the pics Andy. That's exactly what I was going for. Can I ask any specific reason you switch it to the stock one in the winter other than because you can and you like to play Mr. Dress up? LOL

Andy(NorthWales) · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 21:24 Post subject: