Intercooler Protection?
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Intercooler Protection?
Has anyone here installed a grill or anything up front to protect their intercooler from rocks flying up and dinging it? If so, what did you install? Please post pics if you have some.
Originally Posted by nickgundara
Has anyone here installed a grill or anything up front to protect their intercooler from rocks flying up and dinging it? If so, what did you install? Please post pics if you have some.
Dented fins are worth the additional air flow IMO. Just straighten them every once in a while.
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You can get a coil straightener (for lack of better terms 
). And if you get large enough mesh, I don't see how it will really restrict air flow.
If I were you, I think I would opt for some sort of protection.
). And if you get large enough mesh, I don't see how it will really restrict air flow. If I were you, I think I would opt for some sort of protection.
Originally Posted by taurran
I just left my stock grill on for now. I was thinking of cutting it out, but I don't think it restricts airflow much at all. It also makes my car very inconspicuous.
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I was going to leave my grill on too when I get my APS kit put on
Have to see how it looks with it off though, maybe I'll like it better with no grill, dunno yet
the aftermarket grills I think are very restrictive and on top of that they heat up too
Have to see how it looks with it off though, maybe I'll like it better with no grill, dunno yet
the aftermarket grills I think are very restrictive and on top of that they heat up too
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Originally Posted by taurran
I just left my stock grill on for now. I was thinking of cutting it out, but I don't think it restricts airflow much at all. It also makes my car very inconspicuous.
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Originally Posted by nickgundara
Has anyone here installed a grill or anything up front to protect their intercooler from rocks flying up and dinging it? If so, what did you install? Please post pics if you have some.
Last edited by KShep; Jun 21, 2005 at 06:08 PM.
Originally Posted by KShep
I thought it was a good idea...had this done at KBody Shop in ATL. Only visible from the side or very close up front.
Kshep, where did you get the material to make the grille from? I'm looking for the "chicken wire-type" material Mitsu uses on their Evo grilles and your grille looks like it's made from the same material. Was the grille always black or did you paint it?
It is called wire cloth or wire belt. It is available in different weave spacings, crimp styles, and wire diameters. 
Similar stuff to what GM uses on the Cadillac CTS-V grills.
Similar stuff to what GM uses on the Cadillac CTS-V grills.
Originally Posted by g356gear
It is called wire cloth or wire belt. It is available in different weave spacings, crimp styles, and wire diameters. Similar stuff to what GM uses on the Cadillac CTS-V grills.
Similar stuff to what GM uses on the Cadillac CTS-V grills.Check the gallery link on his site for the RX7 and a highly customized TT Z33.
http://www.KBodyshop.com
Last edited by KShep; Jun 22, 2005 at 10:31 AM.
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