DIY - Fog Light Opening, Vent Conversion

[GeezerSi]

I had never planned on adding fog lights to my Si, and I wanted to get more air circulating into the engine compartment, especially around my CAI. So, this is what I decided to do about it yesterday.

All of the pictures are fairly self explanatory.

The wire mesh is a woven .050” diameter 300 stainless steel wire with .100” openings, which allows about 47% ventilation. I purchased a 12” square piece from McMaster-Carr.

The first pics show the front of the car with the bumper (stock), and then removed. There are already a couple of DIY’s that explain the bumper removal procedure, which took me about 15 minutes.




I cut out the openings with a standard utility knife. A fresh blade goes through the plastic like butter. I smoothed/evened the edges with a file.




Using the cut-out piece of plastic, I marked and cut a slightly bigger rectangle of the mesh. Laying it over the opening, I marked diagonal lines at the corners.




With a bench vise and pliers I bent the corners of the mesh to sit flush against the plastic. I checked to make sure the mesh rested flatly against the opening.




I was now time to attach the mesh, and for this I chose Bondo. It provides a secure enough grip to withstand the impact of a rock at highway speed, and cures in a couple of minutes – so you have to work quickly.




I made sure that the Bondo would not be visible from the outside after I was done.





I'm not sure I will ever feel any performance difference, but I have to believe the extra air will help. I'm not concerned with water sice my CAI has a bypass valve to address that.

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

thats the nicest option i have seen yet compared to the "just cut the hole and not put anything there"

+1

[Ruthless909]

Nice DIY! + Rep

[Yodums]

Looks good! I probably would've spray painted the mesh black to make it look a bit more subtle.

[Nighthawk07]

Awesome. Might look into doing that.

[av911]

I think you should spray paint that mesh black.

[Yodums]

I threw this in the DIY Engine forum. Hopefully that's cool with you!

[GlxyGry06Si]

the bypass valve will only work if the intake is full submerged in water. i also almost started working on this yesterday but i turned lazy. that looks awesome and i prolly would have painted the metal black so it would not stick out but it looks awesome. let us know how it works. great diy

[CNUco2007]

wow, that looks great... I agree with painting the mesh black... if you do that, be sure to post another pic :) but yea very impressive... +rep

[inyong1988]

awesome.

[GeezerSi]

Yeah, I figured I can still paint it black if I want too. I haven't decided yet.

Yodums - Thanks for placing it in the DIY section.

[GeezerSi]

BTW - Thank you for your kind responses.

[GlxyGry06Si]

well i have a gg and i like external diy's because i can see what mine should look like. this should be done to mine with the week

[jballer187]

looks good! I guess opting for fogs are out?

[Doug]

Originally Posted by av911

I think you should spray paint that mesh black.

[Duce2k]

Looks good dude...

[Wakeboarder11]

i like the mesh the way it is actually. It compliments the gg really well. +1 dude

[GeezerSi]

Thanks. I hope somebody else does this too, then posts their pics.

[GlxyGry06Si]

Originally Posted by GeezerSi

Thanks. I hope somebody else does this too, then posts their pics.

i bought all the stuff to do this within the weekend. i will post up pics. mine will be painted black.

[GeezerSi]

Excellent!