"Ghost" Wild Boar Style Hood Grille
08-11-2016 | 05:16 AM
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JK Junkie
Joined: May 2011
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From: Grand falls, Newfoundland
I kind of liked it from the pic you showed, but from the side it's clear the top sticks out and the "shark" design gives it sort of a cyclops feel. I like how they retained the 7 slots, but otherwise I don't care for it. Just remember, it's your Jeep not mine.
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WTF is that.....an anteater? Man, the Wrangler is the new civic. They will make anything to put on it.
08-11-2016 | 10:40 AM
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JK Freak
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From: The Secret Land Of Inspector Gadget
Kojack, my Jeep is fully expedition modded. I've modded it carefully to my exact needs over 7 years and have probably spent $35k+ doing so. As far as functional mods are concerned I have exactly what I need and then a whole lot more. Even after 2 bottles of red on a Saturday I can't think of anything else I need to do to it to make it perform better. Nope, it's spot on. As such, I'm now going to spend some of my hard-earned on something absolutely useless and superfluous; something random and inane but equally something that I'll enjoy. Not everything you do to a Jeep needs to be ultimately useful. Sometimes you do a mod simply because you want to and because it's fun. That's what makes your Jeep yours, keeps us ageing men young and youthful and stops us taking ourselves and our Jeeps too seriously. 
08-11-2016 | 11:43 AM
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JK Newbie
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From: Placer County
08-11-2016 | 03:41 PM
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JK Jedi Master
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From: Midwest City, OK
Can't see why the grille would cause that, TBH. It hides what? 1-2 inches of intake compared to the stock grille? I'll let you know how mine performs but I have a snorkel, too, which also takes in plenty of clean air and I'm running a CRD diesel engine. Do you have a link to the thread you're referring to? Would be interested to read it.
Edit: Just found the thread. Interesting. It would see it's the inserts more than the grille itself. I'll see how it goes. I have a stainless steel one piece "insert" behind my stock grille which has always worked fine. I may well remove the inserts from this grille and keep mine in place. Also, temps here in the UK don't tend to be as high as some areas in the US so here it may not be as critical.
BTW: We were looking at ways to protect the AC condenser from rocks on the Dempster and Dalton Highways across the Arctic Circle. So there is a practical purpose for these type grills, though other answers exist (ultimately we zip-tied some wire mesh behind the grills on both Jeeps). Which did nothing to protect my driving light that took a rock that shattered the glass lens through a Lexan cover, nor either of two windshields I went through on the trip, plus the one on his Jeep!
08-11-2016 | 04:17 PM
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JK Freak
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From: The Secret Land Of Inspector Gadget
Would suggest, if possible, check engine temps before and after installing new grill. Then you can know, rather than speculate. Jeep internal gauge is very unreliable for indicating temp changes, but my friend in Washington (70 degree temps usually) found his Jeep (3.6L) ran roughly 20° hotter. That was enough to keep his engine fan in high speed mode almost constantly. He used Torque Pro to verify temps.
BTW: We were looking at ways to protect the AC condenser from rocks on the Dempster and Dalton Highways across the Arctic Circle. So there is a practical purpose for these type grills, though other answers exist (ultimately we zip-tied some wire mesh behind the grills on both Jeeps). Which did nothing to protect my driving light that took a rock that shattered the glass lens through a Lexan cover, nor either of two windshields I went through on the trip, plus the one on his Jeep!
BTW: We were looking at ways to protect the AC condenser from rocks on the Dempster and Dalton Highways across the Arctic Circle. So there is a practical purpose for these type grills, though other answers exist (ultimately we zip-tied some wire mesh behind the grills on both Jeeps). Which did nothing to protect my driving light that took a rock that shattered the glass lens through a Lexan cover, nor either of two windshields I went through on the trip, plus the one on his Jeep!