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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 00:07:26

Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 00:07:26: Anybody know where i can get a gulf state front grill(300 shape)?? without paying Â£Â£Â£Â£Â£Â£s!! or has anybody cut up a standard grill to make a copy? from what i can make out from the photos,it is basically a standard grille with the center bar removed and a mesh fitted :?
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: thermidorthelobster on September 10, 2007, 00:12:17: Try Discoparts, Mark Casey has one on his truck, and I think he sells them.
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 00:23:32: Cheers,had a look on his website but cant find owt listed,simmonites do one for the td5(Â£180 :shock: ) but dont list one for the series 1???
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: thermidorthelobster on September 10, 2007, 00:29:26: Give Mark a ring, I vaguely remember talking to him about them in the past, but it might have only been TD5s.
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Guardian. on September 10, 2007, 12:42:54: i was getting one for mine but never did, it was Â£70, cannot remember if my man was getting it from landrover or one of the aftermarket boys though.
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: discoverytdi on September 10, 2007, 15:20:32: Don't you mean bars as in the horizontal bars, could you not just cut the bars out and replace it with ally mesh, or am I being too simplistic :!: was thinking along those lines my self.
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 20:11:16: Quote from: "discoverytdi"
Don't you mean bars as in the horizontal bars, could you not just cut the bars out and replace it with ally mesh, or am I being too simplistic :!: was thinking along those lines my self.

That was my plan if i couldnt get hold of a genuine one,got a price today for a genuine LR one-Â£135+vat-my company discount :wink: ,but they are just checking to see if they are still available from the factory.My mate in parts seems to remember them being obsolete now :cry:

If thats the case its back to my original plan of hacking a standard grill to bits and making my own :roll:
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: discoverytdi on September 10, 2007, 20:38:05: Â£160 for a grill :(bloodshot): where's that hacksaw :-k
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Henry Webster on September 10, 2007, 20:43:08: I've got a standard grille that's been hacked. Looks OK, but I have replaced it on the racer with a complete standard one instead, I want it to look as standard a possible.

H
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 21:25:20: Quote from: "Henry Webster"
I've got a standard grille that's been hacked. Looks OK, but I have replaced it on the racer with a complete standard one instead, I want it to look as standard a possible.

H

Tell me more \:D/ ,got any photos??
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 21:27:57: Quote from: "discoverytdi"
Â£160 for a grill :(bloodshot): where's that hacksaw :-k

:lol: MMM thats what i thought :shock:
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Henry Webster on September 10, 2007, 22:37:07: Quote from: "marsie"
Quote from: "Henry Webster"
I've got a standard grille that's been hacked. Looks OK, but I have replaced it on the racer with a complete standard one instead, I want it to look as standard a possible.

H

Tell me more \:D/ ,got any photos??
Paul :twisted:

I'll try and dig some photos out. You can have the grille if you like for some beer tokens and the carriage charge. Its probably a bit scruffy, though! I'll have a look and see what its like, It's a while since I've seen it!
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 10, 2007, 23:57:23: Quote from: "Henry Webster"
Quote from: "marsie"
Quote from: "Henry Webster"
I've got a standard grille that's been hacked. Looks OK, but I have replaced it on the racer with a complete standard one instead, I want it to look as standard a possible.

H

Tell me more \:D/ ,got any photos??
Paul :twisted:

I'll try and dig some photos out. You can have the grille if you like for some beer tokens and the carriage charge. Its probably a bit scruffy, though! I'll have a look and see what its like, It's a while since I've seen it!

Cheers,that would be brill.Let me know :wink:
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Henry Webster on September 12, 2007, 17:00:51: Quote from: "marsie"
[Cheers,that would be brill.Let me know :wink:
Paul :twisted:

Paul,

Its pretty tatty I'm afraid, but I've also got a fairly decent standard grille too, although that has a bit of a crack in it. Here are some photos. I don't know how fussy you are.

They are slightly higher res on my Flickr account - FriesianRacing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friesianracing/)

H
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Steven on September 16, 2007, 20:11:07: The grills do look good I have to say 8)
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: simondarby on September 17, 2007, 18:55:33: Terrain Master did them but the domain name has lapsed so the web site is gone. They were Â£60+VAT +P&P. I am not sure if they were OEM but they looked reasonable in the pic on the site...

Si
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Hightower on September 17, 2007, 22:11:28: To be honest, it's simplest to just get hold of an old grille off eBlag and do it yourself. I've done 2 now, and they've both turned out great (IMHO). Beats paying silly money for a simple job with a Dremmel :wink:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 25, 2007, 21:34:44: well,i picked up my grill today.got it off ebay for 99p :) just got to chop it up now.will post the pics as i do it(unless i balls it up :oops: )
Paul :twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on September 25, 2007, 22:20:03: Quote from: "marsie"
well,i picked up my grill today.got it off ebay for 99p :) just got to chop it up now.will post the pics as i do it(unless i balls it up :oops: )
Paul :twisted:

You need to post us the photos especially if you balls it up!!!
:twisted:
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: Cassillis on September 26, 2007, 08:48:45: I did a similar job on mine last Friday Link and Photos Here (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=49268)

It is not a hard job at all.
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: seabo on September 26, 2007, 18:12:48: marsie

John T from BADLRC has done it to his disco - was showing it off at last hartington play day - think his "Halfords" mesh was a bit weak though
Title: Gulf state front grille
Post by: marsie on September 26, 2007, 19:49:23: Cant say as i noticed it,but then again i was half asleep :roll: .Havent decided what type of mesh to use but i will have a rummage round at work and see what i can find :wink:
Paul :twisted: