skiracerblah

What did you use to cut the aluminum mesh?

patinsd

First picture is in the shade .
The others are with direct sun at different angle

patinsd

orderedanalog

Wait..wait. did you use the key or the clippers?

patinsd

Both !! of course

faijai

Thanks to NWS4GUY and the DIY, i finally mounted the mesh up. Yah it's kinda ghetto, but eh, nobody's gonna see it anyways xD.

So basically, did what the DIY said, and as other members suggested i decided to double it up as well, but instead of adding another layer on top, i only doubled the lower half of the it cause from what i saw majority of the rocks and stuff where hitting the lower part. I was planning to use zip ties but instead, my mesh was wrapped with this wire

Use those wires to weave the two mesh together, which is pretty tight and sturdy. The two mesh would create a zig zag pattern, that turned out to be this
http://searchengineoptimizations.wee...21/6358626.jpg

Once it was all done, made sure everything was tight and used the wires again to mount the mesh to the rad part
http://searchengineoptimizations.wee...21/4912609.jpg

and Voila ! nice and tight and no movement at all.
http://searchengineoptimizations.wee...21/1128277.jpg

The silver colour showed up too much when i first tested it out, later on i decided to spray paint it blk which was less noticeable when you're about 5 feet from the front. But you'll see it about 2 feet close.

Sorry for the camera pics

NWS4Guy

Looks good patin, very subtle!

Toppernh

I installed the Audi OEM intercooler radiator grill today and it was pretty easy.

I removed the radiator to grill cover like in NWS4guy's DIY. I didn't remove the air intake scoop but it might have been a bit easier if I did.

I lowered the grill from the top and it clipped onto the intercooler radiator with the 6 clips top and 6 clips bottom. In the picture below you can see the clips hooked on the top of the radiator - sorry about the intercooler radiator being blurry.



I put the 9 t-clips into the smaller holes along the center line of the grill but reaching down from the top. I checked that I was in the right spot before pushing the clip in by looking in from the front through the grill. In the picture below is one of the clips pushed in.



Here is a picture of the grill installed.



I'm sorry there aren't more pictures but there really wasn't much to take a picture of.

I'm happy how it came out and how easy it was to install.

The grill wasn't cheap but I'm happy I did this.

skiracerblah

Looks goood!!!!

skiracerblah

I followed the OP instructions using the hardware cloth. I wanted the mesh not to sit so close to the intercooler to give more of a "buffer zone" between the mesh and the intercooler. I was originally going to use zip ties, but then i thought it would be a real PITA to cut the ties if i ever need to remove the mesh. So i bought some of this at my local arts & crafts store http://www.michaels.com/ . You might be able to find it where they sell the "beading/jewelry" section



First, i pushed the mesh flush against the front bumper. Then, I bent the jewelry wire and fed it into the front. Next, i stuck my arms inside the engine bay so i can twist the wires like a twist tie. I used 2 twist ties on each plastic support column. You can barely notice the aluminum wires, unless you get on your hands & knees and look closely.










Note, the mesh will be a "little" wavy and will not sit perfectly flush with the bumper just due to the nature of the easily bendable mesh, but i think it looks halfway decent and does the job....