police grills, lets see yours!

[whiteknight]

All I find is ones for crown vics

Then you're looking on the wrong cars!

 

[edmontonsho]

Ooooo, just noticed this one, that Ti with police grill and clear corners looks pretty damn hot.


Darn you now I am going to have to start looking for police grill

That was Steve's 89. One of the sexiest SHO's in E-town. That white one beside it looks pretty hot as well.


Same white gen one, seven years latter.

 

[red89SHO]

on ebay I typed in police grills and there were grills for gen 3 but mine is 1 and lots of crown vics maybe I should make my own

 

[jthod]

That's what I did:

Took me quite a while, but turned out pretty good. It's still not perfect.

1.fill the back of a regular grille with expanding foam insulation
2.cut slots
3.fill in and smooth out with Bondo (and lots of it, many coats)
4.sand and file until your knuckles bleed

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

So it worked out my firend! did those mesurments i gave you help? looks good!

-Mitch

 

[BlackonBlack89]

A silky smooth freshly painted popo grill..

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

A silky smooth freshly painted popo grill..

Nice lights, they turn me on... i have to say new lights make a world of difference to a car. oh... nice popo grill as well where did you get the lights? are they glass or plastic?

-Mitch

 

[Toolman]

Not mine yet, but soon!

 

[BlackonBlack89]

The lights I got off fleebay. I bought two but one faded/pitted really quickly (6 months) and the one stayed clear. So the left is the older one and the right is the newer one.

Thanks for the compliment

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

np, i was just gonna buy one on ebay thismornin but some hooligan jumped in before me... 120 buy it now. not bad

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

That was Steve's 89. One of the sexiest SHO's in E-town. That white one beside it looks pretty hot as well.


Same white gen one, seven years latter.

hey linds, do you know who bought steve's SHO? I have this urge to go buy it! lol

 

[red89SHO]

What do you cut the slots with

 

[jthod]

So it worked out my firend! did those mesurments i gave you help? looks good!

-Mitch

Yeah, thanks again! I marked them out and taped the lines, then used the good old jig saw to tear the **** out of it...I wish I had used something else.

The coping saw was just too damn slow and a pain in the ass. I also have Black and Decker scroll saw, but it didn't have a big enough arm and the grille wouldn't fit. Dremel didn't work, any bit I had anyway.

The Bondo work just too forever, about 10-15 applications and sanding between each. I found a square file at Harbor Freight that worked pretty file on all 4 sides, about 3/8 inch square. After I got it fairly straight, I used Bondo Glazing Putty. Much easier to shape and sand.

I'm fairly happy with it now, but sometime when I'm bored this summer I'll do some more shaping and sanding and paint it. Still black, but probably semi-gloss or satin instead of primer flat.

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

Good stuff, glad i could help. it def looks good! i was kinda scared to use a jigsaw cause its so aggressive, i fricking broke one of the dealios using a drillbit for the corners... the other thing i used that works 100% better was a zip disk in a disk holder on a cordless drill. you end up melting plastic but if you dont mind, it works really well. give'er a try.

-Mitch

Yeah, thanks again! I marked them out and taped the lines, then used the good old jig saw to tear the **** out of it...I wish I had used something else.

The coping saw was just too damn slow and a pain in the ass. I also have Black and Decker scroll saw, but it didn't have a big enough arm and the grille wouldn't fit. Dremel didn't work, any bit I had anyway.

The Bondo work just too forever, about 10-15 applications and sanding between each. I found a square file at Harbor Freight that worked pretty file on all 4 sides, about 3/8 inch square. After I got it fairly straight, I used Bondo Glazing Putty. Much easier to shape and sand.

I'm fairly happy with it now, but sometime when I'm bored this summer I'll do some more shaping and sanding and paint it. Still black, but probably semi-gloss or satin instead of primer flat.

 

[ManySHOs]

This isn't my police grill but it is a police grill.

Ian

 

[Irish Pride]

I lucked out last year. I went to a government auction looking to buy some P71s and happened across an old beat up police issue taurus. As soon as I saw it I honed in on the grille. I paid $50 for the entire car. I would have paid twice that just for the grille. As an added bonus the car ran pretty decent too.

Same grill on its current car.

 

[Rubix]

Best thread bump of '10 so far

That is, until one of the painted/powdercoated intake manifold threads gets bumped.

By the way man, the police are watching you... 3rd picture from the bottom. The ducks are after you too, 2nd pic from the bottom. Finally, I'm after you for scoring a Police grill for $50 with a decent car attached!!!

 

[89SHOMAN666]

My Black 89...

 

[Irish Pride]

Best thread bump of '10 so far

I brought 2 others back from the grave today. Check out the SHO related section.

 

[SHObill]