im looking to make a upper radiator support out of steel to replace the stock plastic support. It is really flimsy because i cut the lower half of it off where it bolted to the stock fan. i cut it because i swapped a set of 4th gen fans onto the radiator and it got in the way. it works for now but i dont like how flimsy it is. i've seen pics of metal supports and i cant find them anywhere so im going to try yo make one.

any ideas are welcome.

 

no bolt on replacement exsists, you do have to make your own. Its not hard, though i would use stainless or aluminum.

Have to find somebody with a break to make a couple bends, then cut to size and drill the mounting holes

 

thats how mine is. Had a peice cut out of aluminum and had the end bent to go under the radiator. here is a couple of pics of it to give you a idea.

 

wow that looks good, i guess im gonna start making mine soon.
looks like i'll be cutting up some old speed limit signs i have and polish them up lol.
thanks guys

 

heres what i came up with


I am going to sand it down and re-paint it. (paint came out shitty)
but it did do what I wanted it to do.

sorry if the pics are too big

 

that looks good. Here is the one I made. It's made of steel. I plan on either chroming or painting it.

 

mine, came with the car. it has a griffin radiator so it might be a griffin part. has the k&n stop sign on it in the middle if you're wondering

 

how did you make those bends red406?

 

A metal brake.

 

That came out really good. Very clean looking.

 

Thanks. It was actually a fun little project.

 

I plan to try making the same one. What gauge steel is that?

 

Member JerryWho made a nice aluminum one up for me. The pictures are in this thread.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cool...tallation.html

 

20 ga.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spetroff/1414925017/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spetroff/1414925517/

 

Where did you get the fuel door? BTW, awesome radiator support piece.

 

here is mine

 

[quote=red406;4321771]that looks good. Here is the one I made. It's made of steel. I plan on either chroming or painting it.




Did you make or have another one of these metal radiator supports?

 

I guess it wouldn't be a bad idea if someone started making these to sell them.

 

True, but at this point I'd even settle for a plastic one (for a V8). My car is missing this piece.

 

No. I only made this one.