Grille Question?

[BigWill]

I have a 1983 Wagoneer. and was wondering how a 1988 wagoneer grill would fit on that?
Thanxs,
Will

[Kimbrough]

It'll go on just fine. Why ya wanna change it?

[Bnjnz]

the top bolts will match up fine. a couple retaining screws or bolts near the bottom might be a little different.

personally i bought an 84 grill to go on my 91. the last years had a crappy plastic construction. or you could go all the way with the rhino conversion.

benjamin

[Michael]

Excuse my ignorance. What is the Rhino Conversion? Also Big Will, I would trade you my 87 grill for your 83. Mine is all Aluminum and in great shape. None of that plastic junk. I like that 83 grill.

[gbarrett]

Take a look at my sig pic. That's what they call the "Rhino" grille.

[BigWill]

i crushed my grille and found someone with an 88 and i was wondering if it would fit smile.gif

[Marvin Gates]

Big Wil, I have a 75 wag and would like to do the grille change like you did on your wag. Do you have to change the whole grille section, I know where I can get the whole front part, is it from a gladiator?
I have a black Cherokee with the Rhino grille on my computer for my wall paper. I think it is great because it is different and you don't see it everyday.
Any advice would be appreciated. Mouse

[Langdon]

The big problem swapping grills is going from square to round headlights or vice versa. In these cases one must get the appropriate face panel (sheetmetal just behind the grill) or modify the headlight buckets. As mentioned above, square to sqare or round to round should be pretty straightforward... smile.gif

[tuckers89GW]

Langdon, If I remember correctly my GW has round holes in the sheetmetal and square headlights. Isn't the sheetmetal unchanged(or relatively so) front 1962

[ondavid]

it is same sheet metal but diff. light mounts-they saved money by not changing body stamp from year to yeaf, just trim panels

[Jake_S]

GBarrett, what size lights did you use for the conversion?
Jake_S

[gbarrett]

I found an old waggie bumper deep in the everglades and took the grille and light buckets. I ordered the chrome trim rings from JCWhitney. The smaller inner lights were donated by a Mercedes 300.