OEM winter grill cover?
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OEM winter grill cover?
Hey guys. Since I do not own a diesel, I recently learned that diesel pickups supposedly come new with winter covers that are OEM. Is this true?
I have a 1996 f150 with a 302 and I wanna buy a grill cover for it. If Ford made something for diesels I'd look into it if it is something that fits nice.
The person that told me this owns a 2002 GMC with a duramax and even though it is gm, the OEM grill cover is really cool looking and wraps around and doesn't have any of those ugly snap buttons that custom made ones have. I was hoping Ford maybe made something like this.
Does anyone know?
I have a 1996 f150 with a 302 and I wanna buy a grill cover for it. If Ford made something for diesels I'd look into it if it is something that fits nice.
The person that told me this owns a 2002 GMC with a duramax and even though it is gm, the OEM grill cover is really cool looking and wraps around and doesn't have any of those ugly snap buttons that custom made ones have. I was hoping Ford maybe made something like this.
Does anyone know?
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Yes, my friend's 2004 powerstroke came with a grille cover, but honestly, I don't like it. His snaps on, with snappers, and already the rivets in the snappers are rusting. Maybe it was dealer installed rather than an official Ford product, who knows.
I have the same style truck as you (93 F350 crewcab) and I bought on e-bay "Lund" brand plastic inserts - they are a smoked plastic that is very dark, and they snap right into the grille openings, one for each opening. I painted them black to match the grill, and now that its freezing cold, I snapped in about half of them.
I like the snap in plastic ones because there aren't any snappers or rivets, and you can install some of the, none of them, most or all of them depending how friggen cold it is.
I have the same style truck as you (93 F350 crewcab) and I bought on e-bay "Lund" brand plastic inserts - they are a smoked plastic that is very dark, and they snap right into the grille openings, one for each opening. I painted them black to match the grill, and now that its freezing cold, I snapped in about half of them.
I like the snap in plastic ones because there aren't any snappers or rivets, and you can install some of the, none of them, most or all of them depending how friggen cold it is.
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I got the insert type in my 87's grill. I don't remember if they're Lund or not. They help in the winter and keep the bugs out in the summer. It's a good theft deterent too. You have to pull one out to get to the hoods safety latch. The guys in the shops can never find it. The only bad thing is they scratch the, already ugly, gray "finish" where they snap in.
I see the the diesel rigs (not big rigs, although a few probably like to think they are) with the diamond tuck vinyl blanket covers and it seems like that wouldn't be too hard to make and a lot cheaper than Ford brand. Unless their made of Nomex. Even then.
I see the the diesel rigs (not big rigs, although a few probably like to think they are) with the diamond tuck vinyl blanket covers and it seems like that wouldn't be too hard to make and a lot cheaper than Ford brand. Unless their made of Nomex. Even then.
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Lumpy - I had the same issue, so I installed a parking brake release lever off something I found in the junkyard, mounting the pull handle behind my homemade bumper, so grille blocked or not, its easy to release (assuming you pull the inside handle first to pop the hood up).
The grille covers you're talking about usually are heavy gauge vinyl. Heck, I used to wedge a large piece of cardboard between the grille and the radiator! I'd even paint it so its not that awful looking.
The grille covers you're talking about usually are heavy gauge vinyl. Heck, I used to wedge a large piece of cardboard between the grille and the radiator! I'd even paint it so its not that awful looking.
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It's not hard to pop out the insert, but that's where the grill gets the most scratched up. I'm not too worried about that. It sounds like it would be a pretty cool & easy little custom fab. It's something my dad would have thought up.
I used to stuff cardboard in my 66' in the winter. The old 352 took a week to warm up even in the summer. I didn't bother too paint the cardboard though. I used to call that truck "Joseph" because of it's coat of many colors. It must have been painted 20 times with assorted old colors showing through. Since there was some brown here and there, I just left it unpainted.
I used to stuff cardboard in my 66' in the winter. The old 352 took a week to warm up even in the summer. I didn't bother too paint the cardboard though. I used to call that truck "Joseph" because of it's coat of many colors. It must have been painted 20 times with assorted old colors showing through. Since there was some brown here and there, I just left it unpainted.
Last edited by Lumpy87; Jan 21, 2005 at 11:17 AM.
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