Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck?
 

OK, so I was trying to rack my brain for a few days to be able to install the grille by myself without dropping it since the grille support was already installed. In my sleep last night I came up with this idea...I could zip tie the grille to the support to hold it roughly in place while I put the bolts in.

So is this ingenious or redneck or something else??

Here are a few pictures...With zip ties and after the install. You can see that the zip ties held it pretty straight and was an easy install.

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This would be redneck if you stopped after the zip ties

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Dang, I wish I thought of that last time I had my grille off. Probably going to use this idea next time :lol:

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Ha Ha!

I frequently work alone, and have concluded that almost anything can be done single handedly. The job may require some thought (and/or zip ties), but that's half the fun.

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Perfect. Adapting and overcoming is half the fun as mentioned above. I swap out entire engines by myself all the time. Having the right tools helps tremendously though.

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Great idea. Being a lone builder I'm also interested in any ideas to help make a job easy for one.

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If Street Outlaws didnt have a car named Ziptie that would be your trucks name...lol....I love it....thats how things get done...and yeah its redneck but thats way ok.....we do have redneck truck..lol

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HAHA so true!

I might need a couple more on the bottom to hold it better, but maybe not. :D

Exactly...I got a lot of pleasure out of doing it by myself and I didn't want to wait on my wife to get home to hold it...this was super easy...way easier than I thought it would be and I didn't have to say "hold it higher, no that's too much..down a little and to the left." haha

Thanks... That's why I posted it actually...if it helps someone then I'm all for it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Hopefully I remember it for the next build.

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Heck I wasn't sure how to do that alone. That's a great idea and I will probably need to use that myself. Thanks. :metal:

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Perfect zip tie moment Friburger and Dulcich would be proud.

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Hey , if it works . . . It works