Well I seriously screwed the pooch.... I got my grill long time ago while I was on the Slope and thanks to the famous Postal Service, the grille portion was broke. My kid sent me pics so I got ahold of Matthew and he did me right. I had a replacement grille at my doorstep the same day I got home.
Couldn't do anything with it because I had one day to go through my daughters Jeep and load it up for a trip through Canada and get her moved to Washington. Got her and the Jeep through Canada with no flat tires, no damage, no issues (Thanks God!) and I'm back in Alaska.
First things first... Have to fix my brakes so did that.
NOW TO THE GRILLE!!!
Holy Crap do they have that insert secured! Every 3" or so all the way around. Good quality work on that insert. Very impressed. I like it a lot! I have the replacement grille primed and painted and then painted the insert to make sure it's the same black. Got my vinyl on my light installed and looking pretty sharp (amber). This morning I took my old grille off and removed my winch contactor.
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I already knew of one minor spot I would have to trim due to my tranny cooler for a perfect fit but I still stuck it up to see how it would look. WTF!!! Not even close to fitting!!
MY DUMBASS DIDN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE THICKNESS OF THE POD LIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRILL!!! With a fan on the backside of my tranny cooler the back of the light hits the cooler. Now the grille sticks out about an inch to 1 1/4" too far.
I fly out for a job tomorrow morning for a week and will have limited to no service but I'm hoping to find low profile pods I can put in there and call it that. If anyone knows of any and could post a link, please I'd be grateful! If I can't find any, I really don't know what to do. I can't move the cooler anymore (that I know of). I've already bought this grille and a "Grille Lights" switch and ready to have all that wired up; sure hate to go back to the drawing board with my lighting idea.
If I contact Matthew anymore regarding this grille or his dang filler panels I'm sure he's going to ban me, and I don't want to buy a whole new grille or insert without lights and try to sell this one. Just not too many people mod their 3rd gen around here, and I sure don't want their grille to look like mine!!!
I could just drink over this stupid move.... :doh::doh::doh: