IIRC they were 8mm. I had mine out a while ago.

 

duly noted and edited in the write-up. fwiw, i got the "10mm" off of Ian's write up, but used pliers myself... *chagrin*

 

the one on my car is the base silver color that was on the grill when purchased.
im going to go back and paint it over with silver paint since there is
bare metal showing where i cut it. I don't think it would rust to a point
it would make it drip orange water, but just to be safe.

and yes, the nuts are 8mm.

 

If'n ya look closely, you can see mine......it's the 74 cent aluminum stuff from Home Depot.....been in there close to a year...no probs...



...Les

 

Aren't you guys worried about the amount of air flow you are now restricting? Seems like you are cutting that flow in half.... or more? What do you think?

 

I don't think airflow is diminished such that it's an issue. What I have noticed is that I no longer have bugs imbedded in my IC!

...Les

 

Are you saying that the material is steel & not aluminum? If it's steel it is going to rust. If it's aluminum I'd like one, if it's steel I'll pass.

 

jeff, i didn't have any red enamel paint laying around... so i have silver
or black if you want those. the silver is painted silver over the galvanized
silver paint that it came in.

i painted them and drying now.

 

it sticks to magnet, so it's galvanized steel. it's real easy to remove and
paint if it does rust (which i dont think it would to the extent that it
would be orange) or use it as a template and make your own.

i took you off the list for now, if you're still interested, let me know!

 

shukes24- yours is done. swing by any time and i'll install it for ya.
takes no more than 5min.

 

I believe what I picked up at Home Depot is aluminum. I'll have to check. But here are pics of mine, painted white:







As far as air flow, that was brought up in an earlier thread about this mod. It apparently has little to no effect.

 

^^ good job! can you put a magnet on yours and see if
it grabs it? the mesh itself looks almost identical to mine.

can't wait to roll my car out of the garage and take a pict this weekend.

 

It is steel!! I thought it was aluminum 'cause I got the exact same thing pictured in Ian's how-to, where he says it's aluminum. Luckily I painted mine with Rust Oleum

 

Or ciggie buttts,small mammals, burger wrappers or any other kind of foreign object. The peace of mind is worth it to me.
Jim

 

yeh, i think we're okay since ours is painted.
looks great.

 

BLACK, please!

Jeff

 

thanks welshmenwillnotyield!


silvers are SOLD OUT.

(sticks to magnet, so these are galvanized steel)

1. ImagoX - black (shipped)
2. welshmenwillnotyield - black (shipped)
3. shukes24 - black (sold)
4. silver -sold via Market Place
5. silver -sold via Market Place
6. silver -sold via Market Place

 

I have the steel one, almost a year and absolutely no rust. I sprayed it with hi-temp clearcoat when installed. There IS an aluminum one I've found, but the mesh is tighter and the piece is much flimsier than the galv steel.

 

^^ thanks for the info, Kentiki. yah, i too saw a couple different ones
while at the hardware store, but the ones I and Turcicus use are the best
looking and solid.

so any takers for the silver ones?

got them packed, ready to go.

 

...less than a week ago i posted the intercooler screen DIY, and mentioned "(I'd love to get my hands on a spare mesh (plastic) radiator grill...". implying this would make the intercooler screen match. today, if you look closely at the MINI2 pics of the '07s...




http://www.mini2.com/images/predrive...r/PICT0136.jpg


http://www.mini2.com/images/predrive...e/PICT0048.jpg

 

^^ that's pretty cool! i didn't know 07's looked similar to ours...i was
expecting a dramatic change.

i guess ill save up for one.

 

If you buy an 07 you won't have to worry about bugs & stuff getting through the scoop. It's a fake, oh my God!!!

 

oh~? faux vent? wait, where's the intercooler then?
lower grill?

 

That I can't tell you, but I do know it isn't behind or under that fake scoop. That just really bugs the carp out of me. Harrumph!!!

 

The '07s are turbocharged, hence no need for the intercooler, and hence the fake hood scoop.