So, I decided I Would Fabricate My Own Grill Guard, right.

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Old 04-29-2010, 01:19 AM
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So, I decided I Would Fabricate My Own Grill Guard, right.

I never liked the looks of the 250 dollar grill I purchased about 2 years ago. So today I said to myself, "myself, we can fabricate our own grill guard, right?" "Hells yeah I responded". :uhoh: well, I kind of fabricated something that looks like a grill, tell me what you think. I'll paint it black tomorrow and install it, and sorry bout the night pics I'll get better pics Tomorrow.








I went from this funny thing:



To my own garage fabricated grill.





 
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Old 04-29-2010, 01:29 AM
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I like it much better than the old one. Looks great man!
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 01:49 AM
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Looks good!!!
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 02:11 AM
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Looks really good, if you drill through the mesh are you gonna put your FORD emblem back on?
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by aPINCHbetter90
Looks really good, if you drill through the mesh are you gonna put your FORD emblem back on?
I'll recess the ford emblem and leave it behind the mesh.
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 04:39 AM
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Awesome! I love that Transformer grill guard too!
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 08:51 AM
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Sorry not a fan of it.
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Micheal
Sorry not a fan of it.
^^x2....first one looked much better. GREAT looking truck though...I wish my truck had half the mod's yours does!
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 11:27 AM
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x3...I'd just leave the stock grille how it is...it's hidden enough behind the bumper/lights that it doesn't make much of a difference what is there.
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 11:29 AM
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i like it, i was actually gonna do something similiar to mine. i like the RBP grilles but aint no way im spending money on something like that.
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 1clean42
x3...I'd just leave the stock grille how it is...it's hidden enough behind the bumper/lights that it doesn't make much of a difference what is there.
It may not make a big deference in looks but it will definitely make a big difference in stopping bugs from plastering my radiator.

Grill cost me $40 and 3 hour of my time.
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:29 PM
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Looks good, OG. What material is the mesh? It looks "finer" to me than hardware cloth, and I wouldn't think ordinary metal screen fabric would be strong enough.

- Jack
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:38 PM
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Good work Leo!
 
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Old 04-29-2010, 01:28 PM
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Looks good! Nice work.
 
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I like it. Did you ever think of painting it blue to match the stipe on the truck.
 


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