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    6/09/2017 1:40 PM  #1

    boomyal
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    Removing the grille corral on a '65?

    Has anyone, with fog lights, done it without removing the light bracket bars?  It looks like it should be doable but I am not sure how the bars mesh with the corral. If all you have to do (after removing the top screws and the bottom bolt) is unscrew the small bolt on each side and pull the corral forward away from the bars, then it is easy.  If the bars need to be pulled laterally away from the corral, then it is not.

    BTW, I am going to install a corral light kit.

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    6/09/2017 5:48 PM  #2

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    Re: Removing the grille corral on a '65?

    .....and the answer is, 'cause all you experts were slow to chime in, NO you can't.  You, at least, have to remove one grille bar/fog light mounting stud to be able to remove the corral.  You don't have to take it all the way off or disconnect any wiring.  It was not as bad as I had envisioned that it might be.

    Now on to installing the corral light kit.  I have already hit a snag.  The lower bracket to mount the light backing plate to the back of corral does not fit.  CJ Pony shows no inclination to solve the problem.  They just say that they have sold hundreds of the light kits and never heard of a problem.  Grrrr!

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    6/09/2017 9:04 PM  #3

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    Re: Removing the grille corral on a '65?

    .....furthermore, the LED light strips do not fit within the backside of the galloping pony.  The pictures included with the Scott Drake kit do not agree with the light strips that are in the kit.  I tried to call Scott Drake direct, which CJ Pony would not do, but I was too late in the day.
     

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    6/12/2017 11:13 AM  #4

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    Re: Removing the grille corral on a '65?

    I just watched the CJ pony installation video on their website. That should help.

     

    6/12/2017 11:26 AM  #5

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    Re: Removing the grille corral on a '65?

    Mark Z wrote:

    I just watched the CJ pony installation video on their website. That should help.

    MZ, I just watched that yesterday, after I was prompted to leave a product review..  It would not play for me on the day I ordered the light kit. I ended up just loosening the the light mounting bolt on one side so the bar would pull outward without bending the grille.
     

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