tacottle
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Arlington, VA
I hope this isn't too clumsy, but here goes: a couple of months ago, someone ran a stop sign to my right and I hit him in the intersection. I had hit the brakes so I was not going too fast, but the bumper was dented and the part that has the Jeep emblem and the seven slot grille was cracked. Those parts had to be replaced.
I have a white 2001 Sport, so the part with the Jeep emblem and the seven slot grille is white. Behind the seven slot grille is another grille with smaller divisions (grille insert?), and that is black. Of course, behind that is the radiator.
When I got the XJ back from the body shop, everything looked OK, but now I see that the grille behind the seven slot grille was originally white and they painted it black, as the black paint is being slowly chipped off.
My question is: is that a two piece assembly, so that I can go back and tell them nice try, but they really need to get a black grille insert, or is the whole thing a one piece assembly (grille insert manufactured as a part of the seven slot grille piece so the grille insert can't be changed out for a black one) and the only way to get a white seven slot grille with a black grille insert is to find a front from a white Cherokee Sport?
Your help will be most appreciated. It really started to bug me when I saw that the grille insert was originally white.
Tim
I have a white 2001 Sport, so the part with the Jeep emblem and the seven slot grille is white. Behind the seven slot grille is another grille with smaller divisions (grille insert?), and that is black. Of course, behind that is the radiator.
When I got the XJ back from the body shop, everything looked OK, but now I see that the grille behind the seven slot grille was originally white and they painted it black, as the black paint is being slowly chipped off.
My question is: is that a two piece assembly, so that I can go back and tell them nice try, but they really need to get a black grille insert, or is the whole thing a one piece assembly (grille insert manufactured as a part of the seven slot grille piece so the grille insert can't be changed out for a black one) and the only way to get a white seven slot grille with a black grille insert is to find a front from a white Cherokee Sport?
Your help will be most appreciated. It really started to bug me when I saw that the grille insert was originally white.
Tim