gt_mule Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I recently changed out my coolant to Evans NPG+. I don't have a lot of miles on my bird, but I noticed how my radiator had some damaged fins. I had read Warchild's radiator guard fab and install, and decided this would be the perfect time to install it. A little history first, though. I had tried once before to install the guard but realized there were differences between his write up and the 03 I have. Following his recommendation of 16 3/4" of mesh opening turned out to be much too wide. As I was living in a condo and doing the work ninja-style in a communal garage, I scratched that project off the list. Fast forward to the present. I'm in a house with a garage and all my tools. I measured the radiator and came up with a total width of 15 1/4" for the guard. Knowing this I followed his guide and made one up. After paint and a really easily fabricated mount, I'm good to go. It was really thoughtful of Honda to put a mounting location right at the base of the radiator. It clears the inside of the bodywork by less than 1/4" on each side; a little narrower overall wouldn't hurt. Thanks to Warchild for the write up. It's here: http://www.superblackbird.com/RadGuardMod.cfm Finished product: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CxBXR Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Nice very clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXX Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I did the same thing to mine a few years back....not as clean a finished product as yours, but at the time, wearing beer goggles, it was gorgeous. I was showing mine off one day when Ruhi showed me his. Same basic principle, but he used some other type mesh that really blinged mine out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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