army2000

Ok, so I bought a slightly used chrome XLT grille from a forum member earlier this week and installed it on my '09 STX yesterday. The install was fairly easy and straight forward. Any "shade-tree" mechanic with a ratchet set can do the swop in 20-30 mins. I cleaned my truck up very nicely today and got some pics with my other toy...

Next mods will probably be a cat back exhaust and air box.

hemigod

The grill looks really good on your color. Good looking rides, man. A red corvette - talk about a cop magnet - looks great though.

army2000

Yea, it takes "*****" for a GM/Corvette guy to buy a Ford truck. But it's hard to deny the build quality of the F150. Besides; they are both American...

army2000

Thanks!! 10yrs of Corvette ownership and not 1 ticket..knock on wood...LOL. I like to think it's "Chick-Magnet" red...

hemigod

LOL, now you have two chick magnets.

ReactiveD

Nice. UM you want to trade bumpers chrome for painted?

army2000

BTW, for anyone thinking of doing a F150 grille swop. Here is a pic of my truck without the grille and it shows some reference points. The yellow arrows show the mounting points for screws and the red arrows indicate pressure clip mounting points. Be careful prying on those pressure clips because they are made of plastic and may snap off on you. As you can see all the screws and mounting hardware are on the grille itself.

army2000

edit: sorry, though you were talking about swopping grilles. Think I'll keep the painted bumper for now...

Justi

AMEN! While I'm not overly pleased with GM's recent actions they are the only American manufacturer left to keep Ford company. Hell, GM may be more American than even Ford now because GM is after all government owned!

Great looking rides man..

army2000

Thanks!

Meh...Government Motors (GM) has a long ways to go before they get independant again.