I went ahead and ordered a set of pre-made ABS grille inserts yesterday from
CRE.
Lack of a garage, and time, made it a not-too-expensive purchase at $80 shipped.
Once ambient drops to 50F the CTD takes a truly noticeable longer time to come to op-temp. I also ordered the MOPAR winter front, but don't expect to use it much here in South Texas . . and might not have ordered it at all but for being able to more closely track temps with ULTRAGAUGE.
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