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That is the same one I put on the LT a few years ago, and it went on snugly but smooth.
I bet you just got one from a bad mold ejection or something. Seller should replace as defective.
LOL, picture shows that old money-pit of a motorhome I had back then! Learned my lesson about them, for sure.
Hopefully the seller will be a stand up person & take care of you Blue. . I can remember back when these 1st came out, so many had breaking on the stud mounts.
eBay sellers have JB Weld. (just saying)..
And no red insert, well, maybe time for a new look. Going for that "murdered out" look all black.
And now the BlackSwan almost gets a new grille, same ABS mesh EBay grille, nice and shiney .
However the holes for the mounting lugs aren’t large enough, hindsight, I should have drilled out a little larger first, but the first 4 studs went in nicely, I lubed the stud threads with a dip in dish soap, but the 5th one , pushing my luck, broke off.
I’ve reattached it with ABS plumbing pipe adhesive, fingers crossed!
The new ABS EBay grille The flimsy mounting point The broken flimsy mounting point Note here the plastic pushed out by the OEM stud.
It will sit for a day or two to allow the adhesive to firm up and cure, then I’ll install it .
That is a familiar story. Back when I did mine, the last screw I tried to set snapped the plastic. Bottom left corner. Seller did give a partial refund. I was happy with that since I had already done the black chrome center and installed the bowtie......
I still have that bowtie, kinda concerned about the numbs of the grille being enough to hold it on with 3M double sided molding tape.
I had a look for the possibility of spraying the insert area red, the tape lines aren’t really good for a straight line and taping every point that the insert intersects with the outer frame, just seems to busy.
The original tape held very well, well until I went from to 45-0mph instant stop from the accident. I wouldnt' hesitate to install new 3M and press it into place. This looks to be the same grill, only black vs chrome.
