DIY Mitsubishi Montero Grill Guard in Astro van 1988 ;-)

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DIY Mitsubishi Montero Grill Guard in Astro van 1988 ;-)

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This project is adapt a montero grill guard to my astro van 1988, with custom new brackets, new fold tubes according the grill and hood curve.
some picture to this project. Thanks for watching and for your post.
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90-94 Montero Grill Guard in astro van 1988
90-94 Montero Grill Guard in astro van 1988
Construct new brackets, with hard paper board cut and make the bracket design with screw hole, and then cut in .25 iron, etc. etc.
Construct new brackets, with hard paper board cut and make the bracket design with screw hole, and then cut in .25 iron, etc. etc.
Fold the new tubes and then measures the distance between the left and right grill guard bases.
Fold the new tubes and then measures the distance between the left and right grill guard bases.
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Dude, that looks great.

Do you have any pictures from further back that show how the whole van looks now?
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Re: DIY Mitsubishi Montero Grill Guard in Astro van 1988 ;-)

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Astro van 1988 before and after
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Re: DIY Mitsubishi Montero Grill Guard in Astro van 1988 ;-)

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Looks like the A-team van a little. I like it! =D>
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Great job, that van looks awesome!
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