ItsMrBill
01-13-2003, 07:54
Does anyone have a solution to solving a "cracked grill"? Here is what happened. My wife tells me that she noticed that the grill on the truck has a small crack on it. Without hesitation I go and check out the truck to see what she is talking about as I usually wash the truck by hand regularly to remove salt and sane and have never noticed a thing.
So she points it out to me, the bow tie chrome section right between the driver side head lamps is cracked. Under further inspection it appears that it was hit by something but yet the headlamp, directional assembly and bumper do not show any signs of damage. In other words we can rule out a shopping carriage. My wife seems to think that it could of been the result of a careless contractor when we were at Home Depot, perhaps it happened when the truck was at the dealership getting the heater box fixed or vandals. Regardless, I could spend many of sleepless nights trying to figure out how only the chrome section go damaged but rather would like to get it fixed.
After getting over the sadness of this new found problem, I reached behind the grill from the directional light I managed to reseat the stressed chrome at the crack. It does not look bad but you can certainly see this crack and would certainly like to get it corrected.
Does anyone know if you can just purchase the chrome "bow tie" section of the grill rather than the whole grill assembly? I am sure the dealer would soak me for this piece alone. Any other solutions?
So she points it out to me, the bow tie chrome section right between the driver side head lamps is cracked. Under further inspection it appears that it was hit by something but yet the headlamp, directional assembly and bumper do not show any signs of damage. In other words we can rule out a shopping carriage. My wife seems to think that it could of been the result of a careless contractor when we were at Home Depot, perhaps it happened when the truck was at the dealership getting the heater box fixed or vandals. Regardless, I could spend many of sleepless nights trying to figure out how only the chrome section go damaged but rather would like to get it fixed.
After getting over the sadness of this new found problem, I reached behind the grill from the directional light I managed to reseat the stressed chrome at the crack. It does not look bad but you can certainly see this crack and would certainly like to get it corrected.
Does anyone know if you can just purchase the chrome "bow tie" section of the grill rather than the whole grill assembly? I am sure the dealer would soak me for this piece alone. Any other solutions?