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tomtom72 · 04-26-2007

Re: the Net reg write up.

I took off the spoilers, I think ya can get away with just the center but I don't remember. Anyway I took it off and then I removed the splitter ( that body color thing above the spoiler, the spoiler bolts to it.) Using that bar as my template for width plus a bit to get to the ends of the opening with some fold over. I used a A/C wide mesch plastic screen, the kind ya get in the hdw store. I then took some fiberglass window screen and cut enough to wrap the plastic A/C screen like a gift wrap job.

The hard part is getting the bolts that hold everything together to go thru the spoiler and the two screens and catch the bosses in the splitter bar....it is a bit tedious but ya can get it to work...so the net result is the splitter bar and the center section of spoiler sandwiches the screen ya made. That holds the bottom firm & fast and then I just pushed the screen up into that cavity and it ain't pretty but who sees it....ants on the road? You wind up with more lenght & width than ya need but the excess allows you to sort of force it in place and it covers top to bottom and side to side w/ overlap at the sides. You could do precise cuts and form fit it...it'll just take more time. You could also use radiator box grill as it is rigid and will have a memory for the contours and look better than mine.

But mine, as fugly as it looks, catches everything. The key is the two types of screening material....wide mesch for form and rigidity. The window screen for the road peebles and small stuff.

Tom

04-26-2007	#7
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,609	Re: Radiator opening screen Re: the Net reg write up. I took off the spoilers, I think ya can get away with just the center but I don't remember. Anyway I took it off and then I removed the splitter ( that body color thing above the spoiler, the spoiler bolts to it.) Using that bar as my template for width plus a bit to get to the ends of the opening with some fold over. I used a A/C wide mesch plastic screen, the kind ya get in the hdw store. I then took some fiberglass window screen and cut enough to wrap the plastic A/C screen like a gift wrap job. The hard part is getting the bolts that hold everything together to go thru the spoiler and the two screens and catch the bosses in the splitter bar....it is a bit tedious but ya can get it to work...so the net result is the splitter bar and the center section of spoiler sandwiches the screen ya made. That holds the bottom firm & fast and then I just pushed the screen up into that cavity and it ain't pretty but who sees it....ants on the road? You wind up with more lenght & width than ya need but the excess allows you to sort of force it in place and it covers top to bottom and side to side w/ overlap at the sides. You could do precise cuts and form fit it...it'll just take more time. You could also use radiator box grill as it is rigid and will have a memory for the contours and look better than mine. But mine, as fugly as it looks, catches everything. The key is the two types of screening material....wide mesch for form and rigidity. The window screen for the road peebles and small stuff. Tom __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member Last edited by tomtom72; 04-26-2007 at 07:46 AM.