Blazin, thanks man! Yea I try to keep it that way! MDcurtis put one on his white truck

 

just ordered mine from fordparts.com for 125 including ground shipping. MY dealer wanted around 170; so if you are interested look here. I'll post pics when i get it in. Too bad i dont even drive my truck that much (gas prices forced me to buy a cheap 88 honda, gets 29 mpg) but it will dang sure look good. Would you guys know how the guy with the white truck got the chrome surround. Mine would look sweet with that surround. Any ideas? Thanks

 

Chris, his truck is an XLT which I think came stock with the honeycomb grill and chrome surround.

 

Wrong the XLT surround comes painted to match

 

Woops! My bad, didn't know. Sorry Chris! :o

 

so if the surround is a pita to seperate, but it only comes primed..., would the paint shop mask the grill to paint it, or would they go ahead and seperate it.

 

When you order a new grill the grill and the surround come as 2 peices.

 

it comes as two pieces... i just got mine this morning.
whenever it stops raining i will install mine. I will be the first to use the color matched surround other than black. FX4 - looks awesome by the way. i cant wait to get mine on! fx4 & MDCurtis...any tips on removing the emblem and surround?

 

zigg, yes, take your TIME!!. Those plastic clips the hold the insert to the surround and are fairly delicate and on very tight. Start with one clip and work your way around. Don't force it. The more you work it the more it will come off. I used a flat head screw driver to pry it out a little bit at a time. As far as the emblem, very easy. I just used a needle nose plier on the crush nuts to turn it slowly until both would unscrew with my fingers. Once the crush nuts are off, the emblem wont just fall off. Friction is holding it in place. You will see what I mean. Make sure when putting your surround around the new Harley Grill, double check that every clip is on as far as it can go and check for flushness. I had to double check a couple of times as my clips weren't in all the way. That's about it. Again, take your time. Also, to avoid scratches and such, I took my parts in the house and did the assembly on the carpet. That way you will avoid damage if you do it outside and drop it! Good luck and snap pics when you are done!

 

thanks for the tips, so you just took off the whole surround? from the looks of it it only looks like 2 bolts on each side of the grille. hmm. maybe i can just take em off and do it inside...

 

Yes I took out my old FX4 grill insert from my stock surround and replaced it with the harley grill, utilizing my stock surround. Before you do anything with the harley grill, you have to remove your existing grill/surround (comes out in one piece) from your truck. When you see how it's attached to your hood, you will see what nuts you have to remove. I believe they are 10mm. Don't do this swap without removing your existing grill, it will definitely not work this way. Let me know if you have any more questions! Good luck. Chris

 

new grill is in. add one more to the list... check out my other thread for details.

 

Just to add my two cents for anyone else doing this mod. When removing the old grill from the hood it helps to have a second set of hands. Makes it alot easier and helps prevent you losing any of the bolts and possibly damaging the hood or grill surround. There are 7 bolts total if I recall.

Once inside,on a carpet or blanket,lay your grill face down. At this point you will decide whether or not the old grill is worth keeping. I tried to save mine but found it too difficult and I didnt want to risk damaging my chrome surround. So what I did was work my way around and bend or break the tabs off the honeycomb grill. Once that was done I gently worked my way around and pryed the surround free. Its very important to take your time with that part as the surround itself isnt very strong and would snap if you twist it or bend it severely while removing it.

As FX4 said be sure to snap the new one im firmly but be CAREFUL. Once its snapped in it should be pretty flush. Mine has a few spots I think I missed but its hard to tell once you put it together.

Finally, clean her up, hop in, and drive around pointing at the other F-150 owners on the road who have no idea where you got that grill.

Enjoy!

Luis S

 

Luis, well described and spot on. I needed to salvage my old FX4 grill (at the expense of a little bit of blood) so I could resell and recoup some cash

 

popping the stock surround away from the stock grill was the hardest part. i used a screwdriver to pry the black fasteners back and pop the painted surround off. i would def. reccomend doing this on carpet inside. it allows you to get everything put back together ready to bolt back on without having to worry about scratching anything.