Grille opening can cause damage

I have been checking on and off and seems to me the Grille design on the Tribute can cause debris to fly thru and damage the honeycomb looking metal piece (radiator piece ???) behind the grille. It is doing so in my Tribute. These dents are quite evident looking straight into the vehicle. I am not sure if this damgage in anyshape affects the vehicle performance. Its a pretty stupid grille design in my opinion. the "dings" do stand out and look pretty ugly.<br><br>Did some checking on other vehicle designs, and most manufacturers use a honeycomb mesh Grille design to hide the stuff behind. This probably also helps in preventing stones, debris damage to the inside. The Escape has this mesh style Grille, why couldnt Mazda add it in their opening ?<br><br>Anycasel, This is a complaint going into Mazda USA along with stupid glass design foglamp. Have to talk to dealer to have both changed. no way am I accepting a 4 month old vehicle to look like a 5 yr old one just because someone forgot to do stope chip tests on the Tribute.<br><br>Anyone else experiencing this problem ?

The front grille openings are quite large and<br>unprotected, and I've seen a couple of "dings" on the inner<br>mesh as well. Perhaps when aftermarket grille screen<br>inserts become available for the Tribute, then we can all<br>look into this option. For now, I just keep my fingers<br>crossed and avoid following those trucks hauling sand &<br>gravel on highways.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As far as the foglamps go, I<br>haven't seen a foglamp lense made of anything but glass.<br>Anyway, I installed the X-Pel kit for my headlamps and<br>foglamps to prevent any damage to 'em. $39.95 to reduce<br>the headache of having the lenses replaced seems<br>worth it to me. Check out &lt;a href=<a href=http://www.macneilauto.com target=new>http://www.macneilauto.com</a> target=new&gt;<a href=http://www.macneilauto.com&lt;/a&gt; target=new>http://www.macneilauto.com&lt;/a&gt;</a><br>and click on "LampGard" if you're interested.