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Old 04-14-2011, 12:33 PM
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Default Painted the grill with a little something extra, Thanks for the info guys!

Removed, sand blasted, painted with plasti spray and turned out great!







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im all down for seeing unique work done to the cars. i like the crest.
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Good work - I appreciate the time that went into it.

Coming from the HD truck market, they remind me too much of the RBP grilles.

I like smooth...Gonna do the plastic dip though!
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Let us know if you get any chipping
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Almost looks like your grill isn't pushed down all the way in he center. It runs up in the center of the hood.
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Originally Posted by raven154
Almost looks like your grill isn't pushed down all the way in he center. It runs up in the center of the hood.
Good call man! I gave it a little wiggle and it went right back into place!
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Originally Posted by DrSpeed
Good work - I appreciate the time that went into it.

Coming from the HD truck market, they remind me too much of the RBP grilles.

I like smooth...Gonna do the plastic dip though!
Not feeling the RBP stuff huh?? Ive installed a few at work, I love the way they look! You wont be disappointed with the plasti spray! I did car paint on my Denali and it chipped all to hell!
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The bolts look effing terrible.
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At first I liked where this was going but then it got a bit too bondage dungeon for my taste. Props on the work though.
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Originally Posted by FuzzyLog1c
The bolts look effing terrible.
Huh wow..... K
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not bad. 50/50 on the bolts. what plasti spray did you use??
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Originally Posted by VeryWhiteDevil
not bad. 50/50 on the bolts. what plasti spray did you use??



RBP Grille...


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Originally Posted by DrSpeed



RBP Grille...

Yep that's it!

Nice truck man is that yours?? The 7.3 stroke is still my favorite, and the most reliable even now lol! I have 3 Cummings outside the shop I still got to stuff motors into that all burned holes though the pistons because of cracked injectors, it's going to be a fun week lol!
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Can you get a picture a little further away from the car? ...kinda like the picture of the truck? It is hard to tell how it looks with the car.
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question, where can you buy that plasti-dip? my painted grill is already letting me down.

does the grill just pop out? a friend did mine while i was away so i didnt see the process in removing them.
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No, not mine. Never did do an RBP grille. Went with a OEM Harley Davidson Edition grille.

And I had a 7.3 in mine...blew that up trying to make 400 HP.

Pulled it out, and in went a twin turbo Cummins. Now at 750 HP.

Here's my rig:

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Originally Posted by liqidvenom
question, where can you buy that plasti-dip? my painted grill is already letting me down.

does the grill just pop out? a friend did mine while i was away so i didnt see the process in removing them.
Homo Depot has it - about $6/spray can.

I had to remove my bumper to get to the grille.
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Originally Posted by JJSimon904
Can you get a picture a little further away from the car? ...kinda like the picture of the truck? It is hard to tell how it looks with the car.
Better?? Car is pretty dirty from the snow this morning....

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Originally Posted by DrSpeed
No, not mine. Never did do an RBP grille. Went with a OEM Harley Davidson Edition grille.

And I had a 7.3 in mine...blew that up trying to make 400 HP.

Pulled it out, and in went a twin turbo Cummins. Now at 750 HP.

Here's my rig:

Nice man! I like that one even better! Yea we got a shop around here called De-stroke that does a lot of Cummings swaps with Allison transmissions into Power strokes.
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I like the unique aspect of the grill plus now people wont mistake my car for yours around town, there's another guy doing all black also! Gotta change mine up soon here then! Nice job!


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