and have been wanting a black grille/insert so i took mine off and paitned it. while it was off me and my buddy were trying to find a place to mount lights behide the grille or under the bumper. well there were 2 holes in the bumper but the lights hung wayyy to low. and the grille is plastic and the lights woulda broke it. so we made some mounts off the frame rails and put the lights on there. heres what we got.

grille on no lights.


Grille w/ lights.


Running lights+big lights


Brights+big lights


im happy and i love the lights. now when people high beam me it'll be fun!!

 

Had Darren WS6 chop my truck heres what i want it to look like when done.

 

those lights are BRIGHT

 

just a lil bit i missed having them had them on a roll bar in the bed for a while but took it out to put my cap on so having them back is nice!

 

what was your process for painting the grille/surround?

 

took it off. took a di grinder with a flat thingy on it and grinded off all the chrome then scuffed the plastic with 120 grit then used 2 cants of gloss spray paint and went over it a few times and this is what i ended up with.

 

here, photoshop my truck, its part of the look your after.


i may have more that you could benefit from using in my gallery on this forum.

 

really dont even have to grind off the "Chrome" its only a chrome paint. just sand it a little to scuff it up and use some primer or adhesion promoter and i used duplicolor since i did ptm and it takes a couple coats and a clear but worth it

 

yup thats it. only i want black bumpers and my trim on the doors to either go away or be black too. did your truck come factory that way or did you paint it?

 

mine came from the factory with chrome bumpers and grey rockers and i had it all rhino lined.

 

my grille isnt just chrome paint. on the places where mine is chipped, its like peeling off, but its like a layer of metal.

 

yeah thats what happend when we started grinding. it started flaking off. there is chrome everywere were we did it at.