Question about aftermarket grille inserts
 

Hi all, ive seen a few members on here with grill inserts on their 3rd gens and my only concern is the hood latch. Ive seen a few on ebay from putco and Its not clear as to whether or not I will be able to access the hood latch. Does anyone have any info on this? I gladly appreciate it and as always, thanks in advance.

Search 'Gutter guard grill' on DF. It looks better than those inserts, and costs $10 at Home Depot. It's the grill that a bunch of us have. Mine has been in for probably two years now and still looks like it's new.

Dont waste your money for one on ebay. Dakotaff speaks da truth!

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ties-pics.html

Nice write up BTW

Awesome, I guess ill put those dang expensive craftsman/snap on tools to good use. The only thing I dont like about the DIY grill is the gap for the hood latch bit it seems that is unavoidable.

Don't give up! Become a DF legend! Before you rip everthing apart, look at the problem (location of the hood latch) find a solution (relocation of the hood latch) fab something up and post a write-up (with pictures)!

thanks for this thread and the link to the write up, saving me some money :icon_woot:

that is a great write up!...I'll have to add this to my list as well...

(Ill be painting my gutter guard black of course...)

stole the idea right out of my head lol

I have the Figure engineering inserts and they came with a length of coated wire that attaches to the latch and you run down behind the center vertical bar of the grill and loop around the support at the bottom with a bit of slack. When I pop the hood I reach under and snag the wire to pull the latch open. Would be quite easy to DIY, just get the wire and two properly sized crimps for it.