billet grille?

[aimisgoop]

i have an '00 mountaineer...i wanted a billet grille for it, but i cant seem to find one..it seems if they only make them for explorers...and i was told the grilles are different, so it wouldnt work. i dont want the one that has alot of bars on it...i wanted one similar to this:

..if i have to have one custom made i will, but does anyone know of a good place that can fab one up for me? T.I.A.
-dan

 

[Hartman]

If you take a look at how the Mountaineer grille is designed, you'll notice that you can't cut out the stock vertical bars and make it look good.

 

[aimisgoop]

so there is no hope? lol

 

[Black Magic]

There is always hope. What kind of look are you looking for? Let me know and I can see what I can fab for you.

 

[aimisgoop]

ok..heres what i was thinkin lol....u know the billet grills that F250s-F350s get? somethin like that....its basically just a billet grille, with thicker tubes, which also means less tubes...ill get a pic so u can see what i mean

 

[aimisgoop]

like this..

 

[Hartman]

Honestly, those would be even harder to make look right than a regular billet grill.

 

[aimisgoop]

why is that?

 

[Hartman]

Because the bars are much larger and not curved.

 

[aimisgoop]

well could u find me a regualr billet grille? i dont see how it would even fit on my truck, cuz the bars on the mountaineers arnt even recessed at all in the grill...

 

[Hartman]

Originally posted by aimisgoop
mountaineers arnt even recessed at all in the grill...

That's what I'm saying! It's hard to make it look right.

 

[aimisgoop]

frikin shat..

 

[99SportX]

Cut out the bars, and paint the stock grille body color. Then install a billet grille behind it. Just an idea.

 

[aimisgoop]

the grille is body color already

 

[99SportX]

You would still have to get your grille repainted if you cut out the bars, because if you look at the grille, it is very obvious why.


I don't know how it would look if you put a grille in though.

 

[aimisgoop]

#### it, i think im just gonna try to find a factory chrome grille peice for the front and replace the body colored one.

 

[expo5.0]

you really don't want to get into trying to do a billet on the mountaineer.

when i first did my swap a ton of people tried to convince me to do it, and even though i have the tools/skills/resources whatever to get the job done it just wouldn't have been worth it at all. I ended up filling in both logoes on mine and will just be painting it "body color" with my flames etc.