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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Hey, I liked the silver screen grill blocks... you took them off for heat? I missed something in these pages? It looked cool. I'd love to see you test it ABA against the stock grill... would settle that old debate.
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just painted the lower one black as the paint I had previously started flaking off
my guess is there is too much vibration for it
anyways, I sprayed it with the plasdip rubberized paint.
the upper is still the silver metallic that matched the car, but yes, due to heat I had to remove that one.
once it cools down, probably not until winter, I will do a full ABA test, with both off, then top on/bottom off, then bottom on/top off and then both on. I could probably do it now, but its just too darn hot outside
I also have a great road near me for it, has a good start incline of maybe 10 degrees for 1/4 mile, then 3 miles of completely straight, flat road, with very little/no traffic.
onto rev 3.0, stage 1
using the same technique as rev 2.0 but using the foam from 1.0 and going in layers, did my first outline of both the inside and the outer edge.
once that cures (maybe an hour) I will fill in the gap for the outside edge, which would still be basically stage 1.
stage 2 will consist of 2 fills.
one inner, let cure for an hour, then 1 outer to bring to the edge.
stage 3 will consist of trimming/sanding to smooth it out and match it to the edge I want to keep.
stage 4 will be attaching the colorplast cover and then attaching the entire thing to the bumper. Ive already invested in some sheathed galvanized wire for attaching the grill blocks, so all I really need to do is run that through the foaming and to the backside of the bumper cover.
all in all, Im hoping, even without rushing it, to be done today, at the latest tomorrow morning.
