2023 First Battle Wound - Broken Grill

[GLF5]

Driving today in the left lane of a divided highway when a plastic crate comes over the barrier from oncoming traffic and as the title says, I hit it. I was expecting much more damage than what I ended up with but it still sucks. You can still see a piece of the yellow crate wedged in the top right corner.

I haven't seen any great guidance on removing this grill so if anyone knows of a tutorial or has done it yourself, I'd appreciate it. My preference is to buy one myself and put it on vs going through insurance.

Thanks

 

[Tin Can Rap]

I know your pain; I fed a hawk to my gen2 at about 70 mph and did $2300 worth of damage to my truck/grille. I went the insurance route as I have a zero deductible for “acts of god”.

I had my buddy who owns an auto body shop order the new grille and I put it on myself. Not terrible but tedious and not something you want to rush through. Youtube University helped me complete the task.

 

[smurfslayer]

That’s it?
Take the grille out, cut some more slots out with a reciprocating saw, dremel and a file. mount some LED bars in there and call it a day.

You say battle wound, I say opportunity.

 

[thatJeepguy]

Did this happen in Starbucks drive through by any chance?

 

[HighwaySentinel]

That’s it?
Take the grille out, cut some more slots out with a reciprocating saw, dremel and a file. mount some LED bars in there and call it a day.

You say battle wound, I say opportunity.

That’s a great idea considering how much the oem grille is going to cost.

 

[smurfslayer]

This is exactly the location for the B/D S8 behind the grille kit on the Jen Too. it’s already broke, what do you have to lose?

 

[Littlefx4]

This is exactly the location for the B/D S8 behind the grille kit on the Jen Too. it’s already broke, what do you have to lose?

And as luck would have it, I have one sitting in the garage for ya OP. Lol

 

[Nex]

This is exactly the location for the B/D S8 behind the grille kit on the Jen Too. it’s already broke, what do you have to lose?

BD S8 is around $850 for a 30" bar. The grill will be way more than that. This is a reasonable fix. Great idea Smurf.

 

[COBRA90GT]

Leave as is and consider it the "East Coast" version of "Arizona pinstriping," if you will...

 

[WKUSMC]

I know your pain; I fed a hawk to my gen2 at about 70 mph and did $2300 worth of damage to my truck/grille. I went the insurance route as I have a zero deductible for “acts of god”.

I had my buddy who owns an auto body shop order the new grille and I put it on myself. Not terrible but tedious and not something you want to rush through. Youtube University helped me complete the task.

Let Insurance fix. Non chargeable missile strike .