I posted this in the Super Duty section but I've gotten zero response so I thought I'd try here too.

I took a rock or bird or something in my grill - I have a 2-inch hole in one of the plastic honeycomb grill pieces. I figure this is a good excuse to swap in a billet one, which I've wanted to do for a while anyway.

Anyone else here done a billet grill install? I've seen prices as low as $70 (for units which require me to Dremel away my stock plastic innards from the shell and then screw in the billet replacement) to $300-400 ones on eBay and Amazon.

Cost is always a concern (I don't like to spend more than I need to...), but quality is of equal concern.

I'm open to suggestions/recommendations.

 

I bought one of the billet inserts with 2 6 inch light mounts that as you said I need to dremel out middle of my grill which is cracked anyway. I havent had time to install yet.I dont think it will be bad to install.just time.I bought mine on amazon.

 

Check out this link. It's what I did & turned out great!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-finished.html

 

Hey! Check out the excursion form for some pretty nifty stuff relating to the fronts of the SD and Excursions grills.