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Jul 20, 2005 | 09:35 AM

rlh68050

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Painted grille

I really like the look of the painted grille on the EX, but of course my '01 has the regular chrome one. I spoke to my brother-in-law who owns a collision shop and he said it would be difficult to paint over the plastic chrome even with a lot of prep work. I need to get a new grille that is either ready to paint (black primer finish), or get one that is already painted with my trucks color which is Deep Wedgwood Blue. I know for a fact that Ford offered this color on colored grille vehicles, but I am not sure what years it was/is. Does anyone know what years this color was offered, or where I can get a grille that is ready to paint.
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Jul 20, 2005 | 01:13 PM

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Your bro-in-law is right. I'm not for sure but I think they started with the painted grills in 03 an up EB's and Limited's.... I think. But I'm not sure if they kept that color. I think I saw an 04 EB with that dark blue two tone. Go to the dealer parts dept and ask them

Jul 20, 2005 | 02:33 PM

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You could buy a Super Duty grill from an XL trimmed truck and paint that. It'll make it look a little meaner and will be easier to paint than the egg crate grill.

Or you can visit your dealer like docgreen suggested.

Jul 20, 2005 | 11:08 PM

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I got a primed grille from summitt racing it was about $200 made by stull....

Jul 21, 2005 | 08:05 AM

rlh68050

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This is exactly what I was thinking.

Jul 21, 2005 | 11:29 AM

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i put a chrome super duty grill in mine. looks alot meaner!

Jul 21, 2005 | 12:26 PM

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The color "Deep Wedgewood Blue" ran from the 2000 to 2001 model year. The 2002 model year brought a different shade of blue known as "True Blue Clearcoat"; this color continued into the 2003, 2004, and 2005 model years. So yes, they did change the color between model years.