The fiberglass nose, purchased about 6 years ago, shrunk up a bit, so I'll cut it and reshape to get the shape back. Glass does move if you don't anchor it and this piece has been off the car for some time now. My bad, definitely not the manufactures fault. Fix started today.
Agreed. It's from Custom Works and it fit very well. A bit of massaging and it will be perfect and I always liked what Keith did revising the shape.
I had planned on using the stock grill insert but the re-pop wasn't great and there was a guy at SEMA who hand made a metal insert with larger grids. It was extremely well executed and looked great. I'm going to redesign the factory grid pattern and try to 3D print a revised version. Down the path now, we'll see if I can get it close enough to fit into this nose piece and then fit the fiberglass to it.
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Originally Posted by zz430droptop67rs
John, I was just wondering if you're going to use a front license plate?
It would be shame to cover up that work.
Thanks! Yep, for sure no front plate. Not required in Idaho, though I probably should have a plan for a temp setup while driving in other states.
Here's the first attempt at doing a plastic insert. Stretched my Solidworks skills big time. Had some help, thankfully. Just hit send for the first test print.
Good progress on the grill. My printer isn't large enough to print in one piece but still in mock-up, will find someone to print each side in one piece...hopefully.
Still in the works but pleased so far.
First one out of the mold, glass cut for the second.
In the mold, little chilly right now in ID so helping the cure with some heat.
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