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I picked up some medium-fine mesh from Pegasus Racing and made my own lower mesh grill to protect the intercooler in the winter. I noticed last spring that my intercooler was heavily damaged from winter, even with the factory grill installed. After spending hours with a pair of tweezers fixing all of the fins, I decided to try something different this winter. It took about 20 minutes to make with a pair of tin snips and I found some plastic edging from McMaster car to use on the perimeter. Total cost was around $50 and turned out pretty good for my first try.
I picked up some medium-fine mesh from Pegasus Racing and made my own lower mesh grill to protect the intercooler in the winter. I noticed last spring that my intercooler was heavily damaged from winter, even with the factory grill installed. After spending hours with a pair of tweezers fixing all of the fins, I decided to try something different this winter. It took about 20 minutes to make with a pair of tin snips and I found some plastic edging from McMaster car to use on the perimeter. Total cost was around $50 and turned out pretty good for my first try.
I picked up some medium-fine mesh from Pegasus Racing and made my own lower mesh grill to protect the intercooler in the winter. I noticed last spring that my intercooler was heavily damaged from winter, even with the factory grill installed. After spending hours with a pair of tweezers fixing all of the fins, I decided to try something different this winter. It took about 20 minutes to make with a pair of tin snips and I found some plastic edging from McMaster car to use on the perimeter. Total cost was around $50 and turned out pretty good for my first try.
^^^Same here, except no lights, or paint, but I do want to install some form of intake scoop as well while the whole front is apart.
I just received an email from Cobb about them releasing a REAL carbon fiber scoop/snorkel for the FoSTs (like the VelossaTech one for our cars, and for not much more coin than that one), so hopefully they eventually make the same for our rides.
I used black painted stainless steel diamond mesh I got on eBay and neoprene edging from customcargrills.com. As far as I'm concerned it looks great. I wanted some serious protection for that CP-E intercooler, all sorts of junk flying off the roads around D.C.
I used the 1/16 opening trim, $0.90/ft with this mesh.
It was a tight fit but close to perfect, took some finger strength but used no adhesive. The neoprene grill edging from customcargrills.com is a really nice product.
The one on the right? That is what I would go with... the one on the left looks very close but I'm not sure how effective it would be at preventing debris... what are the specs on the one all the way to the right?
Are these all aluminum? I might have to order some samples. It's not like I'm in a big hurry because it'll still be a few months before I get that new whoosh intercooler I've been eyeing.
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