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Old 04-04-2011 | 04:30 AM
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After 2 attempts of this I found an adhesive that works....plastic weld from Autozone. I scuffed the inside with sandpaper, used rubbing alcohol and let it dry. While letting it dry I just rolled off the sticky white stuff with my thumbs. Used the black gutterguard and zip ties and so far 3 weeks and it's held up through rain, snow and pressure washing.
Old 04-04-2011 | 06:25 AM
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Old 04-16-2011 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by dcirate25
I had to do my grill in pieces as well. It seemed to work better. I added some clips from the hardware store and wiretie accordingly.

As for screening, I used the gutter screening you use to keep leaves out.
Old 04-17-2011 | 01:57 PM
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Wow, guys! Thanks for this great idea! I decided to go with the aluminum gutter guard from Lowe's while I had the grill off for the marker light flasher mad.

It was a bit time consuming trimming the aluminum and then feeding the cable ties through the cable tie holders and the aluminum down each row of the grill, but I'm definitely happy with the results!

Great mod!!!
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Old 04-17-2011 | 02:52 PM
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Just finished mine today!! Went with the expanded steel, primed grey and finished with silver metallic.
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Old 05-10-2011 | 01:53 PM
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Was doing my grill mod today in orange (have a black 2dr) and came up with this for my taillights. Anybody see any legal issues with it? Can't see how it's worse then smoking them
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Old 06-06-2011 | 01:03 PM
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Very cool and easy! I will be doing this soon
Old 06-08-2011 | 10:19 PM
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Just did mine last weekend. I have the mod bug thanks to y'all! Total cost 30$ but cutting the separate pieces was a bit time consuming and I recommend investing in tin snips if you do it that way. Took about 6 hours taking my time but I put on several layers of paint and removed the crappy backing off of the zip tie anchors and mounted them with gorilla glue. Looks pretty enough for me. Thanks for the write up!
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Old 06-09-2011 | 07:43 AM
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Came out great.
Old 06-10-2011 | 03:22 AM
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I did mine yesterday. Used a one-piece "pet grille".

One-piece grill mod

I changed my mind and removed the Pet Grille and used YardGuard Hardware Cloth in plastic from Home Depot instead. 1/2" mesh squares. Can be installed either with the squares vertical/horizontal, or on a diagonal. I installed it as a diagonal pattern. I think the diagonal looks a little more "factory like".

Complete write-up here:

JK Wrangler Grill Mod using plastic Hardware Cloth


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