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Originally Posted by rolnslo
I used less than $10 worth of parts from Home Depot and it's held up remarkably well. I need to pull the brackets off and do two things: paint them black and bend the upper bolts down a bit to make the plate more vertical.
I used the following things (x2 - one bracket for each side of the plate):
(1) 2" bolt [bottom]
(1) 3" bolt [top]
(2) 2" mending plates [one in front of grille, one behind the grille]
(1) wing nut [on bottom bolt, to make install/uninstall easier]
(2) lock nuts [on top bolt, on either side of mending plates]
(2) 1/2" x 1" plastic spacers [to center bolts on either side of cross bar in grille]
(1) 3/4" bolt extender/joiner [on end of top bolt, in front of grille]
(1) 1/2" bolt + washer [through plate into bolt extenter/joiner]
I need to get better pictures but here's a side view...
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I Really like this solution... Seems simple yet more secure than just zip ties or toggle bolts which are some of the other no drill / no modification methods... Thank you.
Someday maybe Wisconsin will do away with front plates and I want to be ready!
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