First I started by masking off the existing hole. I traced the shape of the new grill onto the tape.
It appeared that I would be trimming off most of the inner molded lip of the existing decklid. It was going to be messy.
So I masked off the car with drop cloths.
And some news paper..
After a bit of cutting and fitting and cutting and sanding and fitting.. it was pretty close.
The inner tray was cracked and peeling a bit, so I primed it with some hight temp primer.
And then some high temp black. In hindsight, I should have used matte black or dark grey.
About this time a buck showed up...
He came across the street and ate my wife's roses.
After I removed the masking tape and the paper, it looked pretty good.
The decklid was a bit flimsy so I epoxied some L channel aluminum to the inside of the lid. I predrilled the mounting screws.
A quick shot of the mostly finished product.
And another...
A few more. I installed the grill and a new gasket as well. Looks good. I may have to go back in enlarge the hole a tiny bit more. The grill is hanging up on something so it wants to 'teeter totter' a bit.
All in all, not a bad quick project.
Thanks for letting me share,
TEd
