A few photos detailing what this looks like:

Before beginning, this is a view for the front end of the 05 Escape:
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During:
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After:
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$55.00 price tag which is cheaper than dealing directly with the Canadian firm Cloud Rider. I got this directly from Apex. The instructions were faded and diffiucult to read. I ended up snapping the whole thing onto the lower grille opening. Why spend the money? To minimize a rock/stone damage to the radiator. The Fia bug guard was easily to install.

 

Does Apex have much inventory of the Cloud Rider grills, or was this style your only choice? Did one of the grill fins get bent in the upper-right corner?

Where did you get that Fia bug screen? Wondering if the bug screen could also be made to fit the lower grill?

Looks nice overall.

 

I had purchased a FIA winter guard last November and the bug screen came with the purchase.

I stumbled onto the Apex "Cloud Rider" lower grille billet indirectly. I did a search and came upon a site--can't remember which one--that had this. OOPS! I now realize I do not have a Cloud Rider lower grille billet. I got something else. Give me a few days to see how well it holds onto the grille.

 

That is definitely not a CloudRider brand insert. Still looks good though!

As far as I know CloudRider only makes inserts that are basically a single piece of stainless steel with some pattern of holes cut into them.

Hope the one you have works well!