wrangler grille mod

newbie here,
doin a mod on my 2005 renegade
i took the angry bird grille from the wrangler and i am attempting to to take the "brow" from it and put it on the liberty grille
i got a junk yard grille for $50 just in case i cant pull it off
so started with this
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then cut this off
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two major issues with the wrangler grille are it is not as wide as the liberty grille and it is flat as the kj grille has a curve to it
so i had to ad some plastic that i took from the remainder of the wrangler grille
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and now with it tacked in place
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just need to secure it and do the body work

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Is that...black duct tape??!

:shakehead:

duct tape fixes everything....

no it is a method of plastic welding i used on a dash mod i did on my last vehicle
i use stainless steel corner bead for drywall and cut strips of the stainless steel mesh and melt it into both pieces being joined together for strength otherwise it woild just crack and fall apart

here is the link to the dash mod i did post #17 starts the process of how i did it
axiom dash swap

If you like it and think it looks good, thats all that matters:shrug:

well it is nowhere near being finished yet just wanted to post what i have done so far,but the black duct tape comment was funny

what will you be using? fiber glass + epoxy?

bondo reinforced w/ fiber glass?

Angry bird lol that's funny.. I've only heard of that referred to as the Unibrow lol

please take them all.. most of the Wrangler guys don't even want those things lol I'm interested to see how it turns on a KJ with the finished product. Hoping it looks better then they do on the JK's

It's different. I have never seen one before so I want to see what it looks like finished.


Dave

Hedsic said:

Angry bird lol that's funny.. I've only heard of that referred to as the Unibrow lol

please take them all.. most of the Wrangler guys don't even want those things lol I'm interested to see how it turns on a KJ with the finished product. Hoping it looks better then they do on the JK's

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There are uglier things people do to their vehicle than a unibrow (Head Light ''Eye Lids'') , this is coming from someone who kind of likes the JK Unibrow, gives it an evil menacing look.

i tried the black tape on the lens a few yrs ago. kinda blacked out the top 1/4 at an angle. looked kinda mean but i just couldnt get used to it. also blocked some of my light so i took it off.

flair1111 said:

i tried the black tape on the lens a few yrs ago. kinda blacked out the top 1/4 at an angle. looked kinda mean but i just couldnt get used to it. also blocked some of my light so i took it off.

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I'll admit I've done my fair share of things that look cool but are detrimental to visual safety, with that I have learned and come to despise a lot of headlight mods that affect visual safety output, especially the stupid ricer JDM headlight set up. Actual JDM headlights are strictly RHD unless they're E-Spec which allows for adjustments to both LHD and RHD.

uss2defiant said:

what will you be using? fiber glass + epoxy?

bondo reinforced w/ fiber glass?

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gonna use the same stuff that is used on bumpers because bondo and glass would just crack

ok finally had some time to do some more work on the mod
i got all the "welding" done
top
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and underneath
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and close up of the mesh melted into the plastic to joint the two pieces together
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next step....body work...i hate body work!!

so here is the flexible filler i am using

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and this
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got a lot of body work done today should have it finished tomorrow
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Looking good so far. Not sure I'd do it, but looking forward to seeing it installed.

Might not look half-bad! At first I didnt care for it when mocked up.. the closer you get to finished the better it is looking.

Keep us updated on this for sure! At least if anything, it'll be unique. So long as you like it.

i know not everyone will dig it but just for anyone that wants to try it maybe this thread will be a kinda how to...

and a test fit
body work done!
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