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Originally Posted by MaDMaXX
I liked the grille it had on before, but going back to the original does look nicer IMO.
Just wish mine was that colour, looks like i've got some work to do, right now i'm really tempted to attempt my first plasti dipping just for ease of prep/working, was it hard to remove?
Also, how much stuff you have "spare" now after all this work?
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I've always been a fan of OEM equipment, and as much work as I put into the old grill to try and make it look nice, it never met my standards. I'll send it to whoever wants it free, they just pay shipping.
I'm really shocked I found a still black one. It was on a 2003 with 233k miles on it, so it's not like it stayed out of the sun, yet it hasn't been painted.
As for removing it, you have to have a lot of patience, if I remember right there are 9 plastic clips that I used 2 small screwdrivers to pop off. Took about 2 hours (really did not want to break anything and had some good music going) the frame (body color part) is pretty thin and cracks very easily so you really have to be careful of that.
I have 2 shelves of stuff in my garage filled with parts (check out my for sale thread "Cleaning out the garage") That I am trying to sell, if you are looking for something let me know, I have ordinary and rare parts (I actually have 3 sets of Level 2 tow hooks right now) and everything can be sold if you want it
Today the guy that bought my spare set of leaf springs asked if I had a rear axle as well. He had an axle, leaf springs, a drum brake kit, and a few other things loaded into his truck and gone in less than a minute. He even gave me exactly what I wanted to sell the axle for and I hadn't even gotten around to listing it yet.