looks a good job m8.......well done.

although i'm not a fan of de-badging to be honest.

 

im still thinkin whether to take off the rover badge from just behind the rear doors and stick one on the grille...wot u reckon?

 

Looks like a good job, and i'd leave the badge where it is

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you go about 'smoothing' a grill?


I've never been into the modding scene, so please excuse my ignorance!

 

its the first time i did anything like this so i was a bit wary. but its really not that bad if u take ur time and pace urself...


its all about p38 for me...cut out the middle badge with saw and then sand down the rough edges...use filling mesh and p38 to fill the gap...sand and smooth...then primer and paint...job done!

 

Ah, I see.


Nice job.

 

cheers mate..!


next on the list: smoothing the boot handle, meshing the bottom grille and de-oranging the indicators!

has anyone ever sprayed their mesh black or have any pics of black mesh? im considering goin for a stealth look so i'd like to see wot it looks like...photoshop doesnt give me a good idea unfortunatly...

 

Well done mate, job looks a goodun!

 

Yeah, im a fan of black mesh.
Looks good sometimes rather than shiny mesh...
Both good, depends on the car.

Black can look good on blue cars i find.

 

Yeah, im a fan of black mesh.
Looks good sometimes rather than shiny mesh...
Both good, depends on the car.

Black can look good on blue cars i find.

hmm im really thinkin about it...gona put the bottom mesh on first to see how shiny the front will look.

have u got any images or links to any black mesh on a 200?

 

ERm, Sie has some pics around somewhere, he has black mesh, so does Steve.

I cheated, i used the bottom mesh from the 200 - yes...the really crap stuff for my upper grille. Was about 2 years ago, and wanted it there and then!
Never go around to ever changing it, dont even think anyone has noticed how bad it is!

 

ERm, Sie has some pics around somewhere, he has black mesh, so does Steve.

I cheated, i used the bottom mesh from the 200 - yes...the really crap stuff for my upper grille. Was about 2 years ago, and wanted it there and then!
Never go around to ever changing it, dont even think anyone has noticed how bad it is!

lol...dude! i was lookin at it 2day and was thinkin how the hell did rover get away with using such crap mesh..! ill giv sie a buzz later see if he still got those pics...!

 

This is what i did with my grill (top and bottom) on my R25

Cheers
25tdi

 

I sprayed the mesh with the same paint as the car, albeit with less layers. The shows it slightly lighter than the newly painted chrome part of the grill surround.

I did the same as the lower mesh as well, think it looks great myself.

Cheers
25tdi

 

This is what I did with my grills:

 

hi guys, ive got the old school rover 200 and ive fitted fine mesh to top and bottom, mainly to keep them b*****d flies off my radiator!! but i left the rover "teeth" in (the black plastic bits) and stuck the mesh behind the grill, it doesnt look "chavish" and does the job, obviously if your wanting to make your car look like a chav-mobile then take the teeth out!

painting mesh is pretty easy and looks less "chavish" best place to buy mesh is B&Q, yes the DIY place, they sell steel mesh for building work, but its good quality and pretty cheap, if your painting it its ideal, if not then it will go rusty!

i reccomend fine mesh to all, it not only looks good, it does a practical job of protecting your radiator! :spanner:

 

What black teeth, last time I looked the slats were grey if that's what you're refering to.
Also I wouldn't call meshing the grill with the right sort of mesh chav either.
If that's the case you have just insulted half of the members on this forum and I don't see the point of meshing if your not gonna take the plastic slats out. Seems totally pointless to me.:err:

 

they are black on my car, sorry no offense, style is about personal opinion, please dont take offense, and the point of meshing behind the teeth is to keep flies and crap off my nice new radiator!

 

heres mine with black mesh top and bottom, hope that gives you an idea although my car is obviously multicoloured instead of blue(??) like yours.
Nice job on your grill, wish mine turned out like that first time!!

 

well havent i been a busy boy 2day...woke up early...done my chores and decided to do a couple more things to the front...have a look and tell me wot u think...i think its slowly comin 2gether nicely!

meshed bumper top and bottom

Finally de-oranged the headlights (what a bitch this was!)

final result:

and another angle:

and also took the 200 off the back:

what u think guys? cheers for the tutorial for the lights by the way mike...it worked a treat!

 

give it a couple of days and that bottom mesh will be black

 

Looking very nice there Hincey mate. Just looking at the grill surround. Did you laquer the paint, seems a bit dull compared to the other paintwork on the body?

 

Looking very nice there Hincey mate. Just looking at the grill surround. Did you laquer the paint, seems a bit dull compared to the other paintwork on the body?

yeh man i did two coats of halfords lacquer but it was crap! didnt even bring any shine up...i put it on for now for the sake of it...but to be hoenst, its not the best job in the world...is there any other lacquers that'll bring it to its shine?? or is it all down to the paint work?

 

yeh man i did two coats of halfords lacquer but it was crap! didnt even bring any shine up...i put it on for now for the sake of it...but to be hoenst, its not the best job in the world...is there any other lacquers that'll bring it to its shine?? or is it all down to the paint work?

Actually the Halfords laquer is pretty good. I've managed to get some pretty good finishes with it.
The key is to have a hairdryer handy. Cure each coat with the hairdryer and it will dry to a nice smooth finish. On the final coat dry with the hairdryer until you get a mirror finish.

I always get a much better finish than without the use of a hairdryer.

 

Actually the Halfords laquer is pretty good. I've managed to get some pretty good finishes with it.
The key is to have a hairdryer handy. Cure each coat with the hairdryer and it will dry to a nice smooth finish. On the final coat dry with the hairdryer until you get a mirror finish.

I always get a much better finish than without the use of a hairdryer.

hmmm well to be honest it was the first time i ever sprayed anything on a car. i will redo it one day wehn i have the patience to wait for paint to dry lol...mite give it one more coat of lacquer and see what happens. the final coat of paint was quite matt, do u think this has anything to do with it?