I'm curious, do you think there is a difference between these two ? I have a Lund but that DC cover looks like it might let the truck heat up a little more than my lund. Just curious

 

the DC goes under the hood covering the radiator and the lund goes over the grill

 

With the DC cover, do you also get the false outside temp reading?

Where is that temp sensor?

 

The DC cover will throw off your ambient temp reading but will do a better job of keeping the cold air out

Cheers, Kevin

 

No It doesn't affect the outside temp reading as the sensor is in front of the cover by the headlight. Also it protects the ac condensor etc from all the sand and small stones the put down this time of year because of the snow.

 

Does anyone make one like the photo in this thread for a 2nd gen?

Tad

 

I need to get one to for my 2000 do they make them the same as the photo in this thread

Dan

 

How does the Mopar cold front attach? Do you have to drill? Is it a quick easy task like popping off the Lund plastic grill inserts or does this take some time? Example, went to work and it's below freezing, ready to come home but it has warmed up. Thanks.

 

It took me 10 minutes, and that was because it was freakin' cold when I put it on. It is a must for the cold weather. My buddies Duramax when he has both covers on (bumper and grill) will lose temperature when he comes to a stop or slows down because it is not right up against the radiator...this one will not. Price is about $119.00, and it is easy to install, no drilling, jsut clup it to the backside of the front bumper (you will see where when you look at things), and it is very easy.

get it warm a little before putting it on so it can be stretched a little. The flaps are great, as the weather warms up you just flip open some flaps and let more air in...less than 10 seconds to do.

 

Went to dealer this afternoon...Mopar winter fronts are on back order . Guess I'll go for the stainless Lund cold fronts. Any experience with these???

 

They are estimating a two week wait for the Mopar. I just ordered one yesterday. If your parts man will do it, he can look up and see how many are in the pipeline to Detroit. As of yesterday, there was something like 150 enroute to Detroit with around 85 already spoken for.

I was very impressed with the parts guy (Dennis) at Weinberg Dodge in Kansas City. The first dealer I called first just told me "they're backordered...no idea when we'll get any." Lame answer when there is much more info available if they'll get off their **** and do their job.

edit: They can even search the stock of surrounding dealers. The nearest one they found in stock was at a dealership about 150 miles away, but when I called it was spoken for.

 

Guys with the MOPAR cover...what does you temp run when you have it closed up?

 

FYI......As of yesterday, there were 92 winter fronts back ordered. 142 pieces shipped on January 12th. They should hit the dealerships in another week.

 

Depending on how cold it is is the factor. When it was 4 degrees out I was getting between 190-200 on the temp gauge with all of the flaps closed. if I was in the teens (temp wise), I could get a little higher than 200..maybe 210. I would then just open one flap...and I would be back in the 190-200 range. Now that it is 30 degrees, I open 2 flaps and I am still between 190-200. The truck heats up MUCH faster, and the added engine heats gives better performance...in my opinion.

 

So I bought the MOPAR winter front this summer when the demand died down and the dealers had them in stock again. Went to do some test fitting last week while its still warm enough to be fooling around with these things. Only difficulty I had was for the three clips that hook into the holes on the backside of the front bumper. The three holes are already filled by plastic wire retainers that hold a wire run that is just inside a channel in the lower bumper.
My findings seem to indicate that the wire run down there is for my fog lights. Can't think of anything else that low to the ground that would need power to run to both sides of the truck. I'm just wondering what other folks with the winter front and fog lights have done about those three hooks. Do I:
1) Drill three new holes in my bumper in a similar location so that the winter front has something to hook into?
2) Push the plastic wire retainers out of the original holes, use the holes to fasten my winter front, and let the wire run for the fog lights just flop around in the channel in the lower bumper?
3) Or just leave the wire run the way it is, and install the winter front without having anything on the bottom to secure the three hooks into, and letting them dangle about?