recently got an 01 f250 the po powder coated the bumpers and they look great but the grill looks like a 5 min rattle can job very rough an dull. i have a few ideas for the front end but would like opinons/suggestions

1. sand and repaint stock grillee
2. same as above plus 05 style headlights
3. 05 headlights and 05 (cut) grille
i really like th 05 look but only see chrome ones and i donno how a chrome grille would look with my all black truck, so let me know what a think or suggest

heres my rig

 

I'd repaint the grille. It's a never ending battle with painted front end, and a chrome grille would look silly with everything else blacked out. The 05+ headlights would look good, but smoked 05+ lights would look better...

 

go with the repaint and 05 lights.

 

Sent you a PM.......

 

Nice looking rig! looks like mine, only a SRW. I was wanting to do a black OEM grill as well.

I say put a 2005+ grill on it painted black and some 2005 smoked headlights. Just me stupid opinion though. Lol

(Just be sure to prep the grill properly and apply a very good adhesion promoter such as House of Kolors AP01. This will assure that the paint will stick. Chrome does not like to be painted.

 

I like the classic look of the older grill shell...it was the first super duty style. But, I also prefer the 83-89 Lincoln front end, too....

 

thanks guys i was deff thinking smoked headlights, the tails are smoked. and roverjoe sent me a link to a factory blakc 05 grill so im gonna go with black with smoked 05 lights just gotta decide on the grille style hard chose lol

 

Can you have your stock grille powder coated black?

 

hmm i donno i think that powder coat need to be applied with the use of an electric current to get it to apply smoothly before baking and i donno if that or the baking would work with plastic

 

Just so you have some thing to compare to ,here is a dark shadow gray truck with 2005 grill, (XL grill) and 2005 Harley headlights

 

looks great thats a bumper for sure

 

agreed i to like the 99-03 front end grille the best.it has to most character lines.

the 05-07 grilles are to flat.

 

Hey man that link I sent you is actually the black 05 grille conversion kit to fit the 99-04.

Also, you can't powdercoat plastic. I think somebody mentioned this before but you need to use an adhesion promoter. We use adhesion promoter + 2 stage urethane paint.

 

Some 05-07 trucks did come with body colored grills, like mine. It came with some option packages. Mine is an XLT Sport.



For a rugged look with minimal prep work, you might consider having the grill sprayed with LINE-X bedliner.

 

I changed my 04 to the 05-07 front end and I love it. I guess the newer style grill just makes it looks mean and like a real diesel.