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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2011, 12:45:31 AM »
Nice work.  Looks great. 
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2011, 01:41:08 AM »
Wow!! that looks awesome dave! Thats some clean work there!!...By the way, love the Gremlin!
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2011, 10:58:21 AM »
Quote from: jim on October 09, 2011, 04:54:29 PM
It looks better than just real nice.  That is a really fine looking Kammy and the push bar adds to it.

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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2011, 11:55:06 AM »
Very cool Van! I love your fabbing work!
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2011, 12:58:45 PM »
Can we get a couple of pics of the underside where you fabbed the mounts? I'd love to get something like this made someday.
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2011, 12:32:18 AM »
Quote from: 68AMXGOPAC on October 09, 2011, 07:17:22 PM
Eggcellent, looks great !! What's with the Gremlin hideing not so nonchalantly in the garage ??

I made sure I included this picture so that the Gremlin could show off!
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2011, 12:36:59 AM »
Do you drive the Gremlin much Dave?
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2011, 12:46:41 AM »
Quote from: Mavericke on October 10, 2011, 11:55:06 AM
Very cool Van! I love your fabbing work!

Lol all the credit goes to my welder!

Quote from: rohnk on October 10, 2011, 12:58:45 PM
Can we get a couple of pics of the underside where you fabbed the mounts? I'd love to get something like this made someday.

If you'll look at the second picture in the original post, you'll see that there are two arms bolted onto the main unit at the bottom, with a tab at the upper end.  Basically the welder took those arms and welded it to the main unit, it a location so the tabs could be bolted to the C-channel of the bumper.  He then cut off the the extra parts of the arms and the main unit so it was clean.  I will take pictures but its a pretty straight forward solution.  I think the main thing is to find a unit that fits well.  I believe this was designed to fit a Grand Cherokee.  Probably the most important thing is the width - this one is perfect for the width of the grille.
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2011, 12:48:32 AM »
Quote from: shanebo on October 12, 2011, 12:36:59 AM
Do you drive the Gremlin much Dave?


Not as much as I'd like to!  It runs fine, as long as the battery isn't worn down so it will start.  I really need to get some new leaf springs for it though, they are more than flat.  It gets even more comments than the Kammback.
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2011, 01:47:05 AM »
Both cars certainly cammand attention! One would be hard pressed to find a nicer example of either car. 
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Re: Grille Guard
« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2011, 05:30:21 PM »
Quote from: craigp29690 on September 30, 2011, 11:47:49 AM
Here's mine.  Was from 2000+ model S-10.



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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2012, 12:18:22 PM »
1st round of my grill guard came back today.



Follows the lines real well:



Allowed me to keep the factory lights in the same place:



I'll send it through the blast cabinet and paint it this weekend.  This one is fr Tootie (son's Eagle)  I'm going for more of a "stinger" look on Bucket, and I'll be adding a winch so mine will have to be frame mounted.  I'm happy with this one.  It will help protect the grill and will allow me to add a cover for when it's really cold out to shield the radiator.  Looks cool too.....
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2012, 09:00:20 PM »
Looks good Gronk! It really fits well.
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2012, 09:33:33 PM »
Quote from: GRONK on January 11, 2012, 12:18:22 PM
  and will allow me to add a cover for when it's really cold out to shield the radiator. 
If the Eagles cooling and heating systems are in good working order, that won't be necessary. They will BBQ your feet if your not careful.
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Re: Grille Guard - Installed!
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2012, 10:57:51 PM »
That looks real good Gronk! Odie could use a lesson in heating up too I drove it the other day and the heat got luke warm at best...I thought I was going to have to use the cigarette lighter to help defrost the window   :rotfl:
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