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Old May 6, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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honeycomb grille

what color were these things originally? mine was kind of a sick tan/silver color that doesn't match anything else on the truck... so I painted it black. Figured if I put on a billet cover type grile, i don't want to see through to that color...


 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 06:16 PM
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Just did the EXACT same thing a few days ago. I read somewhere it was a '99 thing where they had the silver honeycomb grill option.

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Looks 5 years newer. Best mod under $20 I've ever done.
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 06:40 PM
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Black looks fantastic! Mine was black, afraid it's fading; although this may have inspired me to re-paint it. Good job!
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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CK, what a coincidence. You did it the right way, looks good. I was skeer'd of breaking clips, I was running out of daylight, and didn't want to go back to auto parts store. good thing i had a couple rolls of the blue tape.
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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wow what a difference.. looks awesome
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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that's funny, I painted my faded gey honey comb grills silver
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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Tara, you have a pic?
 
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Silver was 99 only, 00+ was originally dark grey
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 11:47 AM
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was the dark grey integral, or a coating/paint?
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 05:57 PM
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Funny, I thought my 99 was color matched to my truck! Never knew I was special.
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 06:31 PM
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was the dark grey integral, or a coating/paint?
same grey plastic on the rest of the truck. Its dyed plastic but UV breaks the color beading in it
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 07:01 PM
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I wonder if they even try to put some UV inhibitors in the plastic? like the awful Armadillo back from the avalanche:

 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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Tara, you have a pic?

sure do





then I did a lil' touch up

 
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Old May 8, 2013 | 08:32 AM
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damnit i asked for a pic, not to be shown up. that looks sick on black!
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Old May 8, 2013 | 07:19 PM
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damnit i asked for a pic, not to be shown up. that looks sick on black!
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only Lightning with that setup (that can be found)
 
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