awww man - you ruined it. Some effort is required.

 

sorry...

 

Clearly he's that lazy. He didn't even type out the "one" in "anyone" in his original post.

 

Sorry, I didnt mean to get you guys all rattled up ... I did look at the first couple pages of the thread and didnt want to go through the rest, I don't think that's "lazy". And by the way, I do not have photoshop, so no on that one. And I tend to shorten words ala msn. If you have any brains at all I think you can read/understand the shortened version of words. But thanks anyway for the pic...

 

hey, can anyone tell me what size you cut your 7 pieces? i bought a 25X26 piece of aluminum and i was wondering if i need to go get another one.

thanks!

 

comeon give people a break well at least he did not have CAPS ON then he would be hung

 

Sounds good but no, if it gets clogged with mud or something it will restrict the air flow far more than if it were attached to the grill. It will also make it much harder to clean the radiator from any residue.

 

I didn't cut into 7 pieces.
I have one piece across the whole back of the grille.
(Theoretically, anyway. Like an idiot, I made a wrong cut and had to overlap two pieces where they weren't visible.)
If I remember correctly, 26" isn't wide enough.

 

I did'nt see any pictures of someone doing this mod on a detenator yellow. I think it will great as does on everyones

 

While thinking about this grill mod, I came up with a different approach. I will admit that I spent a bit much, because I went with stainless, but I wanted it to be maintenance free. Basically, instead of attaching the screen to the plastic grill (no glue guns or zip tie blocks), I fashioned the screen to fit the radiator housing.

Step 1:
I made a cardboard template.

The template took some fitting.

Step 2:
I cut the screen to match the template:



This part is a bit tricky, and the stainless I bought was kind of thick, however, I was able to cut it with a sheet metal cutter.

Step 3:
I then bent the screen to match the template:




Step 4:
I fit it into place:







I did not even have to fasten the screen to the radiator surround. The plastic grill holds it in place. In other words, no mods to the actual jeep. No holes drilled.

Step 5:
Replace the plastic grill:




This whole mod took about 1 hr. The best part is because there are no actual mods to the jeep, I can easily just remove it.

By placing the screen onto the radiator surround, it provides a very strong and ridged barrier. The fit is tight against the plastic grill.

Edit: 04/08/2008
Many people have asked me for the template. Unfortunately I sent the master template (the actual cardboard template) to Cross007, but I do have the original drawing of the basic template. This is just the basic version, and I would recommend following this to make a cardboard template that you can fit and trim to fit. I have included the very basic dimensions and cut outs. This is all I have.