hey guys. i got a 2008 f-150 xl and im thinkin bout buyin a lower bumper grille. im not sure how to install it. what will i need..?????

 

I know on my 04, I bought one of Ebay that was a close match to my Roush. The lower bumper area changed I want to say in 05 or 06 and the sizes are smaller on the newer ones IIRC. I had a black plastic netting type inserts that was part of the bumper and the grille mounts over it and has 2 bolts that secure to it through the holes in the hard plastic mesh type piece. Very simple. Depending on your choice of grille, FOMoCo466 does a great job on the lower grilles. I know he does the Fx2 ones and the Roush ones so maybe search for his profile and get in touch with him. Hope that helps

 

yeah thats my problem. my xl doesnt come factory with a bumper grille, so i dont have that plastic piece to mount too. i was thinkin on just gettin a grille and one of those factory pieces but in not sure how i would bolt it on or whatever. anyone with an xl or xlt or stx that didnt have a lower grille factory, could you please explain how you got it to work....

im pretty sure those models doesnt come with a lower grille

 

I have an xlt. The black plastic is part of the bumper design. Its on the edges of the lower opening.

 

God this picture in at the previous owners house last year when I put a deposit on the truck before writing the check the following week. Look at the bumper

 

well it must just be on the xl, cause i have nothing like that behind my bumper. anyone have any setailed pics on how it looks from the inside or how it mount to the bumper........

 

Sorry to thread-jack but,

Does anyone have any idea what that part is called? Or would have a part number by chance? I've been wanting to get my hands on one, but for some reason no body seems to know what I'm talking about when I don't know what the part is called...

Thanks!

 

My lower grilles don't mount to anything but the truck... infact, IF you have a lower insert already, I tell you to take it out when intalling one of my grilles as they fill in the entire opening. My grilles use brackets that I custom make for the truck that use stock mounting holes already in the truck so there is no drilling or modding the truck needed, except removal of the lower insert if already there.

check my pics

 

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