Do you guys know if this grille would work with my 04? it says it just attaches to your current grille for an 06-09, but i was wondering if it'd work on an 04 too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROM...item5637eff307

 

Link bad but yes 09 will work

 

i fixed the link, but its not the whole grille its just a chrome overlay that attaches to the existing grille

 

THAT will not work on your grill you need an 09 grill first its to upgrade an 09 like painted one

 

alright that's what i was thinking, any idea where i could get a painted one? they just sell the black and chrome ones from what i can find

 

they're sold black because they're paintable. selling them prepainted would be much too costly for the retailer. If you want one already painted, your only bet is craigslist, ebay junkyard sellers, junkyards, and possible members here or on any of the other Ranger forums. Check out www.car-part.com too.

 

alright ill check that out. thanks guys

 

Pre-painted H-bar grilles can be bought from the dealer. They cost around $200.

 

Should i go for a white one or just do the chrome one, my ranger is white btw haha

 

It just depends on the look you want. I'd probably go with the white though. I had a chrome H-bar stock, bought a blue H-bar, and then an STX grille. I sold all but the STX for around $100.

 

http://www.smithauto-truck.com/asp/p...sp?ID=17506858

I know its not the right color but the price is pretty fair on it. If you're going to have to get it painted anyways I guess it doesn't matter what color it starts out as.

 

White H bar on a white FX4

 

thats not a bad price at all, i might have to do that. it looks good on that fx4, i think i'll go for the white.
thanks guys

 

how much do you guys think it would cost to have that grille painted?

 

Personally, I like your truck the way it is. No offense to Kevin/Sparkyz....but I find that 06+ H bar grille colormatched on any light color(white, yellow, red) to be ungodly ugly. I wouldn't own one. Except silver. I kinda like those on silver. lol.

What you choose it up to you and what you want your truck to be. I always thought it would be cool to own a 04+ and have a whole collection of different grilles I could put on it! Change the mood every couple weeks!

 

Thanks man, ya i didn't know how it would look, i've just been tryin to think up somethin new to make the truck look a little diff. I wanna keep lookin to see if there's any better lookin grilles out there or maybe change somethin else haha

 

What do you think about a chrome 04-05 grille surround with black billet? You've already got a non-stock grille on the truck being that it's painted...and it's still got the funky yet real good look to it that youre currently running. I don't recall seeing anyone run that combo before. My thoughts of the white 06+ H-bar is that it's just too much white on the front end. Doesn't flow with the black valence and chrome bumper you've got. IDK...I've been told I could be an home interior design major on how to make a truck look good and flow well. HAHA!

Just tossin' ideas out there. Not trying to steer you away from what you want the truck to be.

 

haha no it's all good man i like hearin opinions on what i should do to the truck, where would i find that grille with chrome and black billet?

 

ebay or lmctruck.com or whatever for the 04-05 XLT grille(I'd do a 4x4/Fx4or grille). Billet would have to be aftermarket. I hear really really good things about the Carriage Works brand billet grilles. You'd remove the insert(black plastic) and replace it with the billet.

 

o ya i've seen a couple grilles like that, it's a pretty good look. I'll have to check those out on ebay

 

whoops...I'm wrong. But...it's look just like this but on a white truck...

 

that does look pretty freakin tight! i wanna find one like that if i can

 

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Ok...good luck with what you choose. Just shootin' some options out. I'm done post whoring....for now. hahaha!

 

haha ya those are sweet i found one, but the billet part alone is $140, pretty steep price

 

No offense taken Shane. I like the way my truck looks, you dont, but atleast we both have the same good taste in OLD trucks!