Plasti-dip on the grill for a good look, paint protection, and add Lowe's/Home depot gutter guard mounted from behind the grille to protect radiator from flying debris!
Plasti-dip on the grill for a good look, paint protection, and add Lowe's/Home depot gutter guard mounted from behind the grille to protect radiator from flying debris!
The gutter guard is long strips of mesh about 8 inches across. Did you cut 7 pieces? Did you take a pics of the inside?Originally Posted by Snarf77
Plasti-dip on the grill for a good look, paint protection, and add Lowe's/Home depot gutter guard mounted from behind the grille to protect radiator from flying debris!
The gutter guard comes in strips about 3 feet long. I think one pack gave me enough to do the entire grill. yes, you cut 7 strips and you cut them to width as well so they don't overlap too much. Then you use self-adhesive clips on the back of the grill and zip tie the gutter guard strips to the clips.
I used two clips on the vertical areas between holes and one at the top and bottom of each hole. Lightly zip it on there and it works great to keep crap out. I had a rock come off a dump truck and bounce in front of me and into my grill. I was super pleased it didn't bust my windshield. When I got out, I saw it cracked the grill guard's mesh in about 3 intersections but didn't bust through. Totally worth the $13.
The fun part is there are 5-6 kinds of gutter guard you can use and get completely different looks. The plastic is easiest to work with, but I did my old Honda Element's grille in stainless and it lasted 8+ years before I sold the vehicle.
I'll look for some pics but I think I lost them.
I should try to match with the RK sport hood's mesh
This stuff isn't far of. $2.33 at Home depot.
That's the stuff I used from Lowes. I also chopped my factory antenna and the reattached the ball on top. I'll think of some other cheap mods I've done and post them up.This stuff isn't far of. $2.33 at Home depot.
Some other cheap mods that I've done:
Made my own steering stabilizer relocate bracket from 1/4" plate.
Painted my sway bar links to give some depth the suspension.
Bed-lined all the hinges on the doors and the hood.
Bed-lined the inside of the tailgate.
Added an LED light to the top of the tire carrier. Didn't realize until I uploaded it that the pic was photo-bombed by my finger. LOL. I will need to change it out later with something brighter. This particular light isn't really focused well. It was cheap though.
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