grill paint

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

has anyone paint the non chrome parts of your grill on your truck to match the body? if anyone has you aughta post some pictures to show me how it looks so i can decide if im gonna do this. if nobody has i might just have to go get me another grill to do this on so i can see the difference.

Skandocious · May 20, 2009

Junior (flareside_thunder) painted his grill:

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

wow. looks alright. not bad at all. i might just have to go pick me up a spare grill and do this and see how i like it in person. and his is also a dark redish flareside.

Ridgerunner · May 20, 2009

nflfreak43 said:
wow. looks alright. not bad at all. i might just have to go pick me up a spare grill and do this and see how i like it in person. and his is also a dark redish flareside.

I dare ya... smilietease

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

SuperSnake said:
I dare ya...

why you say it like that? lol i probably will once i get the money. it should be halfway cheap at a junkyard im constantly at. but idk. i need new rear tires. my right rear is bout bald. to many 1 tire fires.

Ridgerunner · May 20, 2009

nflfreak43 said:
why you say it like that? lol i probably will once i get the money. it should be halfway cheap at a junkyard im constantly at. but idk. i need new rear tires. my right rear is bout bald. to many 1 tire fires.

Do you go to Pull A Part?

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

I would but its in west nashville just not worth the money i'd spend on gas and dealing with traffic. I might be able to get a friend of mine that always goes up there to let me hitch a ride with him but idk. but why ya ask?

Ridgerunner · May 20, 2009

nflfreak43 said:
I would but its in west nashville just not worth the money i'd spend on gas and dealing with traffic. I might be able to get a friend of mine that always goes up there to let me hitch a ride with him but idk. but why ya ask?

It's one of my favorite places to go. Prices are so cheap I always come out with more than I planned. Check my thread in Gen 6 forums Road worthy I got my wheels and a few other things cheap.

NeXtras · May 20, 2009

If you look hard enough you may find one that actually matches your truck already, the thunder series had them painted like that..

and by the way... did your flareside come stock with a 351?... cause they definetly didnt make the standard cab ones with them

Skandocious · May 20, 2009

Brian why should the trim on the bed make any difference on engine choice? The truck is identical save for the flared bed that they laid on top of the frame rails, no?

NeXtras · May 20, 2009

It is the same frame wise.. Its just EXTREAMLY rare to see a 351 in a flareside.. most have the 300.. the others normally have 302s.. i havent seen one up close with a 351 yet...

even that jacked up FlareSide in FourWheeler that Flareside thunder showed us had a 302 in it... hmmmmmmm

Skandocious · May 20, 2009

NeXtras said:
It is the same frame wise.. Its just EXTREAMLY rare to see a 351 in a flareside.. most have the 300..

So perhaps they're rare because people didn't like to spec them that way (for some strange reason). But I can't think of any reason why Ford would limit someone from buying a flareside with a 5.8L.

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

well you are right. it did not come from the factor with the 351W. It was originally a 302. that motor took a dive at 222k miles. so the previous owner swapped in a 5.8 motor and another E4OD out of a 94 F250. But no Mass Air so its lame. lol jk. but the motor and tranny both had been rebuilt fresh when swapped in.

Skandocious · May 20, 2009

Strange how the flareside/351 combo is so rare... I wonder why.

5.0Flareside · May 20, 2009

idk. it is odd. but i do have trouble with the light rear end due to it being so much fiberglass sometimes i have trouble with the rear end hooking up due to the extra torque and horsepower the 351 has. and i even have wider than stock tires. i have 255 70 15's. but my rear tires are almost bald due to this.

89frankenford · May 20, 2009

yeah it is possible to paint your grill. ive actually got one that i want to get rid off but its for a gen 8 and 2 of the 4 tabs are broken

NeXtras · May 21, 2009

nflfreak43 said:
...but i do have trouble with the light rear end due to it being so much fiberglass...QUOTE]

the rear is actually Heavier due to it being fiberglass.. fiberglass is heavier than the sheet metal they use.

One upside to the flaresides.. its not often that i have to use 4x4 cause the rear is heavier, plus we never get that notorious wheel well rot in the back!

O'Rattlecan · May 21, 2009

I blacked out the inside of my grill. I like the look a lot. I used regular rattlecan enamel.

Ryan

5.0Flareside · May 21, 2009

huh? thats weird. well its also different to for me as far as the weight goes cause i was used to a regular cab now i have an supercab. so its weird

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