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Cfg83 - Nope, I don't have the Chrysler Town and Country grille, I have the "grab the bull by the horns" Dodge grille... the one that sucks for modification, though I'll be fixing that shortly, if I get off my... again.

When I first bought the van, I was going to convert it to the 98-00 TC front end, for the dual bulb headlights and the separate running lights, plus the better looking all-around front. I quickly decided that it wasn't worth the money for no apparent gain, other than ease of modding, so I stuck with what I had, instead of shelling out $200+ just to cut it up and modify it anyway.

What I'm actually planning on doing, is cutting away the grille at the outermost ridge (approx the duct tape line), then forming some sheet metal to fit in the hole and overlap the back approx 3-5mm, so I have a "lip" to fasten it with (With rivets. I like the machine look). There's still not a whole lot I can do about the opening along the hood line, except lower the hood, but that will offset the hood/fender seam, unless I can "adjust" the fenders as well, which I haven't looked into.

The whole lower grille area, I'm actually going to cut it about 1" down from the white area, in the black area, all the way to the wheel well area, leaving the plastic lip and about 1" there as well, to fasten more sheet metal to, hopefully from a roll of flashing or something that will let me make a continuous layer of metal all the way across. If not, I'll have to get creative with rivets to make it look decent.

I have plans with a hole saw, as well, for the future.