An electrical connector defines perpendicular first direction and second direction and includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. To provide a safe and dimensionally stable connection for the grill panel, it is proposed, inter alia, that each mounting be associated with a hinge for a side door of the vehicle. A self-expanding protector adjoins the elongate body distally of the first distal opening and extends from an inner edge along the elongate body outwardly and proximally to a free proximal edge that extends circumferentially about the elongate body proximate the first distal opening. These conversion and routing functions are performed by receiving data in a source format, converting the data to a standard format, identifying one or more destinations in a database using a transaction type, transmitting a copy of the data to each destination, and converting the data to a destination format.