Where to get a custom plastic grill made up?

[EXCESSV]

hi all,

just after where to get a custom plastic grill made up.
got an idea for a grill to replace the VE one at the front between bonnet and bumper with the big Holden badge on it to something i have been thinking about....just need someone that does it

i guess it doesnt matter whether its in WA or somewhere in Aus

cheers,

Dean

[ATTNSEEKR]

ever thought of using foam blocks and fibreglassing it to make the design? could be money in it if people like the idea

[EXCESSV]

ever thought of using foam blocks and fibreglassing it to make the design? could be money in it if people like the ideagood idea adam but i am too lazy & too hard...just wanna tell someone what i want and get them to make it up...hand over cash and install it myself :lmao:

[ATTNSEEKR]

fair enough :lol:

post up a drawing and someone might be able to help you out that works with fibreglass/carbon fibre

[EXCESSV]

basically want the VE SSV grill minus the Holden badge and the black circle backing that the badge is glued on...
dont like the chev stuff....dont like the massive holden badge...want the clean look with it gone and just the "mesh"

similar to this drawing
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/Deano_22/Misc/vessv2.jpg
stolen from chipmaster website :hide: :lol:

[daoutlawz]

Dude, thats exactly what i've been thinking of, I was going to buy one and chop it up and plastic weld it back together. Yeh i know, it would have been crap.

All I want is the grill without the badge, but that pic looks hot and exactly what I would buy if it were available. I think you got the HSV front bumper?

I tried without the hsv bumper, yours looks better though :P

I can't post a link yet, could you mock up one with just the standard SSV bumper?

[ADAM 26]

get it laser cut out of aluiminium, then powdercoat or anodize it to suit.

[BEARWOOD]

When i buy a VE this is exactly what i wanted to do. I'm amazed no one has made something similar to this yet as it looks much better than standard and there would be a good market for it. would be good if holden made the top piece like they make the lower grill piece as then it would be just a straight swap.

[daoutlawz]

The SS's look mean at the front, and that just makes it look meaner! :vpo:

[NickS]

Whoever makes it work ... I'll take 1.

:drool:

[Tre-Cool]

would it be possible to to find out who makes the standard front plastic? surely holden outsources this?

and if so ask them to make a 1000 units. im sure you'd sell them pretty quickly.

[Blown 540]

Put me down aswell.

[chrism697]

plus you have to pay for design and the most expensive part which is tooling.

and then after that, i doubt holdens supplier would be interested doing it in such low numbers (1000 is bugger all for them) so you would probably need to get it done at another place or overseas.

for low numbers your best bet is to get it machined out of plastic, or as sugested laser cut out of aluminium, and if the numbers get a little higher you could move to low volume soft tooling. but either way its not going to be cheap and easy

[daoutlawz]

Yeah, there's no way holden's supplier would do it, and whos going to fork out the initial cash to set it up..

If we get enought people here who want it, maybe we could try and fetch a price.

It would be worth it coz it would be unique

[Number55]

I'll have one deano!
I dont like badges at all :lol:

[EXCESSV]

does anyone know who would be able to make one? like the type of profession?

plastic welder in perth?
who does laser cutting in perth?

think i will let the fingers do the talking in the yellow pages :lol:

[xploit]

Ill take one! gives me an excuse to **** the chevy shit off the car!

I hate the holden ones :spew:

Dave

[EXCESSV]

the fingers did some walking :lol: and got a couple places gonna try and visit or call today if i can get this work stuff done early.

will report back

[VX2VESS]

why not just cut the whole centre out of the grill put in some new mesh

[xploit]

because it looks poxy.

[EXCESSV]

i know JKGMH did plastic injection moulding for his pods that he is selling....

maybe he can disclose where he got it done??

[Big_Valven]

I think it would look good to have similar to a chev grille, but without the bowtie, just the silver strip. Could modify a chev grille with some ally sheet to do it. It'd look smooth as from the images in my head :1peek:

[2 cylinders shy]

i remember someone did this to a vy sv8. i think it was sly ls1

[daoutlawz]

EXCESSV, maybe start a petition to see how many people want one? Maybe a sticky would be good? Im definately up for it

[Tezza_VESSV]

I'll join the growing list! Would look much better!

[Muncha]

I will have a go at my one tomorrow and see how it looks, i will post up pics if it turns out any good. :)

quick ms paint got me this-

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x308/Muncha81/VE/nobadge.jpg


hopefully i will have the real thing soon. :)

[EXCESSV]

I will have a go at my one tomorrow and see how it looks, i will post up pics if it turns out any good. :)

hopefully i will have the real thing soon. :)u will find that u take the badge off but the black round plastic that the badge is glued on still stays on and u cant take that off and have a clean honeycomb style grill....hence why u need to get a new grill from scratch

[Muncha]

Yeah i was going to see if i could make a mold of the mesh-grill area, cut the badge and backing off and make something out of plastic or fiberglass.

If it turns out any good i will take some pics and show you guys how it looks. Could even make some more up if it turns out OK and doesn't take to much time.

Hopefully i will have something tomorrow afternoon. :)

[HOWQUICK]

laser cut ally insert and then powder coat in black would be the ticket. Done right you would laser the mounting tabs into it.

Give Laser and Allied a go. Draw it in cad and cut away.............

[A^K^T]

Something like this ? i just guessed at the proportions and sizes .
http://img2.putfile.com/main/6/15706243045.jpg

[jonnyd1986]

I will have a go at my one tomorrow and see how it looks, i will post up pics if it turns out any good. :)

quick ms paint got me this-

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x308/Muncha81/VE/nobadge.jpg


hopefully i will have the real thing soon. :)

Yep this exactly what we want. 100% air flow for OTR's. I reckon the chev grilles block a bit of air flow because of the chrome strip.

I'll have one!

Jon

[Panelman]

I like your thinking mate. I have done similar, but with silver. It's just the mesh you can buy at Autobarn, and is avail in a few colours including black. Moulded rubber edging from Clark Rubber. All up was around $40.

Just a thought if the plastic route doesn't work out. If it does though, I wonder how it would look chromed? (for me.... I know you're after the black clean look). Keep us posted!
http://usera.imagecave.com/panelman/Pano-by-the-Bay.jpg

[jonnyd1986]

I like your thinking mate. I have done similar, but with silver. It's just the mesh you can buy at Autobarn, and is avail in a few colours including black. Moulded rubber edging from Clark Rubber. All up was around $40.

Just a thought if the plastic route doesn't work out. If it does though, I wonder how it would look chromed? (for me.... I know you're after the black clean look). Keep us posted!
http://usera.imagecave.com/panelman/Pano-by-the-Bay.jpg

Hmm, thanks for the info mate. Might be somthing to look into. Nice picture BTW.

Jon

[daoutlawz]

Yeah i was going to see if i could make a mold of the mesh-grill area, cut the badge and backing off and make something out of plastic or fiberglass.

If it turns out any good i will take some pics and show you guys how it looks. Could even make some more up if it turns out OK and doesn't take to much time.

Hopefully i will have something tomorrow afternoon. :)

Just guessing you ran outta time, am I the only one desperate for this? :confused: :D

[Tecca]

man that would look horn! i replaced my VP Calais original Grill with Chrome mesh and looks amazing(imo :D). this would look sooo much better then the Holden or Chev grill's + more induction. Every bit counts:)

[EXCESSV]

laser cut ally insert and then powder coat in black would be the ticket. Done right you would laser the mounting tabs into it.

Give Laser and Allied a go. Draw it in cad and cut away.............thanks john will give them a call and see what they can do :D

Something like this ? i just guessed at the proportions and sizes .
http://img2.putfile.com/main/6/15706243045.jpgthats it aaron :thumbsup:

[A^K^T]

If you need it drawn up in a format that can be used for laser cutting it shouldent be a problem . They are switching over to SolidWorks at work and i had the IT bloke installed the demo copy on my home pc , it doesn't really show in that pic but the holes are 9mm af @ 11mm spacing and the piece their on is about 300x100x3MM
Here's one with the Chev logo insted of hex holes & mounting tabs as HOWQUICK suggested (again just to give you an idea and not to any particular measurement) .
http://img2.putfile.com/main/6/15808222913.jpg

[EXCESSV]

Thanks aaron...will find someone who has taken there genuine one off in perth to replace it with a chevy one and get ya help on who can draw it up on CAD or wherever...then off to the mob john recommends :D

[HOWQUICK]

If you need it drawn up in a format that can be used for laser cutting it shouldent be a problem . They are switching over to SolidWorks at work and i had the IT bloke installed the demo copy on my home pc , it doesn't really show in that pic but the holes are 9mm af @ 11mm spacing and the piece their on is about 300x100x3MM
Here's one with the Chev logo insted of hex holes & mounting tabs as HOWQUICK suggested (again just to give you an idea and not to any particular measurement) .
http://img2.putfile.com/main/6/15808222913.jpg


Can the firm you work for do this for the guys?

[Muncha]

Just guessing you ran outta time, am I the only one desperate for this? :confused: :D

Yep, ran out of time.

There was nothing at work i could use, I bought some latex yesterday to make the mold. During the week i will make molds etc, and see how it turns out.

Looks like it will take a fair amount of time though. Might not be worth it. :(

[A^K^T]

Can the firm you work for do this for the guys?

They don't have a laser cutter so the Chevy bow-tie would probably be to complex , They can punch mesh and have hexagonal shaped punches .
I have drawn parts that have been laser cut but I'm not too sure how it would go shapes like that close together , with the turret punches you get a little stretching with each hole punched and the material bows . Putting it through a set of rollers fixes that.

[josh111]

I was thinking about how mean this would look on the front of the VE.

I think the chrome mesh might be too much. Very keen to see what you guys come up with. i'm interested.

[Sickbunny]

That Looks great A^K^T im sure there would be a few people looking for a design just like that..

[lilchapo]

there are many websites of companies in the u.s that make custom grilles, have a look on google and see how you go, just an idea

[WizeAbe]

I've been looking for this as well, over the time I have found "custom car grills" on Google and they provide the service of creating a custom grill. However the following quote from their FAQ is what put me off to getting it done:

"Full blown custom grills are going to be priced at a premium. To get a "one off" grill complete you will need to incur all the one time tooling, material, time, and R&D assuming it is possible."

Maybe if a lot of people get in, the costs won't be so great. Just a suggestion.

Good luck though, cause I'm really interested in this as well.

[mce]

If you need it drawn up in a format that can be used for laser cutting it shouldent be a problem . They are switching over to SolidWorks at work and i had the IT bloke installed the demo copy on my home pc , it doesn't really show in that pic but the holes are 9mm af @ 11mm spacing and the piece their on is about 300x100x3MM
Here's one with the Chev logo insted of hex holes & mounting tabs as HOWQUICK suggested (again just to give you an idea and not to any particular measurement) .
http://img2.putfile.com/main/6/15808222913.jpg

i could cut these on my waterjet , do you have a dxf file for me to have a look at aaron

[A^K^T]

i could cut these on my waterjet , do you have a dxf file for me to have a look at aaron

A DXF is no problem , that's only something i sketched up to look like a grill .

[mce]

thanks aaron i am always up for a new challenge

[L-iam]

otherwise theres a lasercutters down this way that im starting to get a bit of work done by, so send me a file and ill take it over.


i dotn have a VE to test it on though.

[broadbent30]

dont mean to drag up an old post but did any one happen to make these or did it all fall into dreams???

[MJR-57T]

Australian LS1 and Holden Forums (http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=102999)

Its for a VZ but still the same concept

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x50/ziggycv8z/e9678d77.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x50/ziggycv8z/f4cefe32.jpg

[broadbent30]

thanks man close enough :P

[EXCESSV]

i gave up on it
tooling, etc was way too expensive!

Ziggy is gonna be producing them.
look here:
Australian LS1 and Holden Forums (http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=123598)

[boyley]

deano wayne commyvt the dude making the coupe 60 is making me one for the calais, i'd forgotten all anout it. he also was going to make one for his SS, i'll talk to him again :idea:

[EXCESSV]

deano wayne commyvt the dude making the coupe 60 is making me one for the calais, i'd forgotten all anout it. he also was going to make one for his SS, i'll talk to him again :idea:good man!
let me know as i am keen as :D

i might need to bring a massive suitcase for this melb/tassie trip with all this stuff :lmao:

[boyley]

good man!
let me know as i am keen as :D

i might need to bring a massive suitcase for this melb/tassie trip with all this stuff :lmao:

Deano you'll need the suitcase to get you through customs :lol:

[broadbent30]

i gave up on it
tooling, etc was way too expensive!

Ziggy is gonna be producing them.
look here:
http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=123598

Awesome stuff man cant wait

[BIM-81]

I'm after a VZ 1 for Monaro. I sent a PM to ZIGGY but didnt get a reply.
I'm also not a fan of the chev badges EXCESSV, and think it would look better without big holden badge.
In saying that ZIGGY'S grille is full of chev cutouts haha