I suppose the hood pin solution might work. However, I personally want to retain the original mechanism. There was a picture of a grill that had the mesh and also had a heavy chrome surround. The surround followed the shape of the hood "wing" and most did not like it.

Found it! 3 pcs upper and two lower grilles reduced to $689.99
http://www.burtmanindustries.com/zoo...sf_mesh_grille

That grill design would most definitely have the problem I am talking about. If anyone actually bought the grill, perhaps they can comment.
I have written Burtman to see how they solved the problem with the hood latch. Checking it out closely, this looks like it just might be a photoshop edit. Check the corners and edges of the grille. The chrome of the grille doesn't 100% match that of the "wing". Your opinions?