Paint my grill?

[Skandocious]

I talked to a few people and took your opinions into consideration and decided NOT to paint my grill

Lol, I'm just LOOKING for something new to do to my truck. I wanted to get a bull bar:
http://www.truckchamp.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=48849

But my front bumper is crooked so I think it would look pretty stupid until I get another bumper

 

[tomtoc]

what about some of the clear (euro?) headlights?

 

[Skandocious]

what about some of the clear (euro?) headlights?

Hmmm, not a bad idea... I'd also have to get some clear corner markers too. In essence making my truck look like this one:

He's the one who gave me the idea for the bull bar.

 

[jr32560]

hey skan the interior of your grill is black or off aluminum now right???

 

[jr32560]

why not try the tip I said for shits and giggles??? you might like it-I would not paint the front though-eewww!!!!

 

[Skandocious]

hey skan the interior of your grill is black or off aluminum now right???

It's a dark grey color.

 

[Skandocious]

why not try the tip I said for shits and giggles??? you might like it-I would not paint the front though-eewww!!!!

I don't trust putting ANY kind of paint on my grill without assuming it'll be permanent, not even if it says water soluble.

 

[jr32560]

cool beans!!! just a thought-at least I had one that did not of loneliness-for a change-I've done that a lot lately

 

[john112deere]

My opinion is that the clear headlights and corners don't look as good on a white truck as on other colors, just too "bland" I guess. What you really need to add some color is a nice blue star on each front door: like this.

Seein' as you want to make the front look different, and your bumper is bent, maybe look into an aftermarket bumper. There's lots of choices, I'd imagine you could find something you liked withuot too much trouble; maybe something you could add a couple of fog or driving lights to.

 

[jr32560]

hey skan you like those euro lights??? I'm not much on them-but to each his own!!!

 

[jr32560]

hey john112deere that could almost pass for a Cowboys Nfl truck---for us cowboy fans on here!!! boy they let me down this year!!

 

[tomtoc]

can't you get the clear headlights without the clear turn signals ...still have the amber lenses - that's what i meant.

 

[Skandocious]

Seein' as you want to make the front look different, and your bumper is bent, maybe look into an aftermarket bumper. There's lots of choices, I'd imagine you could find something you liked withuot too much trouble; maybe something you could add a couple of fog or driving lights to.

I'd LOVE to get an aftermarket bumped but damn they're expensive.

I bought one for $75 a while back, came off of a Bronco CA Highway Patrol... It was covered in surface rust and flaking paint so I spent hours and hours grinding and [attempting to] sandblast it. Got probably 15 or so hours in and realized I really didn't like the bumper very much...

Before:

After about 4 or 5 hours:

So it's been sitting in my garage like that for quite some time... I've since seen it on other 9th gen Fords and just didn't like the look... It sticks out about a foot away from the truck with NOTHING on top like a grill guard or anything. It needs something to come up in front of the truck or else it just looks like the truck is sticking out a black tongue at you

 

[Skandocious]

can't you get the clear headlights without the clear turn signals ...still have the amber lenses - that's what i meant.

Show me

 

[1970Custom]

Chris, my '93 looked almost identical to that green one minus the bull bar it was white.

I painted mine white, it actually looked pretty good IMHO. Then I corn holed a '95 1 ton PSD and totaled the grill, core support, and the fan shroud bottom half bit the dust.


If I find a picture of it I'll post it.

 

[tomtoc]

Show me

http://lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/full.asp?page=59

the one at the bottom has the clear headlight and side but kept the amber flasher

 

[Skandocious]

Chris, my '93 looked almost identical to that green one minus the bull bar it was white.

I painted mine white, it actually looked pretty good IMHO. Then I corn holed a '95 1 ton PSD and totaled the grill, core support, and the fan shroud bottom half bit the dust.


If I find a picture of it I'll post it.

Thanks buddy I'd love to see it!

 

[Skandocious]

http://lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/full.asp?page=59

the one at the bottom has the clear headlight and side but kept the amber flasher

Well that looks pretty damned close to what I've got now, cept it ain't fogged up on the headlight.

 

[mrfixit]

I was thinking about painting the inner gray parts of my grill white, to math the truck... What do you guys think about that idea? I would be leaving the chrome alone and just painting the gray parts.

Would that look dumb?

Not sure how this would fly in California, having lived there and knowing some of the "Dumb" laws they have, but I always thought something like THIS would be cool, with the bull bar perhaps...

 

[Skandocious]

Nah, not for me. Looks too much like a bug or an alien.