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Grille cover installed today, nice

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Bought off Amazon, had in two days. Fits the Bolt lock cutout pretty darn good.



Cocowen(TM) Black Stainless Front Hood Grille Bug Screen 3D Mesh Grill Insert for Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Sahara Jk 2007-2015 - $68.00

No drilling, nuts and bolts, taping required. Will fit 2016 also.

 
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Took her for a spin afterwards and got a warning that my front right turn signal was not working. Somehow the bulb died on me as a result of the grille cover instal. 'Had to run over to the nearby Chrysler dealer, get a new bulb and take the grille partially off again to replace the bulb. But everything is back together now for the second time. Even a job this easy is determined to upset Smitty Lee's innards. Life is not always calm on Planet Smitty. Drama abounds.

Back in the old days they used to say never touch a bulb with oily fingers. Not sure if that was an old wive's tale or not but otherwise I have no idea why the bulb would die on me so soon. It's a brand new 2016 Sahara.
 
#6 ·
Looks great! i will have to look into this myself!
 
#7 ·
Looks great!!!

BTW, the oily finger thing is true. If you touch a bulb with your finger(s) the oils create a hot spot that will eventually cause the bulb to burn out prematurely.
 
#8 ·
Smitty Lee:

Looks great! I just bought the exact same product and it should be arriving today! The lock cutout looks perfect. I had bought another of these inserts from Amazon by Safaripal (I believe). The mesh wasn't lined up and the hole for the lock was off by a mile. I really liked the idea of it though, and the cocowen looks like it's the exact same product. Fingers crossed that mine turns out as well as yours did. Well, minus the blown bulb, anyhow!
 
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Smitty Lee: Looks great! I just bought the exact same product and it should be arriving today! The lock cutout looks perfect. I had bought another of these inserts from Amazon by Safaripal (I believe). The mesh wasn't lined up and the hole for the lock was off by a mile. I really liked th e idea of it though, and the cocowen looks like it's the exact same product. Fingers crossed that mine turns out as well as yours did. Well, minus the blown bulb, anyhow!
Thanks. The Cocowen at Amazon is the one to get so it seems. And remember what I said about touching the the turn signal bulbs. Don't be a dummy like Smitty or you'll be out 7 bucks for a new bulb. And every time you remove those plastic retainer clips that hold down the grille you should replace with new ones but don't get ripped off by Mopar the Camel Merchant. eBay and Amazon sell in bulk. You want the equivalent of the Mopar 6503598 push type retainer clip.
 
#15 ·
I have nitrile gloves but rarely use them. I will now. The problem with the turn signal bulb happened because I had a hard time getting it back into its housing and by accident touched the bulb several times. That sucker (bulb) just would not line up in the plastic housing. And my hands were greasy from touching areas treated with FF = recipe for disaster.
 
#17 ·
It looks good and looks like the hood lock hole lines up fine. One of the reviewers on Amazon said theirs didn't. Might just have to ask Santa for one of these!
 
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