Grille! Lets see your Custom Grille s! Wanna try some on my car!

[harrisonfry]

I wanna see some Ideas for Grilles. I need more then the standerd flat black maybe a mesh or I dunno give me some idea's!! Please! Thanks
Fry

[850TurboMan]

Think this should be in projects and restorations?

[brucepick]

Like this?

I'm currently painting the grill frame black.
Sorry, no pics of that yet.

Headlights are 6"x8" (200 mm.) e-codes.
Headlight grilles are from a 740.

The first paint job didn't hold up well driving in rain.
Now am roughing up base chrome with emery cloth and/or steel wool, then painting black primer. That should last better.

[97GLT]

The first paint job didn't hold up well driving in rain.
Now am roughing up base chrome with emery cloth and/or steel wool, then painting black primer. That should last better.

hit it with the ceramic paint, or slap a few coats of clear on it


edit*
holy ****, i just realized youre from CT

[CannonballSDL]

I made this one... becouse i broke it and dident want to buy a new one!
<img src=http://album3.snapandshare.com/53/3529/47581.jpg>

[Delfosse]

1983 244GLT with 1986 244DL hood

setback the grille and got rid of the chrome.. it was busted anyway

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d166/JunKy2006/wtf.jpg

and these will be here soon..

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d166/JunKy2006/81_1_b.jpg

[YURPLES]

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/756000-756999/756992_18.jpg

Theres my mesh grille.

[romantt8]

In my sig

[taskmule]

http://www3.sympatico.ca/sticklad/photos/2kgrill.jpg

[1TUF CAR]

Took all of about 30 mins. :)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTI0ODc1MTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

[745 TurboGreasel]

http://www3.sympatico.ca/sticklad/photos/2kgrill.jpgMine will look like that soon, except i think I'll keep the slash untill something better catches my eye.

[harrisonfry]

Took all of about 30 mins. :)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTI0ODc1MTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

Defiantly Like your Grille. Would you be willing to send me info on how u made that or send me to a forum where they explain how? I would appreciate it! looks nice. Props
Thanks later

[brick_lover]

+1 ^^^

[dmelvi007]

Here is my emblem:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid207/p4f67a2adca78aeedb37f81adfb096e0f/ee94b674.jpg

Here is my old grille, kinda hard to see i know but it is mesh:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pd57d98fdc8c56aa8f7e9624a60963aec/eff75110.jpg

And my sig is current! Stock grille, painted black with modified slash and emblem.

[Chris_R]

The first paint job didn't hold up well driving in rain.
Now am roughing up base chrome with emery cloth and/or steel wool, then painting black primer. That should last better.

Try using PlastiDip spray paint.

I'm told it doesn't chip. I'll use it when I repaint the grille on my 850.

[brucepick]

Try using PlastiDip spray paint.

I'm told it doesn't chip. I'll use it when I repaint the grille on my 850.

I used pickup bed liner paint - yesterday. Black, with a highly textured surface.
Just for the frame - which used to be chrome.

I also used it on my '86, r.i.p.
I put it on the hood's leading edge nose. It held up very well, like about 5 years and maybe 100-150K miles or so.

Nice thing about the grill frame is you can pop it out whenever you want and spray a new coat on it - as long as you don't let the primer get blasted away by road crap. You also can spray any regular gloss or matte paint onto the pickup bed paint - which makes sense, that stuff is very thick.

I'll post pics when I can get some decent ones.

I still need to re-blacken the bumper's chrome trim.
So pics will have to wait a couple days at least.

[CAPT_BLOTTO]

http://www.vinylexchange.com/blog/pix/paulwall_close.jpg

[EdM.]

I don't have pics handy, but I can provide a description of what I did on my '90 240DL wagon.

I took my original grille out of the chrome surround. I removed the "eyebrows" from the headlights, took them and the surround and roughed them up with steel wool and sprayed the flat black.

Then I took some 1/4" wire cloth (a welded wire mesh with 1/4" square openings, comes in various sized rolls) and cut a piece big enough to cover the entire grille insert. It shapes easily enough that, but cutting some slits at the corners, I was able to contour it to the old grille. I was even able to make an indentation for the diagonal strip of the emblem. This I did by taking a junked-up emblem, snapping off the snap-on nuts that hold it to the grille, and tapping the posts to accept a #4 machine screw. Actually, I even made the tap by taking such a screw and cutting a notch down its length with a cutoff wheel on my dremel. I ground down some washers to fit between the grille slats and screwed the emblem on with the new mesh insert sandwiched between it and the old insert. As I recall, I had to cut some slots in the edge of the new insert so that it would fit in the surround. There are some flat tabs on the surround which fit into slots in the insert.

I removed the new insert, sprayed it gloss black and attached some small strips of wire cloth to use as tabs to put screws through into the old insert (I used black anodized trims screws with built-in countoured washers). Then I cut away as much of the old insert as possible while still leaving the mountings for the emblem. So now, the old insert is an inconspicuous frame for the new one.

My only points of dissatisfaction are that I've had a few paint chips (so I'm glad to read the paint recommendations in this thread), and I wish I could have found that kind of heavy wire mesh they use on Jag grilles...

Oh, this is funny-- while looking for a pic of a Jag grille to show what I mean, I may have found a lead on where to get the material: http://www.racemeshgrilles.com/images/2006%20Jaguar%20S-Type%20upper%20grille.jpg

At any rate, the first time my mechanic, who specializes in '80s and '90s Volvos, saw it, he asked "So, did you get that from ipd?" So I guess it looks pretty good. I may cut holes in it for my fog lights, ala 242GT, mostly so I can get them out from under the bumper where they keep getting, well, bumped.

-EdM.

[rwturbo]

Here is mine I made out of some small holed round holed polished aluminum.

[gockpunch]

'79 242GT
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/gockpunch/cars/242%20GT/mycar3.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/gockpunch/cars/242%20GT/mycar2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/gockpunch/cars/242%20GT/mycar1.jpg

[Neil Peart]

My 2 cars:


http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1527/eurocars3yk.jpg

[classiccarsrule85]

grilles grilles everywhere and heres a link to mine ......ps they are titled new flat black grille (last couple) since they give my car a nice new cool look .......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/classiccarsrule85/album?.dir=2bac

[97GLT]

'79 242GT
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/gockpunch/cars/242%20GT/mycar2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/gockpunch/cars/242%20GT/mycar1.jpg

I have a similar one, but not as sexy
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/97GLT/P1010292.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/97GLT/P1010296.jpg

[kelley_aj]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid207/p4f67a2adca78aeedb37f81adfb096e0f/ee94b674.jpg



Where did this come from? I likey. Does it have a blue or black background?

[vicskimmer]

this is a grille from an old chevy, i believe. i cut it to fit and kind of threw it together real fast to see what it would look like. im not done with it though. i plan on putting the squaer volvo emblem in the center square opening, and then maybe some driving lights like Zyrex's car on either side to soften that middle gap. im not sure though. any suggestions would be cool

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/foreversick/DSCF3505small.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/foreversick/DSCF3504small.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/foreversick/DSCF3500small.jpg

[dmelvi007]

Where did this come from? I likey. Does it have a blue or black background?

I picked it up in my parts dept, but I have no idea where it came from. There is one left, if you want one and have trouble finding one let me know. Blue background.

[ashvolvo]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/850apr.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/ash2.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/dec3.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/feb1.jpg

[TheJoyOfSix]

Standard practice on my cars has been to paint the slats/boxes black and the surround body colour.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/uselessthings/760GLT.jpg
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/uselessthings/960%20pimpness%205.jpg
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/uselessthings/745GLE.jpg

[Bambam]

on my former 440 GLT
http://members.aon.at/volvobam/Volvo/PIC00037.jpg
http://members.aon.at/volvobam/Volvo/PIC00038.jpg

my former 940 grill (now the stock turbo grill)
http://members.aon.at/bambam/940/8.JPG
http://members.aon.at/bambam/940/9.JPG

[wingnut]

http://www.ryzor.com/up/userfiles/VOLVORacr/940pics3.png
http://www.ryzor.com/up/userfiles/VOLVORacr/lightssmall.jpg

industrial grade aluminum meah, biotches.

[harrisonfry]

http://www.ryzor.com/up/userfiles/VOLVORacr/940pics3.png
http://www.ryzor.com/up/userfiles/VOLVORacr/lightssmall.jpg

industrial grade aluminum meah, biotches.


Not gonna lie. You Deffinatley have the most BOMB ASS grille ever! Seriously Massive Props.

[Unregistered]

Not gonna lie. You Deffinatley have the most BOMB ASS grille ever! Seriously Massive Props.

There is a grille coconut something on here. It was wild, looked like salt and pepper

[dmelvi007]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/850apr.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/ash2.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/dec3.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ashdavies/dvs/misc/feb1.jpg


now those are some nice grills, how do I get my hands on the strut tower brace though?

[ashvolvo]

now those are some nice grills, how do I get my hands on the strut tower brace though?

Thanks :)
Just drop me a PM or email with any questions, etc. I'd be happy to answer them and chat some more.

[grizlyadams]

Why do you remove the slash and the volvo badge...are you embarased at driving a volvo or something?? Anything but a volvo grill with the slash and the volvo badge is gay.
Put the correct grill on, idiots.
Griz

[hockey930]

blang

[JonnyScorch]

http://www.snapandshare.com/photo_view-uid-1006-fid-8700-pic-9-fn-719112.htm

Bit of fun with an old grille.. removed the slash cleaned, then clearcoated the black plastic to make it shine..

http://www.snapandshare.com/photo_view-uid-1006-fid-3209-pic-10-fn-101666.htm

This faded front grille and bumper were just painted black to match the rest of the car.. hooray for krylon fusion.

[harrisonfry]

Agree with grizlyadams Deffinatly No matter what kind of volvo you drive, you should have somewhere on the car Visible to the Pub some sort of VOLVO EMBLEM what ever! WE aren't Ricers, even though some of us have Fart cannons on our VLV rides! Later

[widfara]

Finally remembered to get an updated shot of my eggcrate 760 style w/ turbo badge.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/Lisabunnie/IMGP3453.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

[Crazychopstick]

Why do you remove the slash and the volvo badge...are you embarased at driving a volvo or something?? Anything but a volvo grill with the slash and the volvo badge is gay.
Put the correct grill on, idiots.
Griz

Yeah, because we all know the slash and badge is the only way to identify a volvo...:roll:

[Stylie]

Here's mine...nothing special but I figured it's been a while since I whored out pics of my baby soooo....
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/muffymoffatt/Volvo%20Pics/CIMG0743.jpg

[Vee_Que]

Why do you remove the slash and the volvo badge...are you embarased at driving a volvo or something?? Anything but a volvo grill with the slash and the volvo badge is gay.
Put the correct grill on, idiots.
Griz
It makes the car different from the next one.

Most cars have at least one aftermarket grill, it smooths the front end.

[Chris_R]

Here's mine...nothing special but I figured it's been a while since I whored out pics of my baby soooo....
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/muffymoffatt/Volvo%20Pics/CIMG0743.jpg

Looks nice!

Are those Lincoln Mark VIII wheels?

[Stylie]

Looks nice!

Are those Lincoln Mark VIII wheels?
Thanks!!

The rims are Albas...and the source of ridicule from the majority of boardmembers.
Yeah, because we all know the slash and badge is the only way to identify a volvo...:roll:
I don't know man...I find I have to get close enough new ones to see the name/slash half the friggin time. I mean, yeah, they look good enough but half the time I think it's a bloody Honda!!!!!!

[CaptainWhoosh]

ashvolvo, your 244 is wicked hawt

[ashvolvo]

Why do you remove the slash and the volvo badge...are you embarased at driving a volvo or something?? Anything but a volvo grill with the slash and the volvo badge is gay.
Put the correct grill on, idiots.
Griz

Its just another way to distance myself as far as possible from people like yourself and your narrow-minded views.

Just in case you can't read between the lines - What I'm saying is that your opinion is welcomed, however your labelling people 'idiots' for having a different opinion to your own is not.

[ashvolvo]

ashvolvo, your 244 is wicked hawt

Cheers.

[1 riktig svensk]

http://images1.snapfish.com/3474%3B3996%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D3279%3E457%3E8%3B6%3EWS NRCG%3D32338973%3A7%3A%3B3nu0mrj

[blarf]

Standard practice on my cars has been to paint the slats/boxes black and the surround body colour.

Where are you getting the paint?

[SwedishBrick242...]

I did this grill mostly because I was bored...
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/3209/Pic36.jpg
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/6153/Pic37.jpg
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/2492/Pic38.jpg
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/7623/Pic40.jpg

[TheJoyOfSix]

Where are you getting the paint?


From the stealership, Volvo do small spray cans of paint for about £15 in addition to the 'touch-up' pens.

[grizlyadams]

Its just another way to distance myself as far as possible from people like yourself and your narrow-minded views.

Just in case you can't read between the lines - What I'm saying is that your opinion is welcomed, however your labelling people 'idiots' for having a different opinion to your own is not.

Narrow-minded view ftw :-P :-D does that mean i can distance myself from aussie with no taste? ;-)
Griz

[harrisonfry]

Better off Stapling tinfoil with Pencil poked holes in it to your car!

[romantt8]

http://www.snapandshare.com/photo_view-uid-1006-fid-8700-pic-9-fn-719112.htm

Bit of fun with an old grille.. removed the slash cleaned, then clearcoated the black plastic to make it shine..

This faded front grille and bumper were just painted black to match the rest of the car.. hooray for krylon fusion.

I must say, you have the hottest 89 744!

[MyRed240]

you all never seen my GRILLE B4 check it out!

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/idropice/07-06-06_0939.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

92/240/gl

it came black and i cut it myself.

[Vol242vo]

^^Post Whore^^

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=60495&page=2

[240Psycho]

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIxNDEyMjZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

[MyRed240]

^^Post Whore^^

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=60495&page=2
dont hate lol nice car by the way

[Vol242vo]

Thanks, and nice work on the grill my friend!

[brucepick]

Can't wait to post some new pics of mine. Hopefully this weekend.
Grill frame is black now.

Corner lamps inner reflectors are now amber - so the amber shows up behind the corner lenses.
With so much black on the front the bling of the clear corner lamps was too much.

[neptune]

http://www.neptune242.com/neptune/242emblem.jpg

Painted 164 emblem on 240 slash. I like the stock GLT grille, I just hate that cheap plastic emblem.
Has since been painted black (several times due to chips). This pic is from about a week before I repainted it the first time, looks pretty bad.
http://www.neptune242.com/neptune/montlake.jpg

[psy]

question, anyone here do a white 940 with a white grille? if not could someone photoshop one?

[bag3lbit3s]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/bag3lbit3s/PDRM2196.jpg
Blacked out all the chrome...anyone have any good recommendations on paint? I used duplicolor trim paint and it came out really nice but after about 4 months it's chipping a bit in some spots. Is there something I could put on top to maybe make it a bit tougher?

[Chris_R]

Plasti-Dip spray paint is supposed to hold up well. I bought a can but couldn't locate it when I painted this:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/AllPics008.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/AllPics009.jpg

I expect I'll have to redo it later.

[F1reBird]

Blast from the past!

oh..and doesnt get much more cuzztom than this

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/Turbotanki4/DSC06565.jpg

[GreatDaneShane]

those are cool and whatnot, but none as original as this one
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/pressparts/Picture035.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/pressparts/Picture037.jpg

[linuxman51]

I wanna see some Ideas for Grilles. I need more then the standerd flat black maybe a mesh or I dunno give me some idea's!! Please! Thanks
Fry

hey buddy this is all the grille you need:
http://www.pbase.com/kdh51/image/31238927.jpg

but get a good look, cause this is what you'll see most of:
http://www.pbase.com/kdh51/image/31238925.jpg

[Raz]

my grille is an intercooler...

[GrandmaSideways]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/redstripe302/Volvo/P8081062.jpg
Grind/Sand/Bondo/Repeat

[oldduttyvolvo]

My eggcrate with 08 XC70 iron mark.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/oldduttyvolvo/after1.jpg

[Fadli85]

My eggcrate with 08 XC70 iron mark.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/oldduttyvolvo/after1.jpg


It's beautiful, plus love your white bulbs, the square clear lens looks neat, and also you have working amber lights on the bottom? usually I just see reflectors...

[Bigscreen Bob]

I just started experimenting with embedding a yellow-blue 3D logo badge in layers of casting resin. Black layers on the bottom, then one final clear layer of casting resin on top.

This experiment is not finished. I'm going to polish the front surface.

...Then I want to see about painting the grille surround to match exactly the blue body color of my 240. Maybe even the chrome on the slash piece, too. Or, instead, maybe the black strip inside the chrome.

There are a couple of guys in the UK who sell these Swedish flag-colored logo badges new on ebay.

Considering this was my first attempt and having never touched casting resin before, I thought it came out well.

[volvo940tuner]

<img src= http://i38.tinypic.com/2ywbthi.jpg>

[Chris_R]

The casting resin piece looks awesome!

Got links to instructions for this?

[Bigscreen Bob]

I went to my local arts supply store -- Dick Blick.

http://www.dickblick.com/zz335/20/

The hardest part is removing the OEM Volvo logo badge insert that is glued into the "tray" part of the slash piece. Cleaning off the old adhesive takes a bit of doing.

Obviously, the OEM chromed "tray" acts as the "mold" for the casting resin, once it's clean.

As far as the resin itself goes, there are very clear instructions are on the back of the can of "Castin Craft" casting resin.

All you need is:

- can of Castin Craft casting resin
- little bottle of catalyst
- opaque pigment (I used black, but they have other colors)

My next step is to take it to the fabrication shop where an industrial designer buddy of mine works, to give it a professional polish. He's a plastics expert and his shop has all the right tools and materials for anything having to do with fabricating cool stuff out of plastic.

When my resin cured -- which took days and days, btw -- it didn't have a very smooth finish. The final polishing will make it look like factory. I will post here whatever polishing tips I learn from my buddy.

Given my obsession with cocobolo rosewood trim, I'm even thinking about embedding another one of the Swedish flag-colored logo badges into piece of polished, real cocobolo, cut the same depth as the badge and ultra-precisely cut to fit in the little inner holes and around the outside shapes, courtesy of a laser cutter. Then a top layer over the whole thing of clear casting resin to seal it all in, polished and shiny like factory.

Since it's easy to pick up decent used 240 grilles fairly cheap, why not have two or three different ones?!

A photo of the 3-D logo badge I used is attached. It's only slightly larger than the OEM logo insert for the 240 grille.

One word of warning...I have no idea what this casting resin will do after being subjected to the elements. My plastics expert may have an idea of a coating to apply over the whole thing to make it more weather-proof.

[Crazychopstick]

Haha, I remember good old Killerfry. :lol:

[oRange855]

T-5R
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/k5blaz3r/SNB11599.jpg

242
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/k5blaz3r/SNB11443.jpg

874
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/k5blaz3r/SNB11735.jpg

[PRVersion]

my eggcrate with 08 xc70 iron mark.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/oldduttyvolvo/after1.jpg

http://forums.turbobricks.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5282&d=1221937409

winnar!!!