2018 F3L Radiators at 10,086 Miles

[Peter Aawen]

Why was your mod a failure?

Vito, see the quote of post #14 by Thunderpunk below - my bolding & underlining of the pertinent bits

Okay folks, so this past Friday the ambient temps got up to 86 degrees and I noticed my fans running after I came to a stop after just having been moving at 55 MPH. With that said, it looks like the landscape fabric is too restrictive. So, yesterday I removed it and replaced it with Polyester Pet Screen from Lowes. This works much better. I didn't hear my fans kick on at all today after 300 miles of riding. With that said, I would NOT recommend the landscape fabric. It sure was good at keeping the bugs from sticking to it though. It was worth shot. You never know unless you try.

:thumbup:

 

[Pirate]

I took it down so that people wouldn't attempt the mod since it was a failed mod.

I see. Is taking the grill off pretty easy? I'm a new owner and haven't had to tackle that yet. Of course we don't have the small dog sized bugs here in CA either.

 

[Isopedella]

Yep. Grill removal is 4 torx screws then it pulls right out. You should have one in the tool kit.

Here ya go mate..A link to my recent foray.

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?147084-Grill-removal-and-clean-up-Radiators-clean