11hhrlt

I was looking at that "hole" in the front today and said to myself "something has to go there". I know there's a billet one and gutter guard is a good idea but I went and installed something a little different. It's metal lathe for stucco. You can get 2' by 4' sections at any building supply place. It bends, cuts and forms real easy, has a diamond hole pattern and a silvery-chrome look that matches the upper grill (sort of like really, really thick tinfoil). I installed a few pieces that were hanging around the house and it looks pretty good and should do a nice job of keeping road junk from hitting the radiator. I put it behind the hole and just bent it around things to keep it in place. We'll see how that holds up.

Sorry, no pictures, yet. It's dark outside now so I'll try to post something within the next few days.

Frenchy42

Sounds cool. I went with the gutter guard myself.

11hhrlt

Message received LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!!!

Frenchy42

lol, you're welcome :)

whopper

Lathe - same stuff I used a few years back, and it has held up very well. I hit mine with some flack black (stealth mode )

Oh - did anyone mention that we need pics?

11hhrlt

Ah, yes. Never let 'em see the lower grill coming.


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SS fan

Did the sun come up over there yet, the smell of Grill pic's in the morning.....

donbrew

Keep in mind that almost all of the cooling air comes through that opening. I had the gutter guard on my LT for a while and noticed about 10 degree F higher coolant temp.