painted grill bars

04redcrew · Feb 17, 2015

hey guys

has anyone plasti dip or painted the 2 center bars in the grill black?

TripleE44 · Feb 17, 2015

I plasti dipped mine. It lasted about 6 months before I got a chip. Then I found out you can order black textured plastic bars off of a 14+ and I did that.

XtrmDzl89 · Feb 17, 2015

TripleE44 said:
I plasti dipped mine. It lasted about 6 months before I got a chip. Then I found out you can order black textured plastic bars off of a 14+ and I did that.

Where'd you order the black textured bars from?

6.0soslow · Feb 17, 2015

The internet

TripleE44 · Feb 17, 2015

XtrmDzl89 said:
Where'd you order the black textured bars from?

I ordered from tascaparts.com but any ford dealer could get them as well.

XtrmDzl89 · Feb 17, 2015

6.0soslow said:
The internet

Hahah right on

Jgon08 · Feb 17, 2015

I painted mine but it is a platnium grille I have had no issues at all with mine chipping or peeling.

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04redcrew · Feb 17, 2015

how hard is it to take the chrome ones off for the black ones?

zporta · Feb 17, 2015

Taking the grill off is pretty easy. A few screws and a couple pop tabs

04redcrew · Feb 17, 2015

i have took the grill off before lol. I meant to take the 2 center bars out

hopefulHP · Feb 17, 2015

Anybody who has painted over the chrome ones can you tell me how you prepped it, haven't ever painted anything and gave it a whirl. It looked awesome for about 3 months but now it's peeling and looks tacky

Jgon08 · Feb 17, 2015

04redcrew said:
i have took the grill off before lol. I meant to take the 2 center bars out

My platnium grille was a pain to get apart there were a ton of tabs to pop off and there pretty hard to get to. I'm sure about the all chrome ones tho.

MorganM · Feb 17, 2015

I had mine wrapped in brushed aluminum textured vinyl last year. No problems yet.

Would've done black OEM bars had I known about them...

TripleE44 · Feb 18, 2015

Jgon08 said:
My platnium grille was a pain to get apart there were a ton of tabs to pop off and there pretty hard to get to. I'm sure about the all chrome ones tho.

I've had mine off to plasti dip them, and then to put the black ones on in their place. Once you get the grille off there's probably 5 plastic lock/clip things that you can just shove a screwdriver in and pry apart and pull them off. First time it probably took me 10 min a piece being careful and the second time a minute a piece. Really not bad, I bet the platinum is different because where your mesh is, is where the clips are.

MorganM said:
I had mine wrapped in brushed aluminum textured vinyl last year. No problems yet.

Would've done black OEM bars had I known about them...

That was my intention once my plasti dip was off until I was driving down the road and saw a white work truck with a chrome ring and black inner bars. So I went home and looked them up and ordered them.

Tom@BigTimeKustomz · Feb 18, 2015

Hmmm....that would make it easier to PTM the inner bars and leave the "C's" in the grill chrome. What did those bars run you?

TripleE44 · Feb 18, 2015

I think they're like $70 a piece. But they are textured. If you wanted to PTM them, I would strip the chrome off of the chrome bars with oven cleaner and then paint them.