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Jan 2, 2012 | 10:03 PM

#181

LWW

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From: Northern NV

For anyone who doesn't have the time to go through the effort of prepping and painting your grill black, you can get this one from Amazon for $50:

Amazon.com: GRILLE PLATINUM SUPER DUTY 250/350/450/550 MODELS: Automotive

Don't let the $20 price fool you, they charge $30 for shipping! But $50 is still pretty cheap and easy.

Cheers,
LWW

Jan 3, 2012 | 10:08 AM

#182

809taino

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From: Weston Fl.

That's not a bad looking grill. I like it better than mine.

Jan 3, 2012 | 11:37 AM

#183

809taino

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From: Weston Fl.

Semi gloss or flat?

Last night while walking Simba I noticed my back tire had a flat. I ran
my hands around the entire tire to see if I could find what punctured it
and maybe plug it. After a few minutes of looking I couldn't find anything which at the moment was odd. I swear I could hear little voices from
FTE saying "check the valve jay!"

All I had to do was touch the valve and she hissed like a mad snake.

I had to put the spare on but my spare's rim is gray. I decided
to paint it but didn't have any more flat paint so I had no choice
but to paint it semi gloss black. It was the only black I had left so
I ran with it. Better then 3 black rims and one gray. After I painted it I started to think if the gloss would look better then the flat.
My bumpers and and grill is semi gloss black.

This is the apare with no letters.

So what do you guys think? Semi gloss or flat?

Jan 3, 2012 | 12:13 PM

#184

SkySkiJason

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From: N.GA Mountains

Gloss is easier to keep purty...

Jan 3, 2012 | 04:39 PM

#185

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Flat looks meaner!!

Jan 3, 2012 | 04:46 PM

#186

TXtinct

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From: San Antonio, TX

If you don't clean the gloss ones they will end up looking flat from road grime and brake dust anyway. I like flat personally... Looks tough.

Jan 3, 2012 | 08:18 PM

#187

armydude

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From: Saraota, Florida

check out the ppics in my gallery for all my strobes

Jan 3, 2012 | 08:43 PM

#188

aortizexcursion

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I usually hate anything that is shiny such as chrome, armor-all'ed interior plactic, glossy interior walls, etc; but that semi gloss on your wheels don't look all that bad. I agree with TXtinct though, the gloss will get dirty and look matte anyway.