your car looks very nice and clean...
i usually don't like Red eclipses, but yours is very subtle and clean...keep up the good work...
aftermarket wheels will do wonders...

 

Thanks for the compliment...

And here is what I mean by "custom" grill...I made the grills myself not too long ago. Here are some better pictures that I took before I installed them...

For the side grills, I didn't want to drill or cut anything into the bumper. So I installed my grills with fishing wire (which sounds terrible, but it works) and then I simply attached the mesh and plugged it into the bumper using the stock fake grills. Overall, to do all four fake grills...it only cost me around $1.17 with tax.

And here is the center grill...that only cost me $6.50 to make.

 

damn thats hott and CLEAN!!!!!

 

Wow real nice car..very clean and i like how u made ur own grilles...

 

Nice, tell us how you managed the low price, everywhere I look the grill is expensive. I've been thinking about doing that too...

 

very nice so far man. you cleaned her up real good. a drop and some new wheels will make it look even hotter.

 

Well for starters, I made a posterboard cutout...( I did not take off the bumper, everything was done with playing the game of "Cut and fit"..."Cut and fit" until I got the shape that I wanted...here's what my cutout looked like...

Then I went to Home Depot. to pick up some "gutter-guard" material/mesh which was only $1.17. I later went home and hammered the mesh flat...painted it black with some left-over paint from a previous job. Then went to Pep Boys and picked up some door-edge guard material which cost me around $5.00 (which seemed like a lot to me) and once I got that put around the mesh. I used zipties to install it (once again, I didn't feel like drilling and taking my car apart to install the grill)

 

Then I went to Home Depot. to pick up some "gutter-guard" material/mesh which was only $1.17. I later went home and hammered the mesh flat...painted it black with some left-over paint from a previous job. Then went to Pep Boys and picked up some door-edge guard material which cost me around $5.00 (which seemed like a lot to me) and once I got that put around the mesh. I used zipties to install it (once again, I didn't feel like drilling and taking my car apart to install the grill)

Nice ride man!

How did you get the center grill to stay if you didn't drill? what did you ziptie it to?

 

That is one clean looking 3g you got there. Needs a drop and some aftermarket rims. I would go with some gunmetal or black with polished lip. Keep up the good work.:twothumb:

 

That is so clean. I love that. Please tell me what wax you used? Im waxing mine tomorrow and i need something that will make it shine like that.

 

Cleannnnnnnnnnn. Let me guess, garage kept?

 

Yup, but not for long. As soon as I move away to a larger University...I lose my slot in the garage...and my car is DEFINATELY not going to look like this anymore.

That's why I am enjoying my car as it stands...

 

Mojo, for the past three years I used Meguiar's Gold Class liquid wax. And I recently switched over to Meguiar's NXT Generation liquid wax. Both waxes come out with the same results...but I found that NXT Generation wax was easier to wipe off.

I only wax my car once a year...and as soon as summer starts I got to do my annual waxing

 

Ok i will pick that up in the morning.

 

Very nice except for the mud flaps. Keep it clean!

 

Car is very nice.

 

Excellent!!

Damn, very clean and great install on the DIY grills!!

 

What a clean car and terrific DIY job on the grille.

Where in TX are you?

 

Currently, I am in Abilene. But after this coming fall semester, I might be going to UT Austin.

 

Do you go to ACU? I graduated from McMurry last spring. :bigthumb:

...I think I used to work in that building in your pics. :lol:

Your car looks amazing man.

 

This car is SO clean man. The paint is flawless, the color scheme looks good, and everything is coming together slowly but you make it look good. Take off the mudflaps tho.

 

from a fellow sarranno member; looking good!

 

Thanks

 

nice work nice car

 

beautiful car man!! i love it!

 

Nice looking clean car. Needs a drop and take them splash guards off. Other than that its real nice.

 

Thanks for the Erep randyrat

 

very clean

 

Very sharp and very well done! :clap: I wish I would have thought of that when I did my grill.

 

Thanks

 

You have a very clean 3G on your hands. Keep it that way!

 

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