Who has a painted grill surround?

[Coxey Diesel]

How did you remove the grill surround from the rest of the grill? I've taken the grill off before and it looks next to impossible to remove the surround.

 

[12stroker]

You need to unbolt the bracket on the grill then break off the top push pins. Then unclip the rest of the surrounding.

 

[Coxey Diesel]

You need to unbolt the bracket on the grill then break off the top push pins. Then unclip the rest of the surrounding.

Those top clips are what I was looking at. It doesn't lose all the rigidity when you break those off?

 

[12stroker]

Yeah they are on there tight. When I did mine the body shop gave me some push ones to out in its place.

 

[12stroker]

Did you get it apart?

 

[Dzchey21]

you just have to use small pics and screw drivers to open the clips up, get new push pins where required

 

[Coxey Diesel]

I'm gonna try getting it apart tomorrow. When y'all say get new push pins, how would I attach those to the surround? Wouldn't I have just broken the old ones off?

 

[Dzchey21]

take a picture

 

[Coxey Diesel]

take a picture

I'll do that in the AM

 

[Dzchey21]

cool, it gets a little confusing trying to describe things so if we have a visual it should help

 

[12stroker]

After you unbolt the grille there is another set of bolts you need to remove in this picture. That are on the upperside towars the grille and remove that piece and then at that time it will expose the push pins that need to be broke/cut off and replaced with new ones.

 

[12stroker]

Here's a photo of the push pin half broken off.

 

[BlueOx]

Here's a photo of the push pin half broken off.

Better give me credit for this pic man lol


Sent from the wild blue yonder....

 

[12stroker]

Yeah its your pic but I explained to you as well but over the phone what needed to be done LOL

 

[Powerstroked162]

Whatever you do, get it clear bra'd when you are done painting. Dearden did his that way and it looks just as good as the day it came out of the booth. No chips, no nada.

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[12stroker]

what's this clear bra you talk about steve?

 

[Powerstroked162]

what's this clear bra you talk about steve?

It's a film by 3m used on the rocker panels of vehicles to keep road chips and debri off your paint. It's kind of taken a new life over the past couple years though. People get it done on their hoods as bug guards, bumpers to protect the paint, etc., Dearden was the first I've heard of to do it on a PTM grille. He swears by it. JD is doing the same thing with mine on the bumpers, grille, rockers, you name it

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[12stroker]

I wonder whats the cost on that stuff is. I might look into it once I get my ptm bumper done.

 

[bigrpowr]

usually the grill's dont chip. the bumper chips.

 

[Powerstroked162]

I wonder whats the cost on that stuff is. I might look into it once I get my ptm bumper done.

Yeah, I'll ask Biff what he paid for his. He had his grille painted twice. Those mormon grasshoppers pack a punch I guess

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