Yesterday I just got my grill mesh from Tutong which my dad bought it for me to mod it on my car. I thought I could install it on my own tomorrow. But when I realised that I should go to the workshop to do it, so I decided to drove down to the local's workshop.

Here's a picture of the Grill Mesh Package:




The car's OEM grills before installation. Some went missing already:




I drove down to Apok's workshop. It's around where you enter the Serikandi Restaurant's junction, but drive way down to almost the end. There's another workshop before Apok's, but I preferred the latter cause my dad's always been sending our cars to get fixed or serviced there. Then, I came to ask one of the mechanics there the question.. "Bulih kamu buat ane kah? Pasang grill mesh ini arah kereta saya". Then one of the mechanics, he's like.. "Ah, boleh boleh bikin ini". Well that's an OK GO! for me.



So they started dismantling my front bumpers first. The wheel's well was first to be removed before they can open the bumper's screw. A heck lot of screws actually, some are hidden and they had to find out. I could have brought some kind of manual how to remove the bumper in the first place to actually save some time.

Dismantling the front bumper:




Front bumper dismantled. Look how dirty behind the bumper is:




From there, they proceeded with measuring, and cutting the mesh to fit to the bumper. The center opening of the bumper was done first before the other 2 side vents for the fog lights. I could guess that it's actually much better to start with the easy one first.




Then the fog lights. Sweet job looking so far. I'm anxious to see the end product!




Then the left fog light.




Oh, they fitted the grills to the bumper by tie-ing copper cables or some sort to the bumper. They did this by first punching a few holes (ouch) to the bumpers for the wires to get through and tied. The following picture shows before the end product, fitting the front bumper back in:




And, the final product!:




Few more shots, flash and no flash:




It's already late now, and I can't get any pictures in bright until tomorrow. I don't even know how would it look like in daylight. Looks like it's until tomorrow before I can find out.

I'm actually quite pleased with the job and the mod performed. Although, I had to pay for $30 just to get it fixed but I'm pretty much more than just satisfied. Personally I think the car looks better and sharper now. Oh if you're wondering where's the old grills, I kept it at the storeroom of my house. Well I know it's pretty much useless, but I guess it's a remainder for... "The Grills before the mod". I'll leave you now with an edited or 'slightly' enhanced photo of the overall mod. More updates and mods to come soon! Until then..

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