Does this sound like a good deal?
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03-02-2005, 11:19 PM
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Does this sound like a good deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33645
It's a billett grill that has the Horizontal bars. It's the whole replacement, not just the overlay.
Polished Aluminum.
Only $69 with Buy it now.
plus $30 for Shipping.
Stainless Steel is only $89 bucks.
plus $40 for shipping.
It's a billett grill that has the Horizontal bars. It's the whole replacement, not just the overlay.
Polished Aluminum.
Only $69 with Buy it now.
plus $30 for Shipping.
Stainless Steel is only $89 bucks.
plus $40 for shipping.
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Who knows...
I bought two "high quality stainless steel" F150 license plate trim rings for $15 a piece on Ebay and the first one lasted about one trip on a magnesium chloride coated trip to work before it started pitting and rusting like a '71 Chevy Vega during a Michigan winter.
Not sure I'd buy something like the grill sight unseen unless it was a name brand (I knew) or could see one in person.
BTW, anybody want to buy a "high quality stainless steel" F150 license plate trim ring? Never used and first $30 takes it.
I bought two "high quality stainless steel" F150 license plate trim rings for $15 a piece on Ebay and the first one lasted about one trip on a magnesium chloride coated trip to work before it started pitting and rusting like a '71 Chevy Vega during a Michigan winter.
Not sure I'd buy something like the grill sight unseen unless it was a name brand (I knew) or could see one in person.
BTW, anybody want to buy a "high quality stainless steel" F150 license plate trim ring? Never used and first $30 takes it.
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Doesn't look like a complete replacement to me, it looks like a bolt-over grille on a XLT. You can still see the black trim along the edge of billet grille. You don't have that on the complete replacements, on those the billet butts up against the grille surround piece (which is silver on that truck).
See my pics for comparision since you have a FX4 too. You want to make sure you get the complete replacement billet grille since you will be taking out the FX4 bar style grille.
^and like blitzkrieg said, you get what you pay for when it comes to cheap polished stuff like that. I bought a cheap $50 billet grille for a S-10 a few years back and it looked like crap after one winter.
See my pics for comparision since you have a FX4 too. You want to make sure you get the complete replacement billet grille since you will be taking out the FX4 bar style grille.
^and like blitzkrieg said, you get what you pay for when it comes to cheap polished stuff like that. I bought a cheap $50 billet grille for a S-10 a few years back and it looked like crap after one winter.
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Originally posted by anaheim
Thats classic....im still laughin...
Those Vega's even rusted here in California....
Thats classic....im still laughin...
Those Vega's even rusted here in California....
Thats experience talking brother. I had the dubious honor of having one of those turds as a first car. I've got a buddy that had a '72 Pinto Wagon (the Woody!) and we still occasionally discuss which was the bigger turd.
We have pretty much decided the Vega was, because at least the plastic woodgrain on the Pinto held the rust together.