Custom lower grill

[murda]

Well i purchased a new DV camera today and snapped some new pics of my ride. With this are some pics of my home made lower grill, it was quite easy and looks 100X better. Now i must make one for the top.Pictures (http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/murdaz2002/lst?.dir=/Protege5&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/)

[KurtMP3]

Looks good man, is that grill just the home depot wire made stuff? Im gonna do that as soon as i get my car back

By the way your rims look damn hot on that car!

Where are you located by the way? Im trying to figure out if ive seen ur car in my travels

[murda]

I bought a sheet of it a performance improvments, its made by Ractive and is polished aluminum. The home depot stuff doesn't look as nice and this stuff wasn't that expensive anyway.

As to where i live, Mississauga but i work in Concord, Langstaff & Jane area.

[ReMuXieD]

how do you put that on? does the mesh just stuck infront of the original grill?

[yellowmp5]

Hey Murda, i work in Concord too,
i am at Langstaff and Duffrin,
your ride looks pretty good man,

[prote_joe5]

Hey Murda,

Sweet custom leather interior.  Cost? (If you don't mind me asking)

[Familia 323]

Nicely done Murda, everything... http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif

[murda]

I pulled off the old grill and just put on the new one, i used 2 screws to hold it in place in the top corners. So no its not placed over the old one.

The leather was too much. $$$$
But i love it!

[MP5Navy]

Why don't you let us decide what is too much money. http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[taxmasta]

that is the best grill i have EVER SEEN !

[murda]

The trick to making the grill look good is to put trim around it like i did. It doesn't even look home made.

[DarkHero]

Hey i saw you on queen and osington right in front of the mental hospital! nice ride man

[ReMuXieD]

man, the front grill is a bitch to take off!!! i read all the threads regarding the grill, but i'm sure somethinig will break if you yank it!!@! some someone explain in more details on how to take off top and bottom grill?!

by the way, the mesh looks really good!

[cruisinblackp5]

looks really good

[markque]

Love the custom leather man! My local Mazda dealer (Kieswetter in Kitchener) will send cars to "somewhere" in Toronto for custom leather work for $1600-1700. I'm sure they take a chunk of that - they wouldn't arrange it for nothing. How does that compare to what you spent?
And what muffler is that? Nice work...
marque

[murda]

The muffler is made by a company caled MBRP and is specially made for the Protege, bought it and had it installed at Zoro's Muffler in Mississauga.

[hondakilla]

ReMuXieD,

If you look at the inside of the bottom grill it has little tabs that hold it onto the plastic rails that run vertically. If you push on the tabs from the back they will pop out a little smoother. (hurts the fingers a bit but its worth it) As far as the top grill you don't really have much choice other then just yanking it!

[ReMuXieD]

well, i can see and feel the tabs, but the top corner ones are hard to reach.. since you gotta depress the top of the tab...

[silver_P5]

hey how did you get that trim around it?
and exactly how did you fit it in there?
and how much was it at performance improvements?

[silver_P5]

hey is performance improvments in brampton?
on rutherford st

or scarborough
on kennedy or are they the same place? I don't know because I am from waterloo

[murda]

Brampton, the trim is just pushed around the edge of the grill. Can take a while.

[silver_P5]

how did you put the grill on?