bigwiggs

Newbie here.

Please help, really want my grille surround color matched and don't want to drop $450 plus at a local dealer to get a primed one. Can anyone help me find a cheap replacement? I have an 08 SC Red with honeycomb insert. Let me know if you all need any other info. Thanks.

Lenn

Cruise the For Sale section here. Or worst comes to worst, take it to a body shop and have them paint it. It couldn't take that long and shouldn't be too terribly expensive.

Mod (Ret.)

The $450.00 the dealer is quoting you is for the primered outer ring AND honeycomb grille; they do not sell the pieces seperately. Your only choice is to find one used; keep checking the junkyards, ebay, craigslist, or these forums "sales and trades" section for the outer ring.

Eventually you will find one. Having yours painted is an option; a paint shop can paint over chrome, but it requires a bit of prep work.

bleedblue

Check out JCWhitney, Realtruck, Stylin'Trucks, etc. One of the best places I found for replacement parts was LMC Trucks. You can get one there and paint it to cut cost a little bit. I don't know how a painted-over chrome grill would look....

teemgreen99

I painted mine myself granted my truck is black so it was easy to color match, i just removed the grill masked off my ford logo sanded and cleaned the chrome outer ring painted it black about 4-5 times let dry and then clear coated it about 4-5 times looks awesome and probably cost me about 25 dollars

bigwiggs

Well thanks for all the info. Luckly I found an FX2 PTM grille. Bought it and waiting for it to ship.