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Help!! Ss Grille Problem!!

It's almost a half inch not wide enough?!?!

Did any of you guys with the grille have to bend it out???

Or should I call up Street Scene?

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Call them, because it looks too tall also...

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Yeah it is...

I might have to give them a call...
 
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Zach told me to bend it up...nicely.
 
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you should beable to just bend it around a little....
 
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I had no problems with mine, but I would'nt bend it until I called em up IMO.
 
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he has the side issues fixed. working on the top now. it will fit mine came like that.
 
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Just about got it...
 
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yea mine came like that too. Try to center it as much as you can and there will be less of a gap on one side.

I'm sure Zach has already told you all this.

You'll have to bend it a lil. I snapped out my entire honeycomb grille, then used a dremel and cut out all the edges that stuck out and were preventing the SS grille from sitting further in the stock grille position.

WORD TO THE WISE: When working on your truck (after grille is installed) DO NOT lean on the grille. It WILL BEND.

I bent mine down the middle when I was trying to remove the stock fan. I had to take it out and bang it back with a hammer. Luckily it went back perfectly and the letters didnt fall off.
 
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Well, I've just about got it... just have to pop the whole thing back on the truck and i'm done!! I'll try to scrub some of the bugs off, too.
 
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and....PICS ASAP! :)
 
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it came out pretty good he sent me an IM of the pic.

ya dont ever lean on it. that sucks.

and when a bird hits it that makes it even worse. dont ask me how i know. lol
 
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Here you go! I think I'm gonna take the emblem off, it kinda looks funny.

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Put it in one of the top corners or take it off. Just looks out of place where it is.

Grille looks sweet though!
 
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Yeah take the emblem off, other then that it looks good.
 
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Top driver side corner maybe??
 
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Just leave it off
 
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Probably will, but uber tired from putting it on... took about 2 hours...lol.
 
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I need to get some level 2 towhooks now...
 
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Or at least paint the ones you got to black. lol It looks like your truck has two lil tongues stickin out...in your avatar anyway.
 
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looks sweet, glad to see you got it working... thats kinda gay that its not perfectly fit to the truck... but yea lose the emblem
 
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Either leave it off or put it in the middle. You'll still be able to see it a bit through the Hellas.

Looks good! Def do something about those tow hooks. Even black would look 10x better.



Oh btw...your door fell off. :)
 
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looks good. hope it dont rain,
 
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and when a bird hits it that makes it even worse. dont ask me how i know. lol
Never thought of that...great, more things to worry about lol
 
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looks good. hope it dont rain,
It hasn't really rained in about 2-3 months. There is a "watering ban" in town. No one is allowed to water their yards.

But I live in BFE, so I can waste all the water I want...lol.

I need to get my **** lifted... with some big *** tires.
 


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