Loose Grille Slats

[zafod]

I recently got my grille slats re-anodized and I'm very happy with the results. However, today I noticed that three of the slats were loose and when I tried to push them back into place on one side, the other side popped out. After fiddling with them for a while, two of the supports fell out completely and the grille came entirely to pieces. I spent quite a while trying to get everything back together but some of the slats are still loose.

Maybe some of the slats were slightly bent out of shape when they were being cleaned/stripped/polished/anodised?

I was thinking about swapping the grille out for a 6 slat grille - maybe now's the time to get this done before I lose any slats while driving.

Anyone else had experience of this?
Can these be easily bent back into shape?
Could the slats be glued to the supports?

Many thanks.

[8Speed]

I had this problem with mine & one of the plastic vertical slats fell out (luckily into the undertray from where I retrieved it).
I ended up using a small dab of superglue to hold the slats in.
I'm not too impressed with the quality of the grille overall.

[8Speed]

I had this problem with mine & one of the plastic vertical slats fell out (luckily into the undertray from where I retrieved it).
I ended up using a small dab of superglue to hold the slats in.
I'm not too impressed with the quality of the grille overall.

[a98pmalcolm]

I used little self tapping screws from behind to flare open the holding bracket wider so they clip in real good.

[zafod]

a98pmalcolm said:

I used little self tapping screws from behind to flare open the holding bracket wider so they clip in real good.

I'm not sure what you mean, sorry.

[Damianos]

I had the same issue, plus some baked in stains from a bad wash, so i decided to upgrade to the 6 blade version.

I found a new one online, i think it was around 600 Euros, and installed it myself (very easy to do, and i'm not very good at wrenching).

Really happy with the result, would definitely suggest it!

[zafod]

Damianos said:

I had the same issue, plus some baked in stains from a bad wash, so i decided to upgrade to the 6 blade version.

I found a new one online, i think it was around 600 Euros, and installed it myself (very easy to do, and i'm not very good at wrenching).

Really happy with the result, would definitely suggest it!

I'm considering this, thanks.