2002 Grille Question

[Bmxbika11]

All, in the picture I provided one of the "slots" in the grille has been broken. A freakin apple went through it! My question is do I have a to replace the entire grille or is there anywhere I can just get that plastic "slot"? Thanks.

Link:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj254/bmxbika11/Jeep/0427001502.jpg

 

[HoosierJeeper]

What I would do is take the rest out, and replace with mesh. JMO.

 

[Bmxbika11]

Yeah funny you mentioned that because I was debating doing that. Is it a somewhat easy job? And thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Clyde Frog]

Yeah funny you mentioned that because I was debating doing that. Is it a somewhat easy job? And thanks for the quick reply.

I believe there is a walk through on the process in the how-to section. I'll try to locate it and post the link. Seems like it shouldn't take too long. Roughly 30 minutes, I'd guess.

EDIT: Found it. Click! The poster states that it takes about an hour for the install time.

 

[Midgear]

your Jeep snorted an apple.. wtf

 

[kb0nly]

It got hungry and took a tooth out.... LOL

Seriously though, how did that happen?

 

[Bmxbika11]

hahah I'm not messing around! I don't know how it happened to be honest. I was driving down the road and i guess there was an apple in the middle of it, a car in front of me must have hit it and kicked it up and it went straight through the "tooth"(according to kb0nly) ha, and got stuck in the fan directly behind....I didn't notice for days until i turned on my KJ and I smelt a funny odor and couldn't figure it out . Finally popped open the hood and there the apple was all toasted and mushy for the engine heat hahahah ....I think that story should go down in the book of dumbest ways to screw your Jeep up!


and thanks Clyde Frog for the link, I'm just gonna rip that cheap plastic out and go mesh.

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Turn it into a peice of art work...
A fang with some blood dripping off of it!
(Sorry... The right wing professional graphic artist is surfacing again!)

 

[KJ zGal]

(Sorry... The right wing professional graphic artist is surfacing again!)

LOL--Fellow designer here, so that made me chuckle =P

And BMX...were you at least near an orchard?!

 

[Bmxbika11]

ZGal, lol no I wasn't. I was down by the shore when I noticed it. Thats what confuses me I was like how #$%& did that happen?!!

 

[ptsb5a]

I've got one of those grill inserts in my garage. A left over from when I had my grill replaced by Chrysler Co for flaked off paint. They kept the grill but left me the insert. Any takers? Beware, shipping from Canada may be expensive seeing as it's going to go in a big box.

It cam off of my '05 Renegade. Dunno if it's different from the not Renegade grill insert.

 

[Dave]

Turn it into a peice of art work...
A fang with some blood dripping off of it!
(Sorry... The right wing professional graphic artist is surfacing again!)

Yeah, but cut the corresponding section out on the other side and insert some big saber-tooth cat fangs.....

Dave

 

[rockymountain]

http://automotive.become.com/jeep-liberty-grille-insert--compare-prices--sc885597097


Seems really cheap.

 

[LibertyFever]

http://automotive.become.com/jeep-liberty-grille-insert--compare-prices--sc885597097


Seems really cheap.

Yeah I agree, $8.49 does seem rather cheap. The shipping will be twice that amount.

But I do like the other item from that site, a stainless steel grille insert;

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2004/jeep/liberty/body_mechanical_-ar-_trim/grille_insert.html