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Swapped mine out this week... so much better looking than the XLT grill. I also installed the four-light bar from Custom Auto Works. In the pics, the amber lights look like a different color than the running lights, but they're actually the same color. It's all a really straight-forward swap, and start to finish, only took about an hour, without rushing. Once you do it one time, the next time would only take probably forty minutes or so, and that includes swapping the shutters, and fishing the wire harness through the grill and core support.
Looks great!
I have the same color and looking to do the same swap. Do you still have the part numbers for the parts you ordered?
I have the same color and looking to do the same swap. Do you still have the part numbers for the parts you ordered?
If yours is the Magnetic color, I sure do... (you'll need three of the emblem nuts). The four-light bar from Custom Auto works is $89 and the part number is 2018-STX/SEPP (if your truck has halogen headlights). Here's their link: https://customautoworksstore.com/for...or-light-kits/
Hope this helps!
Last edited by Wanna Ride; 04-24-2019 at 12:33 AM.
[QUOTE=Wanna Ride;6175989]If yours is the Magnetic color, I sure do... (you'll need three of the emblem nuts). The four-light bar from Custom Auto works is $89 and the part number is 2018-STX/SEPP (if your truck has halogen headlights). Here's their link: https://customautoworksstore.com/for...or-light-kits/
Hope this helps! [/QUOTE
Yep - I have magnetic grey. This helps a ton. Thank you!!!
Swapped out the sport two bar grille for this STX with amber LEDS. Hated the look of the sport grille from day 1, this is such a better look for these trucks.
Who did your emblems? Those look slick with the white truck.
Swapped out the sport two bar grille for this STX with amber LEDS.
Was going to ask you if your truck was Platinum White by any chance, but saw it's Oxford White. Oh well. But my other question for you, if you happen to know , is if you can use that same grille on a Platinum truck, which has the camera and washer on the emblem. I wasn't going to mess with my grille, but a few stones have lifted and dented the cheapo plastic on the grille, and it now looks yellow, rather than gray, and haven't found which stupid color would match the grille, so will have to do something about it. I can get it repainted with some kind of resistant crap (like plasti-dip or something), but don't want the industrial look; want it to look like paint. Maybe it's not possible. Any ideas welcome. Thanks man.
JC
2018 Lariat, special edition, came with a grey grill, why I don't know, But I HAD to plasti dip it in black. The rest of the grill is black, wtf Ford???
Lariat Sport grille is my favorite, but PPF is a must, the broad flat bars really catch the bugs. However, bugs and dirt wipe right off the PPF without touching the paint.
So, my grill came in late week (in the pic, letters FORD are not shown) and I'm trying to figure out how do I want it painted. I already know that I don't want to install it unpainted - looks unfinished IMHO on trucks that are not black. So here are the options:
1.Paint frame and letters, leave mesh black and clear coat everything. One body shop said masking off mesh is not good because there will be tape line where paint will eventually crack and peel.
2. Paint entire grill but leave letters black, clear coat everything. Same body shop said it's impossible to get even coat on the mesh. My buddy, who will actually do, it said he has done multiple time and it's easier than masking it off.
3. Paint and clear coat everything.
I am torn between these options and I'd like someone to chime in with an opinion. Truck is Magnetic Gray.
04-23-2019, 10:17 AM
, is if you can use that same grille on a Platinum truck, which has the camera and washer on the emblem. I wasn't going to mess with my grille, but a few stones have lifted and dented the cheapo plastic on the grille, and it now looks yellow, rather than gray, and haven't found which stupid color would match the grille, so will have to do something about it. I can get it repainted with some kind of resistant crap (like plasti-dip or something), but don't want the industrial look; want it to look like paint. Maybe it's not possible. Any ideas welcome. Thanks man.
