Billet Grilles Can Lead To An Obsession For Good Looks
Author: Andrew Bernhardt
< P > T h e v e h i c l e s w e d r i v e a r e a r e f l e c t i o n o f o u r o w n i d e n t i t i e s . T h a t ' s w h y h u n t i n g f o r a n e w s e t o f w h e e l s i s n o t s i m p l y a m a t t e r o f c h o o s i n g a n y v e h i c l e t h a t ' s o n s a l e d o w n a t t h e l o t . O n t h e c o n t r a r y , w e a l l h a v e o u r o w n c o m p l e x l i s t o f c r i t e r i a t h a t g u i d e s u s t h r o u g h t h e d e c i s i o n m a k i n g p r o c e s s . F o r s o m e , n o t h i n g i s m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n e n g i n e s i z e a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n t y p e . F o r o t h e r s , i t ' s a l l a b o u t t r u n k s p a c e . < / P > < P > H o w e v e r , t h e o n e u n i f y i n g c r i t e r i o n t h a t i s a t t h e t o p o f e v e r y o n e ' s l i s t i s s t y l e . T h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e u n i q u e d e s i g n o f c e r t a i n c a r s , t r u c k s a n d S U V s t h a t a t t r a c t s u s , o f t e n i n v e r y p r i m a l , i n e x p l i c a b l e w a y s . L i k e m o t h s t o t h e w a r m i n g g l o w o f a l i g h t b u l b , w e a r e d r a w n i n b y t h e c u r v e s , l i n e s a n d c o n t o u r s o f c e r t a i n v e h i c l e s . A n d , o n c e t h e y c a t c h o u r e y e , w e a r e d r i v e n t o a c q u i r e t h e m , o r a t l e a s t a n o t h e r v e h i c l e t h a t l o o k s q u i t e s i m i l a r . < / P > < P > E v e n a f t e r o u r t h i r s t f o r t h e r i g h t a u t o m o b i l e i s q u e n c h e d , w e s t i l l w a n t t o p r o j e c t o u r o w n u n i q u e p e r s o n a l i t y i n t o i t s d e s i g n . W h i l e t h e r e a r e s u p e r f i c i a l w a y s o f d o i n g t h i s ( e . g . a p a i r o f f u z z y - d i c e d a n g l i n g f r o m t h e r e a r v i e w m i r r o r , o r a p e r s o n a l i z e d l i c e n s e p l a t e f r a m e t h a t o f t e n r e a d s , " I ' d r a t h e r b e g o l f i n g " ) , t h e r e a r e m o r e s u b s t a n t i a l w a y s o f m o d i f y i n g t h e a t t i t u d e o f y o u r v e h i c l e . < / P > < P > A s i m p l e y e t s i g n i f i c a n t w a y o f c u s t o m i z i n g y o u r v e h i c l e ' s p r e s e n c e i s b y u p g r a d i n g t h e s t o c k g r i l l e t o a m o r e p o w e r f u l , m o r e e x p r e s s i v e b i l l e t g r i l l e . A u t o A n y t h i n g c a r r i e s a h u g e a r r a y o f h i g h - q u a l i t y b i l l e t g r i l l e s i n a n a l m o s t e n d l e s s n u m b e r o f d e s i g n s , s o y o u ' r e s u r e t o f i n d o n e t h a t p e r f e c t l y m a t c h e s a n d r e f l e c t s y o u r i n d i v i d u a l s e n s e o f s t y l e . < / P > < P > B e f o r e y o u b e g i n s i f t i n g t h r o u g h a n e x t e n s i v e s t o c k o f p r e m i u m b i l l e t g r i l l e s , t a k e a m o m e n t t o l e a r n a l i t t l e a b o u t t h e b a s i c s o f t h e i r c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d o t h e r i m p o r t a n t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . U s e t h i s r e s o u r c e a s a g u i d e f o r p i c k i n g y o u r p e r f e c t b i l l e t g r i l l e . < / P > < P > F u n d a m e n t a l s o f B i l l e t G r i l l e S t y l e < / P > < P > B i l l e t g r i l l e s a r e c r a f t e d o n l y f r o m m a t e r i a l s t h a t a r e p r o v e n t o b e r u g g e d , d e p e n d a b l e a n d l o n g - l a s t i n g . < / P > < P > A l u m i n u m B i l l e t G r i l l e s < / P > < P > T h e m a t e r i a l m o s t w i d e l y u s e d i n t h e b i l l e t g r i l l e i n d u s t r y i s a l u m i n u m , f o r g o o d r e a s o n s , t o o . A l u m i n u m i s k n o w n f o r i t s s t r e n g t h , v e r s a t i l i t y , l o w - d e n s i t y , d u r a b i l i t y a n d r e s i s t a n c e t o c o r r o s i o n . B e c a u s e o f i t s m a l l e a b i l i t y , a l u m i n u m c a n e a s i l y b e r o l l e d , s t a m p e d , d r a w n , s p u n , h a m m e r e d o r f o r g e d i n t o a l m o s t a n y s h a p e , m a k i n g i t t h e i d e a l m e t a l f o r t h e a u t o m o t i v e a n d a e r o s p a c e i n d u s t r i e s . W h i l e t h e r e a r e 7 d i f f e r e n t t y p e s o f a l u m i n u m a l l o y , b i l l e t g r i l l e m a n u f a c t u r e r s u s e e i t h e r t h e 5 x x x o r 6 x x x s e r i e s . T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e s e t w o t y p e s i s t h a t t h e y a r e w r o u g h t f r o m d i f f e r e n t a l l o y c o m p o n e n t s . 5 x x x s e r i e s a l u m i n u m u s e s m a g n e s i u m a s i t s p r i n c i p l e a l l o y , w h i c h m a k e s i t m i l d t o m o d e r a t e l y s t r o n g , a n d r e s i s t a n t t o c o r r o s i o n . I n t h e 6 x x x s e r i e s , a m i x t u r e o f m a g n e s i u m a n d s i l i c o n a r e u s e d , p r o d u c i n g a h i g h e r - s t r e n g t h a l u m i n u m w i t h e x c e l l e n t c o r r o s i o n r e s i s t a n c e . < / P > < P > S t a i n l e s s S t e e l B i l l e t G r i l l e s < / P > < P > K n o w n t h e w o r l d o v e r f o r i t s s t r e n g t h a n d c o r r o s i o n r e s i s t a n c e , s t a i n l e s s s t e e l i s a p o p u l a r m e t a l u s e d f o r c r a f t i n g b i l l e t g r i l l e s . T h e r e a s o n t h a t i t r e s i s t s r u s t s o s u c c e s s f u l l y i s t h a t i t h a s a h i g h c h r o m i u m c o n t e n t . I n f a c t , f o r s t e e l t o b e c o n s i d e r e d s t a i n l e s s , i t n e e d s t o h a v e a t l e a s t a 1 0 . 5 % c h r o m i u m c o n t e n t . P l u s , s t a i n l e s s s t e e l i s i n c r e d i b l y t o u g h , r e s i l i e n t a n d e a s i l y f a s h i o n e d i n t o a m u l t i t u d e o f f o r m s a n d s h a p e s . < / P > < P > J u s t l i k e t h e a l u m i n u m , t h e r e a r e t w o t y p e s o f s t a i n l e s s s t e e l u s e d i n b i l l e t g r i l l e s . T h e m o r e e c o n o m i c a l o f t h e t w o , 4 0 9 s e r i e s s t a i n l e s s s t e e l , i s c o m m o n l y u s e d f o r m a n y d i f f e r e n t a u t o m o t i v e a c c e s s o r i e s b e c a u s e o f i t s s t u r d i n e s s . T h e o t h e r t y p e o f s t a i n l e s s s t e e l , 3 0 4 , i s a n o t h e r p o p u l a r a u t o m o t i v e m e t a l . I t h a s a h i g h e r c h r o m i u m c o n t e n t f o r t h e u l t i m a t e i n c o r r o s i o n r e s i s t a n c e . < / P > < P > A B S P l a s t i c B i l l e t G r i l l e s < / P > < P > T h e m o s t c o s t e f f e c t i v e b i l l e t g r i l l e m a t e r i a l a v a i l a b l e i s t h e A B S P l a s t i c . W i d e l y u s e d a c r o s s t h e e n t i r e a u t o m o b i l e a c c e s s o r i e s s p e c t r u m , A B S P l a s t i c i s a l i g h t w e i g h t , r i g i d a n d d u r a b l e t h e r m o p l a s t i c m a t e r i a l . W h i l e i t i s n o t a s s t r o n g a s s t a i n l e s s s t e e l o r a l u m i n u m , A B S P l a s t i c s t i l l m a k e s a n e x c e l l e n t m e d i u m f o r b u i l d i n g b i l l e t g r i l l e s b e c a u s e t h e p l a s t i c i s i m p e r v i o u s t o r u s t a n d q u i t e d u r a b l e . F o r a d d e d c u s t o m i z a t i o n , i t c a n u s u a l l y b e p a i n t e d t o m a t c h o r a c c e n t y o u r s t o c k p a i n t . < / P > < P > T o B i l l e t o r N o t t o B i l l e t < / P > < P > A f t e r d e c i d i n g w h a t m a t e r i a l s y o u w o u l d l i k e y o u g r i l l e t o b e m a d e o u t o f , b i l l e t g r i l l e s c a n b e d i v i d e d i n t o t w o c a m p s b a s e d o n t h e i r i n s t a l l a t i o n t y p e : b o l t o v e r b i l l e t g r i l l e s a n d r e p l a c e m e n t b i l l e t g r i l l e s . T h e i r i n s t a l l a t i o n i s q u i c k a n d e a s y . I n f a c t m y 8 y e a r o l d s o n i n s t a l l e d o u r b o l t o v e r g r i l l e o n o u r 0 2 F o r d F 1 5 0 i n n e a r l y 5 m i n u t e s ! : ) < / P >
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