Did my own fender vent mod...
12-02-2007, 02:38 PM
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Did my own fender vent mod...
Saw the kit that Eckler's sells for $45 and, although I liked the concept, I didn't like the screen they use or the price. Went to Home Depot and, after spending quite a bit of time weighing my options, decided on this look...which I couldn't be happier with. Total cost of this mod was well under $10...and imo, it looks pretty cool.
Here are a few pics:
Car was dirty so I didn't take any full car pics but I think this mod will go well w/ the whole look of the car:
Here are a few pics:
Car was dirty so I didn't take any full car pics but I think this mod will go well w/ the whole look of the car:
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12-02-2007, 03:04 PM
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Well I read about people using rain gutter screen but what I found at Home Depot just didn't look right...and the screen mesh they sold, the holes were too small and looked funky. What I wound up buying was a couple of rectangular vent screens (only needed one though) - that you would see on the outside of a house. They by far had the best pattern and the most uniformed look.
I pulled the louvered fender panels off & cut some strips of screen (one piece) just long enough & wide enough to cover the vent hole/s...and made sure the cut kept the pattern uniform. (The pieces can't have much overhang cuz once the fenders are back on, there's "not much room" between the fender and battery (driver's side) & "same" on the passenger side.) I then used some 3M (black) super adhesive and dabbed a some around the contact points. The 3M stuff dries real quick and once it sets, that screen is not going anywhere. I used a heat gun to help the adhesive set quicker and once dry, remounted the fenders. Whole job took a little over an hour.
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12-02-2007, 03:29 PM
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that looks really good Jeff. 
i did my hood vents last weekend because i got tired of pulling leaves and pine needles out of my hood vents and then it didn't look right not having the grilles on the fenders. so i just got finished bolting my fenders back on.
it actually looks better in person.
i did my hood vents last weekend because i got tired of pulling leaves and pine needles out of my hood vents and then it didn't look right not having the grilles on the fenders. so i just got finished bolting my fenders back on. it actually looks better in person.
12-02-2007, 03:37 PM
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The thing w/ "this mod" (and what my pics may not convey since I focused primarily on "them"), is it's really not meant to stand out too much. It's just one of those mods that's part of the package...being the whole car. I recently saw a new ZO6 at a car show and it had the screens and parked next to it were 2 base C6's w/o the screens...and that little added "bonus" just really helped the car stand out.
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12-02-2007, 03:42 PM
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that looks really good Jeff. i did my hood vents last weekend because i got tired of pulling leaves and pine needles out of my hood vents and then it didn't look right not having the grilles on the fenders. so i just got finished bolting my fenders back on.
it actually looks better in person.
i did my hood vents last weekend because i got tired of pulling leaves and pine needles out of my hood vents and then it didn't look right not having the grilles on the fenders. so i just got finished bolting my fenders back on. it actually looks better in person.
And I agree, it looks better in person...like I said, it's part of "the package". You really need to see the whole car to appreciate the subtle benefit/s that these add.
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12-02-2007, 10:04 PM
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Looks good!
12-02-2007, 10:48 PM
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That looks awesome! Better put in for a patent before one of the vendors beats you to it.
