j11 condenser protection in front bumper ?

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Biccus1
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Post by Biccus1 »

Has anyone with a j11 put any mesh behind the front bumper to protect the ac condenser? If so what did you use and pick plz

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A few years ago I had a Juke and their were a few threads on this subject.
The fixes varied between plastic mesh stuffed in willy-nilly to folk who removed the bumper and fitted aluminium mesh. Loads of pictures.
Haven’t heard of any QQ owners doing this (as far as I can remember)
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I fitted a grille to mine - should be illustrated on here somewhere - I'll go and have a look
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Yes - here's the article I wrote - however that was before Photobucket went (expensive) subscription only and all my useful posts disappeared!

I'll go and find some photos in my computer:

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Here they are:

Firstly here's what it looks like before:

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I was surprised when I looked how vulnerable the radiator appears to be:

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I bought some plastic mesh on eBay - "Universal Honeycomb Black Plastic vent car tuning racing Grill Mesh 40x100 cm" - which turned out to be a 1200x400mm piece that they'd cut the end off but still included - presumably because it's cheaper sending a 1000mm long parcel! I'm sure I paid £16.95 delivered - it's gone up somewhat since I got mine several months ago [now years!]:

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It has a pattern which, although different, coordinates well with the upper grille design - though once it's fitted you can hardly see it anyway:

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I fitted it down through the top - looked to be easier than taking the undertray off - this is after removing the top plastic trim:

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I carefully measured and found I needed 800x160mm:

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I used a Goscut to cut it:

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Here it is fitted - you can hardly see it!:

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... and this shows how it's held in place, with plastic cable ties. I used six though might put another four in if I feel it's necessary:

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There's enough left over to do another car!
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Post by gloucester »

I used some of the leftover mesh on my bike!

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I started to do exactly as Gloucester has mentioned with Metal Mesh (behind the Grill) made all of the Cardboard Cutouts but did just not follow it up. With the Juke I used Grills from the US which worked OK and were easy to fit. The other problem was I have the Chrome Strips & Skid Plate on the front of the QQ and if you buy what I have shown below you hide them. We had a new Condenser Installed way way back and have never had stone damage which I suppose is a Plus - Dave 😉

These are from AliExpress & Zunsports if they still do them :

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Post by DaveBerlin »

Biccus1, it looks like these parts are still available. The Car Grills are the ones I used on our Juke (see pic) and they have a range of stuff but are US based - Dave 🤨

https://www.customcargrills.com/Custom- ... Grills.asp

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Post by Biccus1 »

Thanks all will take a look
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Bringing this thread back to life a bit. I bought some mesh from Amazon and I thought the mesh size was a bit on the large side 25mm x 14mm? What do members think?
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