Bend the grill very gingerly only for large radius shaping.
File/grind only if you are rechroming.
The body contour must wind up perfectly faired, ie only large
radius adjustments are acceptable, or you will see it and it will
be ugly.
As a rough guess, a max deviation of 15 thou should be taken up by
the piping. An even and tighter fit towards the top is more
critical than at the bottom.
Do you have an original or repro grill?
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From: <kingwj@mail.del.net>
To: mg list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: December 15, 2000 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Fitting a MGA grille
> Do you bend the grill to fit? do you file to fit? I can see
the danger in
> these steps. How close is good enough since the piping will
visually fill some
> gaps. Before I started this project the gaps between grill and
piping were
> sufficient in places to allow the piping to move around. I
assume the piping
> should be held around the total perimeter. Also the grill and
the depression
> for the grill in the nose are differently shaped. Should I fill
the depression
> to match the grill. I saw one person who filled this depression
and set the
> grill that way. Didn't look too bad but was noticeable. I'm not
after
> concours, just a clean driver.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Bill
>
> 59 A
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