How to make your own Mesh grille / badge less grill - $4 DIY

How to make your own Mesh grille / badge less grill - $4 DIY - Dirtcheapdaily : Ep.19

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In this episode, I'll walk you through every step in turning your stock grille into a slick mesh one!
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The wire mesh I'm using in this video was purchased at ACE hardware for $3.50. Its a gutter guard made by Ameritech. You can find it in the roofing/gutter area.
If you have a subaru forester or other car with a large grille, you can join two gutter guards together, or buy a different piece of mesh that fits your application better. You can also use expanded sheet metal like I did on my Legacy GT.
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Welcome to another episode of dirt-cheap daily!
In this episode, I’ll walk you through the steps to make your own badgless grill!
When you’re to this point, you can take the center section and toss it!
Hold onto the subaru emblem of course, but the rest is garbage.
So you should have something that looks like this. Its really rough and there are still chunks of plastic that we want to get rid of.
With the center cut out, the plastic that extends out of the back are really long, so I cut them shorter. I got a little rough and cracked the top edge. Remember to be careful with it until you get your mesh attached as it doesn’t have any support until then.
then I took a file and leveled out all the little humps left by the center section.
After some paint, it turned out looking great! Be sure to check out my spray painting video for some helpful tips to get a perfect finish on your own mesh grille.
The new grill and spruced up headlights do so much for the look of the whole car! Check out my other video to refurbish your headlights too!
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@nhooper6651 6 жыл бұрын

You can also use the grill on a bbq to cook shrimp bcuz the shrimp won't fall through, but only in emergencies.

@SoulXD8 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god I am so glad I came across this video! I've been looking for grills for my 2018 Fusion but they're all so damn expensive! Probably going to buy another OEM grill just in case I completely screw it up. THANK YOU SO MUCH

@chucka187 7 жыл бұрын

Nice dyi vid. One easier way would be to use cardboard to make a template and trace it on ur mesh then cut it out. I did that and then I used my router to make a inside lip then used a heavy duty adhesive to glue it in place. Great job on audio and video 👍

@hakimdurand8427 Жыл бұрын

what adhesive did u use?

@iankirkwold4730 6 жыл бұрын

I have a 01 Subaru legacy gt limited with the same grill. I have been thinking about doing this for a while or getting a mesh grill but they are like $100!! I am definitely going to do this now. Thought it was funny that I have the same drill and some fabric seats sitting in my garage witch are going in the legacy as they have way better support for cornering.

@zackkasey 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool finished product done with minimal tools. I like it.

@robertolago61 3 жыл бұрын

Its pretty impressive how much you can improve your cars look with just 4 bucks

@Miikecash27 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video looks good and can’t wait to do my grill now

@colbywhite1561 4 жыл бұрын

I really like his ideas and how easy it is to do. It looks really good

@colbyc.6698 Жыл бұрын

What is this

@joelyboyblue 7 жыл бұрын

Sub'd , great stuff, can't wait for the turbo build coming up

@mykaelharvey3102 Жыл бұрын

At first I saw the bag of zip ties and i was like: there’s no way that’s going to work well… then it did lmao, surprisingly great results

@craigcarlock5799 3 жыл бұрын

Nice creative use of available materials. Cheers!

@AUTARKYDESIGNS 6 жыл бұрын

Great DIY, never thought of that.

@petayV8 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload! this will be helpful for when I do mine

@fraquan8711 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome dude I found some after some people were fixing their house

@jacobkamphus205 6 жыл бұрын

Mesh clipping montage face GO! 8:20 Hey man well done. Thanks for the input. I just bought a Hyundai Genesis r-spec and it's totally boss. I need a grill that will reflect that so now -- I'll make one!

@MrOmgbomber 2 жыл бұрын

My hood flew up on the freeway yesterday and smashed my grill on my black infiniti g20 I went to ace hardware found this same mesh got tin snips and fixed it right away and had extra to cover up my bumper side panels too!

@darraghrabbitte1772 Жыл бұрын

Man I watched this video 6 years ago and made a grill for my WRX , it wasn't great but it worked , here I am 6 years later making one for my RS unintentionally using the same video 😂

@stephendoing2253 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@timothystrunk7323 6 жыл бұрын

Cutting with a dremel would be way easier

@jacetemplet7942 Жыл бұрын

Not dirt cheap tho

@ComptonChuckz88 6 жыл бұрын

Cool vid!

@ej8mods160 7 жыл бұрын

good job bro it looks amazing

@cammer68oliver2 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video, thx! Here’s a tip for what I used to cut my grill out; use an electric jigsaw next time like I did... what a fine tooth blade. Cuts it like butter

@cammer68oliver2 3 жыл бұрын

Annndddd.... if I kept watching before I commented..... a jigsaw is what you used.... ok, carry on then... lol

@XtremeChiliPepper 6 жыл бұрын

holy shit that's a lot of work, some blood, some zip ties, custom cutting ... I love it, but hate it at the same time man! no duct tape, so we're all good, nice vid :D

@SprayWayCustoms 7 жыл бұрын

Nice informative vid

@robertmartin2052 5 жыл бұрын

Man get ur ass back on KZfaq when u gonna put out a new video

@rpdfix6056 7 жыл бұрын

+Dirtcheapdaily this is and awesome grill and they always give a better look to cars, even trucks, im doing this for my silverado, good video by the way!!👍

@elcheapoluzman5380 7 жыл бұрын

that actually turned out pretty sick nice job man

@Dirtcheapdaily 7 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@IEatMedia 2 ай бұрын

Good job!

@reylencatungal4593 7 жыл бұрын

I just want to say that you have beautiful lawn and very relaxing work place while doing this project :-)

@CHOPSZOOKER 4 жыл бұрын

This has to be the most wholesome and nicest reply I've ever read on KZfaq! Kudos sir!

@jlvrr Жыл бұрын

Great job n video what Sand paper u use to sand the Chrome

@andydang3623 9 ай бұрын

Very nice and useful Thanks

@rockwell3851 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. What store do you bought the mesh from?

@analazcano6475 2 жыл бұрын

One of my grill inserts for my dodge nitro is broken, I wonder if it will work🤔 to change the entire look while at it

@cmacg39 6 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah..I like that

@nickbaker666 7 жыл бұрын

LMAO 5 :40 sounds like an rc gas car driving by Hahaha

@highcarbrider 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, is that a 24bikes LeToy in the background with some Stratos SuperSix forks?

@EduardoLeaoProfessordeBiologia 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Man. In your second gen legacy how you attach the mesh in the middle vent of de bumper? (Just where de frontal IC usuly is disposal) Sorry the pour gramma. I'm from Brazil

@Subieghost 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@michaelnewton1754 5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say that looks ghetto AF... but then I saw the rest of the car. Now the grille looks pretty upscale by comparison.

@omothebarber 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Newton 😂😂😂

@Venusneighbor 4 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@appleanthony 4 жыл бұрын

😳😭😭😭😭

@ytmaxxammo8591 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhh I'm fuckin dead 💀💀💀😭😭💀

@MrHoracioceballos 3 жыл бұрын

Lolol hater

@sirkingdra 6 жыл бұрын

Really great video tutorial :)

@20k7ALDAY Жыл бұрын

You can use a sabre saw for cutting orginal grille

@andrewbeech2199 7 жыл бұрын

I wanna do this to my Ram 1500 stock grille , A pheasant went through it years ago and then got minced by the fan . It cracked the grille and mesh of course. So I reckon i could cut the cross out and do this mesh job , that would save hundreds !! I`m in England so it would be expensive for me to get a new one .. Good Job.

@Dirtcheapdaily 7 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Beech definitely! As long as you can find mesh or expanded sheet metal big enough that'd work great!

@andrewbeech2199 7 жыл бұрын

Dirtcheapdaily Yeah I`m still looking , but it looks like its gonna happen soon. Builders merchant i know has some heavy duty mesh i can use...

@Dirtcheapdaily 7 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Beech that stuff should work great!

@yiihn 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Beech thought you said peasant. Was worried for a bit.

@froggy8301 5 жыл бұрын

When will you show us how to build a convertible?

@20k7ALDAY Жыл бұрын

Thats dope, ima do my Mercedes grille

@VideoNOLA 6 жыл бұрын

Effort : Result > ∞

@LMK2021 6 жыл бұрын

How would I make one for my 1999 VW Jetta the grill on those don't have the plastic piece around it

@omartorresfelix 6 жыл бұрын

I used a dewalt xr multitool works great

@Kuronekaux 7 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking about doing this, but, replacing the stars with the acronyms "FHI".

@cholokrazy312 6 жыл бұрын

I want to do this to my 17 maxima... nissan emblem is just way to big. And a mesh grill would look just fine!

@carwaxer 4 жыл бұрын

Hello what kind of glue do You use?....what's the mame of glue....tks

@victorsalazar6660 6 жыл бұрын

That looks FUCKING PROFESSIONAL and very ORIGINAL 😍😍😍

@hakimdurand8427 Жыл бұрын

Im more invested in what type of scissor is that...

@crawlspaceemora 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣 I used the same material to do my 95 F250 grill COOL 😎

@IMGROWN3232 5 жыл бұрын

Those couches are so damn epic...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jonathonfizdiz 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@mayamanign 3 жыл бұрын

This entire video gave me bed bugs.

@rammy3767 5 жыл бұрын

did you use glossy clear coat after plastidip? I'm worried that if I use plastidip it will peal over time.

@crowcide110 4 жыл бұрын

Ive used plastidip quite alot and can tell you plastidip from the can will not comeoff easily unless you have a really dirty car so id just to be safe wipe down the area your gonna be dipping with soapy water

@aramsoto4557 7 жыл бұрын

I dont really understand how to do the drilling part can someone please explain

@Ranga1252 7 жыл бұрын

Looks cool mate. Have you seen any cheap 2004 Outbacks? I own one and is like to see what you'd do with one.

@Dirtcheapdaily 7 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Mccorkindale there aren't many around here for cheap. I like the body style, but there're other subarus for way cheaper that I'd rather have. I'm excited for when they drop in value in the next few years to pick one up!

@Ranga1252 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome bro they will. Otago in New Zealand has the most outbacks compared to any where else in the world. We get a lot of Japanese imports here and us kiwis like the versatility of the outback. 2 or 3 years you can pick up a cheap one, mines done nearly 300,000km and its only 12 years old.

@Ranga1252 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like you just brought one. Congratulations!

@vitalebattilocchi9387 7 жыл бұрын

Tyler Mccorkindale

@FlyCat-cb8fz 7 жыл бұрын

i despise outbacks haha unless they come with the h6 i wouldnt bother buying one the trash na 2.5L is just gutless, im also from nz tho in chch too cold in otago for me

@HipHop101Tv 6 жыл бұрын

I wish I could pay you and you could make a custom lower grill for my camry 2014 LE ..

@SofaKingTouge 5 жыл бұрын

Normally I wouldn't do this type of mod but during touge and rally getting a rock thru an intercooler or radiator is a real fear.

@ShadowPlayz-bl4bx Жыл бұрын

U should paint the wheels black to match the grill 🔥👍

@Towlifefowlife 7 жыл бұрын

good job bro i will be making a vid for my 2008 f550 flatbed rollback tow truck and i will be installing 12 amps 12 2000 watt 12s with led light's all inside of the truck cab costom subwoofer boxes april 29th i will post the vid

@Dirtcheapdaily 7 жыл бұрын

+SHYNELOS CERTIFIED TOWING #1 TOWING holy cow! That's gonna be thumpin

@Captaindan7141 7 жыл бұрын

Where is the video?

@Towlifefowlife 7 жыл бұрын

Dan Bonnett dont worry this week i will be making it its been raining were i live so havent had time ill comment when i upload it

@Captaindan7141 7 жыл бұрын

Cool man

@paulmorris1834 7 жыл бұрын

i gave you like cause your from utah

@chonkyduck 5 жыл бұрын

the tools and time invested into this is way more then $4

@juststeve7665 5 жыл бұрын

Dremel with cutting disk

@JOEGGGJOE 6 жыл бұрын

Not bad. I would of kept the whole backing alone. I'd put the grill in the back. Would be a nice deep frenched look.

@famfeld 2 жыл бұрын

Hand held sawzall

@VBC_Records 6 жыл бұрын

1000 - 2500 wet/dry works, 320 is way too aggressive and is why youre needing to use so many coats. If you use 320 you should use a high build primer sand that with 800 then shoot 2-3 light coats.

@JNLfilms1 Жыл бұрын

Hm I didn’t know they didn’t sell sawzalls in Utah

@Landy13oy 6 жыл бұрын

What colour paint do you use on your fence?

@UndefinedAffliction 6 жыл бұрын

Your located in Utah man?!

@jeanbornstein7968 4 жыл бұрын

how do you attach the mess grille back onto the front of car...?

@braleyshardwoodcustoms8584 4 жыл бұрын

The same way you take it off 😂

@TheConnectCompetitionSystems 3 жыл бұрын

WOW... watching this video was brutal. I can't believe you are proud to show off the grills with the welded mesh! Unbelievable! No shame in your game!

@V843v3r 6 жыл бұрын

zipties is the best invention in the world

@tripomatix 7 жыл бұрын

I can only do six inches. Story of my life.

@mrcenafan123 5 жыл бұрын

man thanks for this video!! I have an 04 outback and the grill is THE EXACT SAME so now that I know what it looks like imma give it a go!! but dude at 19:45, come on now... your finger is on the other side of where your drilling into LOL COME ON NOW

@thatguy6214 7 жыл бұрын

had me hyped to see what subie it's going on and I see your beat up ass old whip

@reowhite4862 7 жыл бұрын

thatguy6214 were those lime green hubcaps on a gold car with a fence post strapped to the roof?

@michaelnewton1754 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the grille was mangled looking, until I saw the car... Suddenly the grille was 10x more attractive.

@lekikelekona9809 5 жыл бұрын

Ziptie galore

@devilhorus1590 6 жыл бұрын

Aqui en venezuela le rompen la malla para robarle la bateria, here in Venezuela they break the mesh to steal the car battery

@crowvelle 6 жыл бұрын

Jigsaw probably worked way better than a sawsall would. At least with mine, anyway. Thing would have ripped that grille right in half.

@PB8man 6 жыл бұрын

$4 diy grille that looks like a $4 dollar grill. Not sure why I expected more.

@thesinfultruth7697 Жыл бұрын

Boss relax It looks great for 4 bucks

@PB8man Жыл бұрын

@@thesinfultruth7697 "looks great." sure.

@johnbelwell2461 Жыл бұрын

Only god knows what you're going through to cut the stock grill, yours is easy in comparison to mine which is dense in fins and multiple layers of plastic and i needed a clean cut of the perimeter only.

@2728lokita 6 жыл бұрын

You should have sprayed painted it, cleaner look

@Dead_Wolf777 5 жыл бұрын

How much would you charge to do this on my g37? I live in U.T

@mmojim8011 4 жыл бұрын

Just buy one

@diviniti 6 жыл бұрын

First step: Get a dumpster and get ride of all that shit on the patio.

@jackgardner5983 3 жыл бұрын

Should've got on ebay and order yourself a black grill mesh for at least 40 bucks for you vehicle 😁

@ogdumplings8196 2 жыл бұрын

4:30 is when he broke the grill

@williammiller7593 6 жыл бұрын

Does any places sell CHROME mesh??

@Dirtcheapdaily 6 жыл бұрын

+William Miller you can get stainless online or at a metal supplier. eBay for sure sells chrome mesh

@LeTessier916 2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe that you don't have an angle grinder

@mackk123 2 жыл бұрын

Every dollar you save is an extra 1/7th horsepower added

@LowlyDegenerate 6 жыл бұрын

Once you busted out zip ties for the mesh, I almost gave up on your video. Glad I didn't though, you drilled the holes just right and used thin zip ties, couldn't even notice them after the paint job. Granted, I would've fixed up the grill frame with body filler, using the leftover mesh as a kind of lath like I was plastering a wall, before painting, but otherwise it's a pretty good build. Keep it up, and don't listen to the haters!

@Dirtcheapdaily 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! When I made this video, my goal was to just demonstrate the concept. My execution wasn’t as good as it could’ve been, but I’ve improved it since. I’ll have to make an update episode

@yoindestry Жыл бұрын

Youse a grinder with a cutting head for metal next time cuts better for the plastic or metal

@dannyb6276 4 жыл бұрын

why not rivet it

@idkhaveaname1369 5 жыл бұрын

But you broke it, that means get another one.

@michaelrich5501 2 жыл бұрын

Just wrap your chrome with vinyl

@davidperrone4621 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never had more anxiety

@blow-sj6ci 6 жыл бұрын

Can just go online save yourself a whole day of work An buy one for $25.. An it won't be held together with zip ties

@shahrulnizam4713 6 жыл бұрын

it can be used for a car that didnt have mesh grill available on the market

@AIHurrell 6 жыл бұрын

Easy to avoid using zip-ties. All you need is some glue and a sheet of plastic to essentially sandwich the mesh in. Or use a dremel to make a shallow channel the whole way round and slide the mesh into that.

@emmanueljustine6374 5 жыл бұрын

Are you sure you will get exactly what you want and how you want it to look?

@dpm9a189 5 жыл бұрын

The channel is called "dirtcheapdaily"not "I found it online and bought it"