Stainless Steel Grill Inserts?

[jay07]

Anyone have any experience with these?

http://store.cal-mustang.com/showdetl-7-9606-25-0.html

Anyone got pictures? , I'd like to see more than the one from the online store.

 

[kooldawg6]

Or you could think about what anthony05gt and i have done to our stock grills...he painted his grill and I borrowed his idea and did the same. I bought a bottle of the Ford touch up paint for $5.47(only used half) at Wal Mart and it took me 4 hours to do 2 coats...to me much better than $250+ to cover the stock grill...IMHO. My pics are lousy due to night time when I finished but his looks sweet!!!!! I have had several comments on how nice it looks. They are shocked to learn it is the stock grill painted.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=674430

 

[Hoboattacker]

Or you could think about what anthony05gt and i have done to our stock grills...he painted his grill and I borrowed his idea and did the same. I bought a bottle of the Ford touch up paint for $5.47(only used half) at Wal Mart and it took me 4 hours to do 2 coats...to me much better than $250+ to cover the stock grill...IMHO. My pics are lousy due to night time when I finished but his looks sweet!!!!! I have had several comments on how nice it looks. They are shocked to learn it is the stock grill painted.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=674430

+345 on this idea. $8 bucks total including gas (if you like to floor it everywhere you go, not me...lol) and 2 hours of your time. Sit down, watch a movie or something and paint your grill, sounds like a much better idea than spending 200+ on a grill overlay.

 

[jay07]

Yeah, that's why I was asking, I'm certainly considering doing what Anthony did , I've been following that thread too. But I was debating if the chrome might match the chrome tail light surrounds better than silver paint up front and chrome tail light surrounds.

 

[Power4]

IMO the paint jobs those guys did on their grills look much better than the overlay thing, it's too "bling-y".

 

[jay07]

IMO the paint jobs those guys did on their grills look much better than the overlay thing, it's too "bling-y".

Yeah, that's exactly my biggest worry. The picture I linked at the top is too bright for my tastes, but I couldn't tell if that was just a bad photo, or if it really looks that bright.

 

[kooldawg6]

Yeah, that's exactly my biggest worry. The picture I linked at the top is too bright for my tastes, but I couldn't tell if that was just a bad photo, or if it really looks that bright.

Stainless can be quite shiney. If you're worried about not matching the stainless tail light surrounds, it's a personal preference. I do not care for shiny/chrome on my Stang. I will be doing something to the grill pony to remedy that in the future.

 

[RetroGT]

I like the painted grill but I am very happy with the $250 I spend on my overlay one. With all the money I have put in the car it was not that much

 

[kooldawg6]

I like the painted grill but I am very happy with the $250 I spend on my overlay one. With all the money I have put in the car it was not that much

Your grill is very different than stock. The other one looks the same, just that it is stainless. I can see spending money to make it look completely different.

 

[jay07]

Yeah, that grill looks nice too