He guys so I decided to make a bug screen for my radiator today, instead of buying one for 20 bucks I made this from supplies in my basement. It turned out to be a great project as the pic's will show. Hope you guys enjoy. Oh yeah quit buying stuff that you can make for a fraction of the cost, not only is it easier on the pockets but it is way more satisfying. I will post pic's tmrw when I mount it.

 

I hope you plan to mount it with like 1/2" gap from the radiator or it will be useless


looks good, and looks like nice craftsmanship :o

 

Thank you very much, and yes it will mount about 2-3" away from the radiator maybe even more.

 

Installed pic's...

Before

After

 

Good job and nice writeup. I copied it to our How To section.

 

Looks good!

 

Thank you, keep an eye out for my show quality 2009 tail lights, I will have pics' up no later than saturday or sunday.

 

Patman - can you elaborate on why it would be 'useless' if not mounted 1/2" in front of the radiator? I assume you mean as opposed to directly on the radiator?

 

Djg,

What did you use to band the edges of your screen? I need to do the same thing before 'Love Bug' season hits down here.

 

I know for me up here in canada my bug screen also acts as a rock screen too. If its mounted away from the rad the rocks have some cushion so they dont ding the fins up! I would assume its the same for big bugs? The so called "sand" they use on the roads up here in winter can be pretty big,hard on rads and windshields!

 

X 2 on the banding ???

 

Some use furnace filters for this purpose.

 

Very nice work! I was more sloppy with my installation - used a screen but connected it the radiator frame and tubes with alligator clips. Works well.