2017 Altitude Grille Removal
Can someone point me in the right direction? I bought black grille inserts and am looking for some installation instructions. A you tube would be great if one exists.
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Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Baltimore
Year: 2002
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L (AMC) Straight Six
It's very hard... you have to remove the entire front bumper... I bought the bright-finished "Honeycomb" inserts to replace the black "Slat-Style" inserts on my '14 Limited... I ended up going to a dealer and they charged me $99 to put them in for me. I gave up after realizing it was something I couldn't do myself, and not wanting to break anything on my daily driver.
Old fart with a wrench
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Manlius, east of Syracuse, NY
Year: 2000 XJ Sport & WJ Laredo
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.0L
I've heard you have to remove the fascia and grill to change a headlight too! That's insane!
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 884
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From: Baltimore
Year: 2002
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L (AMC) Straight Six
It's true! Our dealer (which wasn't a Jeep dealer itself but was owned by a small family of dealerships that also owned a Jeep dealer and trained techs on how to work on Jeeps as well) said they knew of an easier way to do it (didn't tell us how), but I bet they still had to do all that work... luckily they only charged us $99 to do it, no tax, since we'd already bought the slats from another Jeep dealer.


