custom grill thread

[8732cuts]

Hammerhead Armor. Thanks!

That's what I have on mine

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[Solid State]

That's what I have on mine

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Did you cut your flares? I have some factory flares sittin in my garage, kinda want to put on

 

[8732cuts]

I cut the wheel wel and didn't have to trim the flares perfect fit

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[hemi1282]

Has anyone ever put a badge on a mesh grille? If so how? I'm tryna see if I can somehow do this here

 

[bigred74]

that bumper is awesome I just cant seem to find one similar that is flush with body on side, my fender flares go past that and wouldnt work. ughh

I'm in the same boat and been looking for months. Really love the hammerhead and their fb shows many pics with flares but they wont say that it works with flares so I'm assuming some minor trimming of flares and then they will work. Think I'm gonna pull the trigger and test my luck. Here are some of the pics I found of them:

 

[crazykid1994]

Has anyone ever put a badge on a mesh grille? If so how? I'm tryna see if I can somehow do this here

Get a custom one that has posts on the back. That’s what I did for my local truck group

 

[hodge-xj]

Bought a cheaper grill and dipped the surround

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That's white plastidip?

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[RusslRam]

Amazon grill

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[hemi1282]

I got it hooked up,

 

[TwoRivers]

This is a small change, but it really helped tone down all the chrome on the front end.

Before:



After:

 

[JHayez1911]

This is a small change, but it really helped tone down all the chrome on the front end.

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I like the way the grill looks. Mind sharing the process you used. Thanks.

 

[TwoRivers]

I like the way the grill looks. Mind sharing the process you used. Thanks.

Sure! Nothing fancy though.

1. Washed the truck
2. Taped off the grill (could also just remove the inserts, but I didn’t want to risk breaking clips)
3. Cleaned the parts to be painted with rubbing alcohol
4. One light coat of plasti dip, then three thick coats
5. One last light dusting of plasti dip for a light texture to match the mirrors and bed rails
6. One light coat of glossifier, then one thick coat
7. Remove the tape in a hurry before it dries

It peeled in a couple of spots as I was removing the tape, so I had to do a few quick touch ups, but nothing too bad.

Prep was the hard part. Probably one hour to wash, three hours to tape, and then an hour and a half or so to paint and clean up.

 

[JHayez1911]

Sure! Nothing fancy though.

1. Washed the truck
2. Taped off the grill (could also just remove the inserts, but I didn’t want to risk breaking clips)
3. Cleaned the parts to be painted with rubbing alcohol
4. One light coat of plasti dip, then three thick coats
5. One last light dusting of plasti dip for a light texture to match the mirrors and bed rails
6. One light coat of glossifier, then one thick coat
7. Remove the tape in a hurry before it dries

It peeled in a couple of spots as I was removing the tape, so I had to do a few quick touch ups, but nothing too bad.

Prep was the hard part. Probably one hour to wash, three hours to tape, and then an hour and a half or so to paint and clean up.

Nice work looks good. I’d like to get mine done.

 

[OC455]

Grillcraft black mesh.

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[2010 Infantry Vet]

Thinking of adding a mesh grille to mine, to go with the bumper. Or the black rebel grille, but painting black over the ugly orange lights.
Thoughts?

 

[Mpgrimm2]

^^^^
I'm torn on anything that shows too much of the"guts" behind the grill vs OEM style but it would still look good with that bumper. Definitely trucks out there with similar setup.

M² Mods.

 

[Mpgrimm2]

Guess I'll post this here as well in the spirit of the OP...

Install pics?

PS: I've been eyeballing this 'pig nose' version on eBay. Anyone get this one yet? ...
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/263288515846.
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Picked it up with some 2018 R A M letters and plastic welding items from Harbor Freight to get them attached . . . You can see details in the other grill thread ...
here.




M² Mods.

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

^^^^
I'm torn on anything that shows too much of the"guts" behind the grill vs OEM style but it would still look good with that bumper. Definitely trucks out there with similar setup.

M² Mods.

Yeah I agree. Might put black mulch paper you lay down so weeds don't grow up, and put it behind my grille.

 

[RusslRam]

^^^^
I'm torn on anything that shows too much of the"guts" behind the grill vs OEM style but it would still look good with that bumper. Definitely trucks out there with similar setup.

M² Mods.

Installed a second mesh screen to hide the guts.

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[Outdoors76]

Thinking of adding a mesh grille to mine, to go with the bumper. Or the black rebel grille, but painting black over the ugly orange lights.
Thoughts?

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I like the lights personally and i think mesh grills kinda look like theres something missing.

Though i think custom lights are nicer.