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Nathan Cole

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Hello, I am blacking out my chrome on my 2016 Ram 1500 Bighorn 2WD. I am replacing my bumpers with color match painted ones. The issue is the grille. I cannot find a black OEM grille without the R/T badge. Does anyone know where I can buy a black OEM grille. I would like one without the honey comb that came on my truck. It does not necessarily have to be one without the honeycomb style I will still take what I can get. Thanks.
 

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sport grille will have chrome in the inserts, the same as your Big Horn is - if I am not mistaken.
Honeycomb is all black.
 

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Yes sport will be vehicle color, with small chrome bars, correct, similar to the Bighorn

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Hello, I am blacking out my chrome on my 2016 Ram 1500 Bighorn 2WD. I am replacing my bumpers with color match painted ones. The issue is the grille. I cannot find a black OEM grille without the R/T badge. Does anyone know where I can buy a black OEM grille. I would like one without the honey comb that came on my truck. It does not necessarily have to be one without the honeycomb style I will still take what I can get. Thanks.

Just a heads up,the Sport grill might cause your temps to increase slightly over the Honeycomb grill. The Sport grill is very restrictive as far as airflow goes ,compared to the honey comb grill.Before you buy one,go find a Sport and take a look at it close,and you'll see the difference in the size of the holes air flows through.
 

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I never saw a Big Horn with a honeycomb grille????
 

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I have a max steel painted honeycomb OEM grill which is close to black and a good painter that could make it black. He painted my new grill thus why I want to get rid of the other
 

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I tried the slats vs. the honeycomb but the slats limit air flow and I was running a bit warm when towing in the heat of the summer - mainly over 95 degrees w/high humidity time.

I have 2018 hydroblue wishbone grille I need to paint and put it on my Outdoorsman. I liked the Hydroblue trucks with that grille and am hoping it will look just as good when painted in blue streak.
 

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My Big Horn black came with honeycombs.
 

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I tried the slats vs. the honeycomb but the slats limit air flow and I was running a bit warm when towing in the heat of the summer - mainly over 95 degrees w/high humidity time.

I have 2018 hydroblue wishbone grille I need to paint and put it on my Outdoorsman. I liked the Hydroblue trucks with that grille and am hoping it will look just as good when painted in blue streak.

Please post pictures when you're done
Jay
 

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I got the one off my big Horn I'm selling was only on truck 2 months before I swapped it out.

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