Re: Grill

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>]

I live in apt...next month a house yay!!!! anyways I don't have
a pletheora of tools so I improvise.

The preferred method would be with a 'hot' knife to cut the slats out 
then use a file to smooth out the rough spots.

I used a sabersaw to cut the acual bars off the emblem, middle 
support, and end support..so i wasleft with a total of 16 1/4-slats
I didn't go as slow as i should have so i nicked the other slats 
slightly near the middle support bars. Then i tood a soldering gun 
and melted away the triangle shaped pieces of plastic on the end and 
support bars then used a small knife to smooth the plastic and make 
it a flat edge facing out. I'm on pic 8/12 so I should have some 
closeup pics up by next week.

that was just on my daily driver, I plan to do a much more careful job 
on my other 2 grills for my show car...and then paint the grille to
match the metallic pearl black cherry paint job! =]

like i said in a previous post it made the car MUCH cooler when
stuck in traffic and idiling..though someoen commented that you'll
have to clean off your radiator more often.

Ryan


> I have been hearing all this stuff about cutting the grill, what do you 
> use to do it anyways?????  does it really make a difference to the temp?
> 
> alfred 
> 85 scirocco 8v
> 
> On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, William Slayton, Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Well I went and cut my grill and it looks super!!! I haven't driven it yet so 
> > I don't know what a difference it will make. My needle never went past 3/4 
> > anyway.
> > 
> > Carl
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