Reproduction Grills

[rockyrivermark]

Originally Posted by Jonny Hotnuts

I just did an install with a new grille (*no letters) for my 70.

I had to modify it quite a bit to get it to fit; there is no free lunch with fit (or the +$400 price lol) I still need to tweak it a bit but its looking good.
Material quality is not as good as oem.

ITS SHARP (in a bad way). The inside edges are like razors! I cut the crap out of myself several times on this thing. It got so bad that I had to take a bastard file to it make it safe. The OEM grille shell is thicker and void of sharps.

I would try and find an original if I had to do it again but the POS re-pop CAN be made to work.

Mods I had to do:

File down inside edges (way to sharp)
Re-bend the angles where the center (plastic) section screws.
Grind down the inside edge on the LH side so it would slightly shift right. (too much material on the inside LH side caused misalignment.)
Re-drill 2-3 holes that were off.

I would expect anyone that gets a repop to expect the same.


~JH

What manufacturer was it???