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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:28 am
by Murf
TOM R wrote:do you have a pic of the clips and screws thanks
I don't. The screws are just sheet metal screws. The loops somewhat look like a footman loop that has been bent to a point in the middle. That "point" sticks out to one side. The "point" side is mounted away from the grill cover so it holds the cover when you slide one of those oval metal gromets over it. Hope that dosen't totally confuse you.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:30 am
by TOM R
GARBEE i see the pics of the gill cover but not the mounting clips?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:21 pm
by CGarbee
TOM R wrote:GARBEE i see the pics of the gill cover but not the mounting clips?
That's because the photos of the mounting clips are not posted yet... :) They are mounted on the truck and will be shown as soon as I get around to updating the page...

I'll try to get to it tonight when I get on the "correct" computer...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:43 pm
by TOM R
ok thanks :D

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:48 pm
by 52m37Hal
The mounting clips can be easily made from some heavt gauge wire, about the thickness of a heavt coat hanger. In fact you can probably get a couple of heavy coat hangers from your local dry cleaner (the heavt ones they use to hag drapes and other heavy cleaning on, not regular shirt hangers.

If Cabell can't get pics of the clips let me know and I can try.
Hal

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:43 pm
by CGarbee
OK, I just went and added the photos that I took last year when I installed the winterfront on my truck (hard to think that it's been two winters and I'm just now getting around to posting them to the site... :oops: ). I didn't see any with just the clips and the self tapping screws. I'll have to see if I have a spare in the toolbox. If so, I'll take a photo and will add it to the page.

Meanwhile, I think that you can get an idea of what the clips look like and how I installed the winterfront on my truck.

The clips are the same as the ones used to mount winterfronts on the 2.5 and five ton trucks...

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:47 pm
by TOM R
looks good thanks for updating the pics :D

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:45 am
by TOM R
got a grill cover, anyone got the mounting directions with clip locations? thanks :D

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:11 am
by mike_l
I have a copy of the installation TB but it doesn't show the pieces that well. Here are a couple of photos from my Pics folder from when I was installing it on my truck. The exact placement of the loops is done best by putting the cover up on your grill and marking around the edges where the loop slots are. I used chalk, visible in the photos, to mark mine.

http://www.g741.org/photogallery/main.p ... ewsIndex=1

http://www.g741.org/photogallery/main.php?g2_itemId=515

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:40 am
by TOM R
thanks, if anyone buys a cover and needs the clips I got a bag of em with screws :D

Grill cover

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:10 pm
by Nickathome
Worse comes to worse you can do what the Kmart parking lot mechanics do and wedge a piece of cardboard in the grill..... :o

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:43 pm
by Lifer
Hey...redneck tech works! When I was younger, we all used a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator in the winter. I discovered a few years ago, though, that a piece of perforated hardboard (the pegboard used in the shop for hanging tools, etc.) worked better in my full-size Dodge van. I cut it to fill the entire space and the holes let just the right amount of air through to allow for decent warmups and no overheating. It looks better than cardboard, too. ;)

Cardboard

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:13 pm
by Nickathome
Lifer wrote:Hey...redneck tech works! When I was younger, we all used a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator in the winter. I discovered a few years ago, though, that a piece of perforated hardboard (the pegboard used in the shop for hanging tools, etc.) worked better in my full-size Dodge van. I cut it to fill the entire space and the holes let just the right amount of air through to allow for decent warmups and no overheating. It looks better than cardboard, too. ;)
Yeah but there's just something about seeing that Chickita Banana logo looming in the oncoming lane :twisted: !