is this the new norm on grilles or are people taking the ****?

CatmanV2 · May 27, 2018

Modena's stuff is *alway* *HORRIFICALLY* over priced.

C

Lozzer · May 27, 2018

CatmanV2 said:
Modena's stuff is *alway* *HORRIFICALLY* over priced.

C

That's what I'm saying, I'm sure those are the same pictures Modena posted in their Ad.

dgmx5 · May 28, 2018

Is it actually Stu's account? The seller is sopranoeve. Stu has a facelift grill for sale for £475.00 plus £24.00 postage https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/MASERATI-4...641909?hash=item23968c71b5:g:O8EAAOSwYeRaSqw7

FIFTY · May 28, 2018

Te classic grille is rare as rocking horse ****. I know because I have been trying to source one as mine has a small amount of damage.

Lozzer who repaired yours? I can't find anyone who will touch it around here and the chromers i have spoke with are asking for a lot more than you have paid

The facelift grille is cheaper/lower quality hence why it has a cheaper list price even if they still made the classico one.

Lozzer · May 28, 2018

FernandoIsFasterThanYou said:
Te classic grille is rare as rocking horse ****. I know because I have been trying to source one as mine has a small amount of damage.

Lozzer who repaired yours? I can't find anyone who will touch it around here and the chromers i have spoke with are asking for a lot more than you have paid

The facelift grille is cheaper/lower quality hence why it has a cheaper list price even if they still made the classico one.

Hi, i straightened the grille out myself , thread,
http://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/3200-grille.24801/
This place quoted cheapest by a country mile for the rechroming http://www.chromefix.co.uk/index.php , by all accounts they had a bit of trouble getting the trident to an acceptable standard, something to do with the base material being cast. They did a good job though.
Any pictures of the damage? i cant believe its that bad that no one will touch it. Unless you told them it was for a Maserati, i could believe that

This was mine. Looked like it had been ran into a ball hitch, or a big rock lol

2b1ask1 · May 28, 2018

Good job there Lozzer.

I have recently found a small chrome works just around the corner from me, had some FS1-E parts done last week and given the crummy Japanese tin-work it was on, some nickle & some chrome it came out very well.

FIFTY · May 28, 2018

Lozzer said:
Hi, i straightened the grille out myself , thread,
http://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/3200-grille.24801/
This place quoted cheapest by a country mile for the rechroming http://www.chromefix.co.uk/index.php , by all accounts they had a bit of trouble getting the trident to an acceptable standard, something to do with the base material being cast. They did a good job though.
Any pictures of the damage? i cant believe its that bad that no one will touch it. Unless you told them it was for a Maserati, i could believe that
This was mine. Looked like it had been ran into a ball hitch, or a big rock lol
View attachment 49031

View attachment 49036

View attachment 49030

View attachment 49033

View attachment 49034

View attachment 49035

It looks like someone tried (successfully or not) to remove the grille with a pair of vice grips at one end leaving a small dent on the outer lip and curled the metal inwards

I'm not very good at "metal work" but am tempted to get a hammer to it

Lozzer · May 28, 2018

FernandoIsFasterThanYou said:
It looks like someone tried (successfully or not) to remove the grille with a pair of vice grips at one end leaving a small dent on the outer lip and curled the metal inwards

I'm not very good at "metal work" but am tempted to get a hammer to it

View attachment 49048
View attachment 49049
View attachment 49047

That looks an easy fix, although DO NOT use a hammer on it lol, where are you? If you were close enough I could do it for you. If you can pm me an email addy I can pass on the correspondence I had with the chromers, they did say they can fix minor damage.
Ta
Loz

FIFTY · May 28, 2018

Hahaha I did say I'm not very good at metal work! I'll leave the hammer where it is and drop you a PM

Lozzer · May 28, 2018

FernandoIsFasterThanYou said:
Hahaha I did say I'm not very good at metal work! I'll leave the hammer where it is and drop you a PM

Lol, no worries, like anything else, while it was being sorted, I replaced all the rivnuts and fixings with stainless ones and powder coated the mesh satin black, the only thing I didn't replace were the pins along the bottom.
Ta
Loz

D Walker · May 28, 2018

Got to agree with Loz, doesn’t look to bad, should be quite an easy fix followed by a bit of chroming..

jasst · May 28, 2018

karatemaserati said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MASERATI-4200-GRILL/222993459578?hash=item33eb72297a:g:UsoAAOSw6YtZTCQK

This was discussed on the old forum, apparently they aren't made anymore so is possibly the last new one available, having dealt with Stu in the past I can say he is very amenable to doing a deal for forum members, oh and the e-bay site is run by his wife, hence sopranoeve.

karatemaserati · May 29, 2018

does anyone have one i could buy?

Lozzer · Sep 20, 2019

Forgotten I had these pics , if your grille is damaged all is not lost, this one was twisted, quite badly flattened on the lower half and had a nasty crease to boot. The upper part having minor damage where the trident had been pushed up into it. I got there in the end though, trying it on my own car before handing it back to its owner for re-chroming (he thought it was scrap). A good deed done.
Some pics of my best "Father Teds School of Dent Removal" impression