cellar said:
i have to know exactly how you do this, i need it
haha
Go to a hardware store and buy some mesh that fits your liking. I used some mesh that's called "hinged gutter guard". Decide if you're going to spray paint your mesh black or anything other than the silver it comes as.
Remove front bumper cover. Check here if you need help:
http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/RemovingtheFrontBumper.htm
Take the (6) screws out that hold the Ford emblem assembly in place. Cut out a piece of mesh that's a few inches bigger than the empty oval in all directions. Screw the mesh in using the six screws, and fold the excess mesh over the outside sides of the oval.
Now look at the lower grill. It's split into four sections by vertical separators that are body color underneath the black snap-ons. It's your choice if you want to remove the snap-ons or not. Here comes the tricky part. Look on the inside of the middle bar that runs horizontally, you will notice that one inside edge extends deeper back than the others. You need to cut each section of that edge so that it's flush and matches the curve of the others. This means you'll have to make four separate cuts with a Dremel or equivalent cutting device.
Then you need to cut out four pieces of mesh that overlap each edge of each section a little bit. Mold each piece of mesh to fit the curve of the inside edges, make slits in the mesh so that you can fold the excess over in a neat way. Cut off any mesh that goes more than halfway across its respective separaters, so that you'll have room to fit in the piece of mesh that goes next to it.
Once you have your four pieces of mesh cut and moulded to each section of the lower grill, you need to drill some holes in the upper and lower portions of the grill. You can see that I used four bolts for each section on the last daytime picture. Use as short of bolts as you can, plus a washer and a nut. You may need to (I had to) cut what was left of the upper bolts after going through the washer and nut, so that they have enough clearance when putting the bumper cover back on the bumper. Otherwise, the bolts will dig into the styrofoam on the bumper, and it's quite difficult to carve out the styrofoam in exactly the right spots.
Make sure that all of the excess mesh in all locations is folded down around the edges so that there's clearance when putting the bumper cover back on.
Do a happy dance. :****:
