mountaineer grill on explorer

[Killer44]

im wanting to put a new grill on my 2002 explorer i was thinking a billet at first, then i wanted to vertical grill like the aviator, but was told it wouldnt fit, ive seen a couple mountaineers around here and really like the grill. would the grill fit (without any modification,or without serious modifications). its a 2002 explorer xlt 4x4....thanks in advance

 

[shadowless127]

grille will NOT fit at all.... we have completely different front ends and headlights.

 

[Killer44]

thanks for the reply i guess ill just have to look for an affermarket grill then

 

[Donner]

Welcome! I don't know about them not fitting. The headlight design has little to do with the shape of the grille...

http://www.carbodyparts.net/mercury-mountaineer-inventory.html

http://shop.carbodyparts.net/search.html?make=ford&model=explorer&year=2002&part_type=

 

[Donner]

What do you think?

im wanting to put a new grill on my 2002 explorer i was thinking a billet at first, then i wanted to vertical grill like the aviator, but was told it wouldnt fit, ive seen a couple mountaineers around here and really like the grill. would the grill fit (without any modification,or without serious modifications). its a 2002 explorer xlt 4x4....thanks in advance

It looks like you'd have to make some minor changes, but... what do you say?

 

[symon_say]

There is an aftermarket vertical grille, look for it on ebay

 

[Uafan]

There's no way it would be a direct fit judging from pictures, however maybe you could make something work if you had the time on your hands? :scratch:

 

[shadowless127]

There's no way it would be a direct fit judging from pictures, however maybe you could make something work if you had the time on your hands? :scratch:

not even close to a direct fit. Park an 02+ mounty next to an 02+ ex, the ex grille is noticeably smaller

 

[Killer44]

thanks for the replies, yeah i dont have tons of time to modify it to fit im looking for a direct swap. but ive seen that vertical aftermarket one, not sure how i feel about it yet, gotta see it on a couple explorers first, and the billet grille is nice but too many ppl around here have them on there explorers...ill post pics when i decide what i want and have it installed, probably in the next two weeks...

 

[shadowless127]

IMO the second grille on this page looks fantastic

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fex/full.aspx?Page=12

 

[Donner]

Yikes! x2... that is an excellent grille!

 

[shadowless127]

Yikes! x2... that is an excellent grille!

Yeah i love that billet grille. That was the biggest dissapointment when i had to settle for the mounty over an ex, was that i couldn't use that grille