doin the tech library grill mod and paintin the grill

[dburton07]

yep, the grill is now black, i have 2 peices of home depot gutter gaurd sittin in the back of the truck, so far its comming out good, 2 coats of prime, 3 coats of rustoleum plastic black, 2 coats of clear. heres the progress so far since it started to rain....


before: (old pic of the truck)

grill before prime:

black with the ford badge on just for the sake of seeing what it looks like

what its gunna look like with the mesh behind it

so thats where im at so far, tomorrow its sanding the chrome part, and painting that chrome again, gettin the 2 peices around the corner lights then puttin the mesh behind it. then its done!! ill post up final pics when i get there but let me know what you think!

 

[exotic_4x4]

thats always an awesome mod one of my favs! gotta love home depot!

 

[dburton07]

thats always an awesome mod one of my favs! gotta love home depot!

yea its all done, havent done the chrome part yet, but it looks good, started a trend too, my friend with a 97 ranger and my other friend with an 00 explorer both did it haha.

 

[koda6966]

Post up a picture of the finished product when you get it done! I have mine done with the mesh but never got around to painting it.

 

[dburton07]

just about done

heres where im at so far. havent done the chrome trim yet, but im thinking i want to do that black as well, comments and suggestions are welcome.

 

[crawlin91]

Looks good. Sure beats the hundred dollar aftermarket applications. I did that on my gen 2 ranger. It looks really sweet but kind of a pain in the ass when you need to open up the hood.

 

[koda6966]

I would take a hammer and smash that bumper back into shape. Use a chunk of 2x4 as a protector type thing so you don't bust up the chrome as bad. Might not work, might look like crap, but it sure beats having a dented bumper.

 

[dburton07]

Looks good. Sure beats the hundred dollar aftermarket applications. I did that on my gen 2 ranger. It looks really sweet but kind of a pain in the ass when you need to open up the hood.

i havent had any problems with the hood.

edit: didnt pay attention to your rig at first haha. yea makes sence now.

I would take a hammer and smash that bumper back into shape. Use a chunk of 2x4 as a protector type thing so you don't bust up the chrome as bad. Might not work, might look like crap, but it sure beats having a dented bumper.

ive been thinkin of that, but ill take a dent than having the crome chip and then rust n look like this and also on the pass side a bracket is bent too, i might put on a new model bumper just for fun if i can find a good one at a junk yard.



next thing on the paint list is the stock flares and while those are off there will be a little body work done. even the way it is now people dont think its a 93 with the 01 rims n the only minor bits of rust. makes me happy

 

[koda6966]

I always thought that 4x4's had those little weird grills.