Help wanted: metal fabrication

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Originally Posted by Loubrey

You need to be a dab hand or a devoted DIY'er at steel manufacture to beat prices like these vs effort...

Front Grille (Stainless Steel)(Natural Finish), Mark's Garage for Land Rovers


Even Kahn seem to use sluice screen though if you want to powder coat!

LAND ROVER DEFENDER SW 90 CHELSEA WIDE TRACK BY KAHN DESIGN | Muted Rides

Cheers,

Lou

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The first one is lasercut sheet. It has a much lower void area and lower airflow than is ideal.

A mesh version like the one in the 2nd link is a better idea.

I don't think those prices are that cheap. If you buy from a scrap metal dealer the materials will only be about $3/kg, add in some welding rods and cutting discs...

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Can anyone tell me a good place to buy steel mesh and flat stock as I want to make a mesh style grille for my Defender.

(Brisbane)

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If you aren't in a hurry just wait for Stage 1 grille to show up, that's what I did (not fitted yet, it's currently waiting for the next lot of galvanising to go through). IMO they look better than the aftermarket alternatives anyway.

Here's the result:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/01/826.jpg

Thanks Dervish that's exactly the sort of thing I want.

So that a Series 3 stage one grille? (The V8 109 " ) ?

What would I put as ebay key word search to keep an eye out for those.....