Re: oil cooler grill cover ideas

From: Droo (03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 17:03:06 EDT


On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:05:07 -0400, Jeffery B. Denning
<jldenning@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Hello all -
> I've recently installed an oil cooler on my 99 5.2L 4x4 atx. It's
> positioned low and centered on
> the AC condenser, meaning it's mostly behind the center of the three
> holes in the plastic
> cladding below the bumper. There's no grill in these holes and the so
> the cooler is not
> protected from brush, rocks, etc. (The thing was whacked by something
> the first weekend out.)
> Has anyone seen a source (retailer) for grills for this section of our
> trucks? Or, has anyone
> made their own grill?
>
> I'm also thinking about making/buying a crash-bar like apparatus that
> installs behind the plastic
> cladding, and probably attaches to the tow hook mounting apparatus. Any
> ideas for this?

I think all the manufacturers that make the replacment grilles for the hood
make them for the bumber. Check out www.truckperformance.com for ideas. You
could prolly make your own out of some wire mesh too.

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-Droo
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