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Depending on skills and how you want to do this it could take 10-50 hours
Here is what my AC condenser looks like after just 8500 miles driving the I10 and 101 five days a week, 37 miles one way, from Surprise to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport for work.
![Automotive exterior Bumper Grille Auto part Vehicle]()
![Grille Radiator]()
![Grille Radiator Metal]()
So one solution is go to Home Depot, online, local shop, and get mesh material and put it behind the crash-bar to stop rocks.
Or, make a mesh grill. I know, I’m not the first to do this but here is what I am doing to make sure it works for the VT. Plus, if you want to save the Hyundai logo in the same position it is possible and actually probably something to consider if you want to maintain close to stock rigidity.
List of parts/tools:
1. Phillips Screwdriver
2. 10mm ratchet
3. Dremel with 2" Plastic cutoff wheel or tool to cut the grill
4. VT Grille - part# 865612V510
5. 2' x 4' of Mesh of your choosing
6. Paint or Plasti Dip
7. Epoxy that can bond to Plastics and Metals
8. Sheet Metal Sheers
Recommend getting another grill so your stock one is not messed up but all up to you of course. Can find it at the dealer for $75 or so, maybe you know someone... or i found it at this website for less.
GRILLE - FRONT BUMPER. 2013 Hyundai VELOSTER # 865612V510
![Bumper Automotive exterior Grille Luxury vehicle Auto part]()
Start by taking your front bumper off. I placed it nose down on a blanket. On the rear of the bumper, the grille is attached by many many screws and you have to take everything off that makes the tray, bumper support, before the getting to the grille. Screws are attached all around the grill and also behind the plate brick…
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![Bumper Mid-size car Vehicle Family car]()
Should look like this when all apart.
![Auto part Bumper Vehicle]()
Lucky for us, the stock grille has a distinctive line all the way around it to help with cutting.
![Automotive exterior Bumper Auto part Vehicle Grille]()
This is where the not a beginner DIY comes in. Recommend getting another grille section because you could easily F up cutting this plastic, it is very soft and every easy to scratch when not painted, as you will probably find out. Also, as I will point out now in the next picture, Certain things on the grille are necessary for the structural support of your bumper cover. I don't know why Hyundai ever did this but, if you remember the 3 different things you had to take off before taking the grille off the bumper cover, they are what supports the top, tray well call it, of the bumper. Two of them I would have to recommend keeping intact for the support. Just a recommendation not saying you have too.
![Automotive exterior Bumper Auto part Vehicle Car]()
The part in the red circle is for the screws, and the part in the box helps support the other parts that were attached and help keep the bumper from flexing while not doing the speed limit......
Next, best thing to do is tape off the area of the center grille that is painted on your stock grille. Help protect that surface and any others as you start to cut out the louvers. On this grille i chose to keep the Hyundai logo area and get rid of everything else that is not needed.
Here is the rough cut. We used a 2" diameter plastic cutoff wheel and Sheet Metal sheers to do this. Just be very careful when getting close to the outside of the grille, as you start cutting it it gets very flimsy.
![Vehicle Bumper Auto part Car Automotive exterior]()
From here you can leave the tape and use it as a guide to finish cut the center or take it off. My roommate is going to do the finish cut and detailed work, he's better at that then I am, he says it would be easier to follow the line, on stock grill, this is the paint line on the grille.
Just have to do a little sanding and edge trimming and we'll be able to put mesh in.
Continued on page 2 and 5 of this thread
Here is what my AC condenser looks like after just 8500 miles driving the I10 and 101 five days a week, 37 miles one way, from Surprise to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport for work.
So one solution is go to Home Depot, online, local shop, and get mesh material and put it behind the crash-bar to stop rocks.
Or, make a mesh grill. I know, I’m not the first to do this but here is what I am doing to make sure it works for the VT. Plus, if you want to save the Hyundai logo in the same position it is possible and actually probably something to consider if you want to maintain close to stock rigidity.
List of parts/tools:
1. Phillips Screwdriver
2. 10mm ratchet
3. Dremel with 2" Plastic cutoff wheel or tool to cut the grill
4. VT Grille - part# 865612V510
5. 2' x 4' of Mesh of your choosing
6. Paint or Plasti Dip
7. Epoxy that can bond to Plastics and Metals
8. Sheet Metal Sheers
Recommend getting another grill so your stock one is not messed up but all up to you of course. Can find it at the dealer for $75 or so, maybe you know someone... or i found it at this website for less.
GRILLE - FRONT BUMPER. 2013 Hyundai VELOSTER # 865612V510
Start by taking your front bumper off. I placed it nose down on a blanket. On the rear of the bumper, the grille is attached by many many screws and you have to take everything off that makes the tray, bumper support, before the getting to the grille. Screws are attached all around the grill and also behind the plate brick…
Should look like this when all apart.
Lucky for us, the stock grille has a distinctive line all the way around it to help with cutting.
This is where the not a beginner DIY comes in. Recommend getting another grille section because you could easily F up cutting this plastic, it is very soft and every easy to scratch when not painted, as you will probably find out. Also, as I will point out now in the next picture, Certain things on the grille are necessary for the structural support of your bumper cover. I don't know why Hyundai ever did this but, if you remember the 3 different things you had to take off before taking the grille off the bumper cover, they are what supports the top, tray well call it, of the bumper. Two of them I would have to recommend keeping intact for the support. Just a recommendation not saying you have too.
The part in the red circle is for the screws, and the part in the box helps support the other parts that were attached and help keep the bumper from flexing while not doing the speed limit......
Next, best thing to do is tape off the area of the center grille that is painted on your stock grille. Help protect that surface and any others as you start to cut out the louvers. On this grille i chose to keep the Hyundai logo area and get rid of everything else that is not needed.
Here is the rough cut. We used a 2" diameter plastic cutoff wheel and Sheet Metal sheers to do this. Just be very careful when getting close to the outside of the grille, as you start cutting it it gets very flimsy.
From here you can leave the tape and use it as a guide to finish cut the center or take it off. My roommate is going to do the finish cut and detailed work, he's better at that then I am, he says it would be easier to follow the line, on stock grill, this is the paint line on the grille.
Just have to do a little sanding and edge trimming and we'll be able to put mesh in.
Continued on page 2 and 5 of this thread
