eBay grille...enlighten me

[RideThePony14]

looks great! you guys are really making it hard for me to keep the rim fund going. I'll definitely be doing this when the funds allow.

 

[RideThePony14]

It's a shitty picture but here is mine installed. I decided to go with the black door guard so it would blend in. I may switch to the chrome later on.

any trouble with the install?

 

[Pardue]

any trouble with the install?

The hardest part was removing the stock grille. Other than that it was pretty easy with ChrisGT's writeup.

 

[Pardue]

Another picture of the grille installed.

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[ChrisGT]

Awesome man!! It looks great. This is probably my favorite grille for the 05-09's. Sad that it's super cheap and from ebay.. and wasn't even made to fit our bumpers to begin with lmao.

Is yours painted gloss black? I think I'm going to give mine a matte finish on the horizontal bars. From some angles (from the side) it sometimes looks chrome from the gloss finish reflecting off stuff.

 

[Pardue]

Thanks man! My grille is not painted gloss black. It is all unpainted plastic. I am still amazed at how nice the grille is for a $64 ebay special.

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[isthatguy]

Mine is matte finish also, I ordered from the same seller as Chris did, but I kinda like the matte finish, as my mustang is dipped. This is not installed just resting on the bumper. I am going to redid my car first

 

[isthatguy]

eBay grill fully installed



With chrome door trim

 

[Pardue]

Looks awesome man!

 

[Kylar]

Im kinda confused....why not just buy a grill for the GT, there are plenty on ebay.

 

[Pardue]

Im kinda confused....why not just buy a grill for the GT, there are plenty on ebay.

Most all of the GT billitt grilles are overlays. This grille is a full replacement.

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[Wes06]

i picked up a billet from AM, its not an overlay

 

[i am ryan]

Im kinda confused....why not just buy a grill for the GT, there are plenty on ebay.

Namely, price. A legit Bullitt grille sells USED for $250. A new one, if you can find it, goes for $320+.

 

[Wes06]

bullit =/= billet, difference

isthatguy and pardue both talking of billet style

 

[i am ryan]

bullit =/= billet, difference

isthatguy and pardue both talking of billet style

Oops. I is reel gud at the reedeeng.

 

[Pardue]

i picked up a billet from AM, its not an overlay

It's not an overlay but it does not have the full surround like the stock grille. If I am not mistaken the AM grille you have is a replica of the Roush grille and it uses brackets to install. The grille discussed in this thread has a full plastic surround just like the stock grille. It's also cheap, so that is always a plus and hardly anyone has one on the GT.

 

[ChrisGT]

With chrome door trim

Awhh yea, nice!! I haven't checked this thread in a while. Excellent work!! This setup looks so clean.

I wish mine was matte finished now too. I still need to paint the slats flat black. The gloss picks up too many reflections and makes it look chrome in some light. Ick. Still loving it though. I get tons of compliments and questions on it at shows.

I like this one so much because it's "inset"... it reminds me a lot of the Steve McQueen look. All the other billet grilles made for the GT are just flush with the headlights.

 

[Grubb]

I may have missed it somewhere but has anyone came up with a lower grille or a modification to the current one to look better


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