the product is a Carrige Works black billet grill for 04/5 rangers. we purchased it through undergodperformance. total install time was about 3 1/2 hrs and lots of swearing.

overall the product was good. the finish was 100% (thanx wayne for getting them to ship us a new one), looked great and seems like it was done very well. the product itself was a little flawed, one end has a slight bend to it but overall it was very nice. for this i give a 8/10.

the fit n finish look great (minus that one end). took a while to get it to fit to my liking but once done we were pleased w/ it. for this i give a 7/10.

onto the install...what a PITA. first i wanna saw, they need to include a tool list because i ended up not having the right tool. second the instructions, while pretty detailed, were a little vauge and the pictures were VERY hard to make out. could have been a flaw in printing or just a bad picute...who knows. they also said, if one plans on keeping the stock instert to remove by hand. well this was a no dice thing here because i ended up cutting the tabs as per the instructions stated. then actually installing the grill onto the truck, a long hex key with a 15* ball end was needed, which i didnt have at home today, so i had to waste an hr looking for a suitible replacement. once i found one i spent another 25 minutes fanaggling myself to get everythiing buttoned up. that was due into part of Ford placing **** in the way and the brackets being made to block the most logical way to access the screws. lastly, i had to fiddle with a few brackets to get everything to line up and fit but that is to be expected. for this i give a 4/10.

overall it looks great, didnt take that long and definatly a worthy upgrade. overall i give it a 6/10.

 

 

It's snowy & basically just crappy out right now so I should get some by wedsday at the latest I hope.

 

is this the one that totaly gets rid of the grill?

 

3 1/2 hours? This is either a real pain or well I'll just keep to myself. Upper and lower mine took about an hour tops.

 

sounds like alotta work just for a grilll insert

 

Yeah, it replaces the grill. A lot of drilling

 

I thought it was fairly easy but I have a pretty full toolchest and 70 degree weather. Glad you got through it.

 

it was "easy"...just more cutting and drilling than expected. i have the tool needed but it was at school in my box for class.

 

it takes two people to install it, took me and my dad an hour to put it in my truck

 

ya me and sarah did it. i was a little aprehensive to butcher up a new truck and tried to get the old insert out without cutting the tabs...which we ended up doing. plus i time to make sure it was 100%.

 

i think josh and i got his on in like 15 min tops in the cold weather.

does it look like this one?
this one is tough as nails. i saw a bird get split into lots of little slices. and the grill wasnt even damaged.

 

oh man...thats what i have to look forward to...lame...