Ever "downgrade" your grille?
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Ever "downgrade" your grille?
Rock cracked my chrome "XLT" grille and I'm considering going back with the plain plastic grille for a cleaner more subtle look up front. Here's a photo taken before chrome grille got damaged:
Think the XL grille would look okay, or a stupid thing to do? Thanks.
[And those wheels are chrome, just dirty.]
Think the XL grille would look okay, or a stupid thing to do? Thanks.
[And those wheels are chrome, just dirty.]
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I like the chrome surround look better than full chrome - what year is it? [Edit: I'm assuming it's a stock '05 grille]
Last edited by BlutoBodine; 04-30-2009 at 09:27 AM.
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I normally don't say this on a dark truck becuase I like contrast, but your front valence is flat black I say go black on the grill too, or Color match the truck. It looks tacky now becuase you have three differant colors going on up front so your grille didn't need to be crome anyways.
I dont know how bad the rock chipped the grille but have you considered painting it yourself ? I painted mine Flat black in one afternoon with great results but then again my truck was white and I was going for no chrome look. I think you should really look into color matching it to your truck. If its just chipped the crhome you could probally fix it when you prepped for paint and nobody would ever know.
I dont know how bad the rock chipped the grille but have you considered painting it yourself ? I painted mine Flat black in one afternoon with great results but then again my truck was white and I was going for no chrome look. I think you should really look into color matching it to your truck. If its just chipped the crhome you could probally fix it when you prepped for paint and nobody would ever know.
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Since I'm going for a clean/bland look up front I think any chrome would be too much. I know a manager of a part store that has 4 or 5 new XL Ranger delivery trucks, so he said he'd trade me a grille for mine - if I don't like what I see I can always trade back. Only thing I have against color matching is the paint chips that would probably start showing up next week and adding the 3m paint film like I've got on the hood and fenders would just be something else to worry about, when just swapping out an XL grille would take 5 minutes and I'd be done. Thanks to all for the advice.