I just finished installing a Harley grille in my truck. Got it from WWW.Karkraft.com for $79.00 + S&H ($24.00).



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'99 F150 SC, 4x2, Oxford white, flareside, 5.4,
bodyside mouldings, Snuglid hard tonneau, airbox and fresh air mods.
Duraliner drop-in (gave up on the Penda Nascar). Gibson Supertruck. Ford 2-piece bra. Catch-All floor mats. Image tail light covers. B-Quiet sound dampener in rear of cab. **** pile rug protecting spare tire (Raoul made me enter this)
No door cracks yet at 20K!!!

 

Marv:
Looks Great! Was it tough to install? How about some picts in bright daylight?


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1999 Expedition XLT, 5.4, Oxford White, LLS
2001 SuperCrew XLT, 5.4, Metalic Silver, Gen III (Loaded - Even has Rear Ent. Sys!)
1999 30' Wilderness Travel Trailer

 

Marv, outstanding, looks really great. Same question, how difficult to install although the price is right.

[This message has been edited by Mitchell (edited 05-16-2001).]

 

The install is fairly simple (even I could do it!):

You have to remove the grille surround. To do this you need to: remove the flat piece on top of radiator; remove the turn signal lamps (no need to remove headlights); remove srewson top of surround; remove push-in fasteners on bottom of surround. Finally, you need to firmly pull the surround forward to free it from two metal clips located in front of the radiator. Once surround is free, remove grille by unsnapping a bunch of
snap fasteners holding grille to surround. Remove Ford center and install on new grille. Reinstall everything in reveres order. All parts are plastic and fairly easy to work with. Whole install takes about 45 mins.

Go here for rest of pix:
http://content.communities.msn.com/i...uck&ID_Topic=2




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'99 F150 SC, 4x2, Oxford white, flareside, 5.4,
bodyside mouldings, Snuglid hard tonneau, airbox and fresh air mods.
Duraliner drop-in (gave up on the Penda Nascar). Gibson Supertruck. Ford 2-piece bra. Catch-All floor mats. Image tail light covers. B-Quiet sound dampener in rear of cab. **** pile rug protecting spare tire (Raoul made me enter this)
No door cracks yet at 20K!!!

[This message has been edited by Marv1 (edited 05-16-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Marv1 (edited 05-16-2001).]

 

My god, I would never pay $79.00 for a piece of plastic. What's up with the $24.00 S&H. I purchased and installed a Stull billet aluminum grille with the highly polished finish for my 01 F-150 SC. I purchased it from carparts.com, total cost $115.69, which includes S&H. Be sure to take advantage of the $30 discount coupon.

 

hey screwyou, two things: 1) the HD grille isn't plastic 2) $79.00 + $24.00 = $103.00, which is cheaper than $115.69 . . .

***JasoN***

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Oxford White 1998 F-150 STX, reg. cab, flareside, 4.2, auto, 3.55s, tint, Prestige alarm, Bel radar detector, Pioneer CD player, 4 Polk 5x7's, Stull billet grille and bumper insert, Flowmaster exhaust, K&N airfilter, V-Tech Tailight Covers(painted to match truck), removed factory mud flaps, Clear Corner Lenses, DJM shackles(removed for lift), Billet Oval Mirror, 3in. Body Lift, lift lips, chrome tow hooks, Pilot driving lights mounted behind billet bumper insert, 16x8 Ultra Wheels, 305/70/16 Goodyear AT/S, Custom door ding from some a$$hole, Fabtech Spindle Lift, 2in. blocks out back FUTURE MODS: rancho rsx shocks, 1 1/2in. coil spacers, 2in. add-a-leafs, 315/75-16 yokohama geolander mt's, and still working on getting that dang door ding fixed . . . FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE C/O '03

check out www.f150world.com/abercrombieaggie for pics . . .

 

Marv1

I really like the Tap Lights that are installed in the hard top. Did you doit yourself or did they come that way.


[This message has been edited by TexasBlue (edited 05-16-2001).]

 

I think screw was refering to where you said "All parts are plastic and fairly easy to work with. Whole install takes about 45 mins. " Made me think it was plastic too.


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2001 Supercrew, white/silver Lariat,

• gray leather capt. chairs,
• 5.4L,
• Expedition console,
• Truck Master Designs front air dam w/lights
• window tint
• wood dash,
• cobra hood,
• billet grill,
• Ford chrome tube steps,
• Line-X liner,
• Magnaflow cat-back dual exhaust w/stainless tips,
• k/n filter,
• Audiovox flip down TV
• V-Tech front marker covers, Lightning tail and headlights
• Weathertech window vents
• Astro fiberglass tonneau

http://hometown.aol.com/washyourcar/supercrew.html one50npump@aol.com

 

My mistake then. Like one50npump mentioned, I got the impression that it was plastic by reading Marv1's initial post. Still, $24.00 for S&H, that's ludicrous.

 

Thank you Marv 1, I purchased the Harley Grill and although it took a bit more than 45 minutes, it turned out great. Just what this F-150 4X4 ORP needed.

Mitch

 

screwyou: Does carparts.com have the lower (bumper) billet grill as well? Where do you get the $30 coupon?

Thanks.
dennis

 

Marv: Do you have to install the "Ford" blue logo on the grill? Is there an oval or something you attach it to, or can you leave it off and just view the horizontal grill?

 

Mitch: Nice going...I'll bet it looks nice.

Dennis:You have to use the Ford oval...the HD grille is just like the other OEM grilles; it has the spot in the center for the oval. There is no getting around this either. The only way to eliminate the oval is to go billet (although one guy actually modified an eggcrate grille; he cut the center part out and replaced it with a matching grille section then painted the whole thing black).

 

Marv1,

Please email me at: f150_drvr@yahoo.com if you are interested in selling the old "honeycomb" insert.

Thanks XLT_D

 

The HD grills I've seen are plastic (looks like billet, but chromed plastic all the same), has this changed w/ the '01 model? If you go to his website, the grill is plastic!

Either way, the grill looks great!! Thanks, Doc



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