My Satoshi project

I decided about a month ago that I wanted a satoshi for my '10 DCSB. Living in Hawaii it's kinda hard to get body parts due to vendors flat out refusing to send things here. So I used my connections at NAPA and found a brand new CAPA grill assembly for $100.

I stuck it on my truck to see how it looked actually left it on for a week.

I did as much research from threads here on the forum.

Here's a pic of the surround off of the main assembly. A dremel and a small grinding bit worked wonders for this.

Here's the mesh I got from a local steel supply house. It's aluminum and goes for about 20$ for a 1'x5' piece. You just gotta make sure they cut it in the right direction.

Here's the main body without the center section. I started to fill the sides and cut parts. I used a coping saw with a fine tooth blade to cut this out. Worked like a charm.

The coping saw is to the right of the pic. Also I used "Q bond" to put the hut out pieces back in on the sides. Qbond is a two part glue/powder system that works awesome. Super strong and fast.

Here's a pic of how that looks. I just put masking tape on the back side, filled the crack with the powder then driped in the glue.

Got the surround back from paint. My friend made a custom blended color grey ish graphite.
I finished the inner piece with a good sand able primer then a top coat of satin black bumper paint.
I attached the mesh via 10/28 long nuts and 1.25" x 10/28 stainless screws I actually used the qbond to attach the nuts to the assembly. I used 3 on the top and bottom and 2 per side for a total of 8 its super strong! Sorry no pic of this.

I used the qbond to attach the outer surround to the main assembly. Here's a pic of my test fit.
The whole process took me a month. I figure I could of did this whole thing in a day but I'm a busy dude... With little children and a full time job.

Here's a pic of the finished product. Lemme know if you have any questions if I failed to cover somthing. Thanks for looking!

 

looks good man! The mesh looks good too

 

Sweeeet. So is this the first satoshi in 808? I havent seen another yet

 

Naw others have em. MadTaco09 has one and there's a white base model and another silver one so I think I'm the 4th in Hilo any way.

 

Kimo nice write up, Satosh lookin' good bro

 

thats a sick looking 1st gen you have there!

 

Would you mind snapping a couple pics of how you have those nuts/bolts to mount this? Would be much appreciated!

 

Will do in the morning

 

Looks good!. Nice write-up.

 

Well the Q-Bond failed me my mesh fell out.... the long nuts broke off the surround Gotta try a diffrent method.

 

I say go with epoxy. That stuff usually lasts forever.

 

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.....
Just messin. Keep on keepin on!

 

Take it from me - zip ties are the way to go.
Nice job on the fab work.

 

Wow that's a great complement coming from the master! I'll have to try that next. I have the zip tie connector thingys already....

 

It's back! Thanks to Homer the zip ties worked great!

 

When in doubt zip tie...Nice write up!