Got my grill done

[Anto Modded]

got my grill done at last. Spent yeterday doing it. Heres some pics of how it turned out. Let us know what you think of it......

 

[Robert]

looks sweet mate. top job (Y)

 

[R05_Micra]

youve cut the top "lip" off havnt you?

 

[Anto Modded]

yes

 

[kristian]

looks good,

WITH the 'reveals' would look better, as is more professional.. more like nissan made it..

 

[Anto Modded]

true, but i wanted to try something different,but i can put reveals in at a later stage and spray it again.

 

[goldstar0011]

Looks good as it is there bud, glad to see people are still having a go at these simple mods themselves.

Any other plans?

 

[mean micra]

High-Five mate thats top notch work there...

i like the fact you do very subtle mods to your micra which dont take away the original look too much...

did you take any pics at the production stages???

 

[Anto Modded]

i did, and ill put them up within the next day

 

[Napster]

does look very good mine is under construction. i just need to filler in the hole that is made by cutting out the middle slat and then paint it.......

i was just wondering where you went to have it sprayed your colour? or was it a spray can(if it was a can thats a very good color match)?

thanks
napster

 

[Anto Modded]

i sprayed it myself. And it wasnt a spray can. I had paint left over from when i done my boot and bumpers. Dont know how good the spray cans are

 

[Anto Modded]

Pic 1 is in primer (3 coats)
Pic 2 is in base coat (3 coats)
Pic 3 is laquor over base coat (finish 2 coats)
Pic 4 mesh cut to fit and sprayed black
Pic 5 mesh held in with rivit and piece of aluminium bent to a L shape
Pic 6 Finished

Havent got pics from the very start.......

 

[Napster]

i sprayed it myself. And it wasnt a spray can. I had paint left over from when i done my boot and bumpers. Dont know how good the spray cans are

good pictures.
did you use "filler" to smooth over the holes thats left??
fair enough regarding paint left over....just not sure where to go to get my paint matched

 

[Anto Modded]

there was no holes to fill. I got the paint matched of the plate under the bonnet. Halfords do spray cans and they can be matched that way. But dont know if they do a laquer in a can

 

[Napster]

there was no holes to fill. I got the paint matched of the plate under the bonnet. Halfords do spray cans and they can be matched that way. But dont know if they do a laquer in a can

halfords dont have my colour on shelf :-( ive looked (well my halfords dont) but they can make up a spray can if you know the "paint code" apparently.

yes they do a laquer in a can.

even though i havent cut the "bottom (slat) off" i have two holes that need to be filled so i just wondered what u used, but u didnt so no problem.

ive got somethin to use.

cheers
napster

 

[Anto Modded]

i cut the surround off, so i had nothing to fill. But for the way you are doing , try fibre glass and some izopon ( bad spelling). Get halfords to make the colour. one you give them the code it should be ok. Look at the mighty micra site is has a complete diy guide for the way you want yours to turn out http://www.mightymicra.co.uk/

 

[micra.jas]

umm correct me if im worng but u said u cut the top lip off but u havent??????

 

[wilsonian]

can I ask - did you use MM for the guide?

It looks great!

 

[Gurpreet]

nice one... think an elongated plate would look better though or may be ur plate towards the side

 

[Anto Modded]

yes i did use mighty micra for the guide, but i cut slightly different to the way it shows on the site. the mesh is actually of a 14 tonne roller. it was half round and ran up the outside of the exhaust to stop people touching the exhaust. I got it on a site. Well i thought the diy part might as well include mesh aswell lol.

micra.jas ............ what top lip. do meant the very top of the grill that go's in towards the bonnet pull ?

 

[scottish-sr]

Looks great, top job (Y)

 

[Anto Modded]

Thanks

 

[micra.jas]

youve cut the top "lip" off havnt you?

yeah i mean the top lip as in the top of the grill,lol.

 

[Swiper]

does look very good mine is under construction. i just need to filler in the hole that is made by cutting out the middle slat and then paint it.......

i was just wondering where you went to have it sprayed your colour? or was it a spray can(if it was a can thats a very good color match)?

thanks
napster

you can buy spray cans from nissan for about £7-£10 ish. you get paint and laquer for that aswell. just take them your paint code, best colour match you could get out of a tin.

 

[Glenn]

Very nice indeed, was gonna do something like that to my grill, didnt get round to it though.

 

[Demarest]

Nice Grill !

 

[fusca]

Nice work!!!I do the same in my micra 95 by i have accident.Now i have another micra 98 but the grill is in bonnet

 

[joe boy micra]

good pictures.
did you use "filler" to smooth over the holes thats left??
fair enough regarding paint left over....just not sure where to go to get my paint matched

I got the paint to do the grill on my g/fs micra from halfords. Good match and then used lacure (sp). did take a few coats of primer etc just to get it nice.




pics are not the best.

 

[Anto Modded]

nice job

 

[Yom]

Yeh you can get a pressure can sprayjob to look pretty good with some fine sandpaper and a can of clearcoat. Just got to go real slow and use really, really fine coats of paint as the paint gets chunky due to an uneven spray. But yeh it can definately be done nicely.