Pete,
Sorry for the delay, busy, busy... I called John at the number you provided. He seemed a bit supprised that his number was posted on a web fourm and told me that this site was not part of Kia or supported by them, news to me. Though he knew exactly the problem and the fix for it. He called my local dealer and informed them on how to fix the problem. My dealer said that I was the first of this kind of fix at their site and that they needed the car overnight, fun! They are ordering the parts in and I take the car in next Thursday May 5th for the repair. I don't expect any problems but will let you know how it turns out.
Getting back to your front end grill mod, I have noticed that after about 3 car washes (by hand) that the black tape is starting to peal up on some of the corners. A minor maintance issue I guess. I do like the new look and plan to keep it that way as long as the tape doesn't peal up too fast, all the time!
Thanks,
Kurt