Truck accessories can turn an older pickup into a unique expression.
Let's face it, it's easier and a lot cheaper to turn an old truck into a really unique vehicle.
Easier, because there are likely fewer of your old truck model out there than a newer model.
One of the most popular styling changes for trucks is the grille change.
Nothing you do to a truck exterior is noticed much quicker than a grille change.
For the truck owner, the choices of grilles are huge in number.
There is much competition to make the best and best looking grilles.
One catalog I looked at listed 15 different styles with thousands of individual grilles in stock.
Billet grilles is one of the trendy terms.
The term refers tot he manufacture of the pieces.
These are machined from a solid piece, a billet, of aluminum.
It's 6061-T6, if that matters.
The individual bars are machined, then hand welded into the design.
This is the type of skill associated with the high-end hot rod shops.
Now it's available to us common folks! Now not all these custom look grilles come in aluminum.
Some are stainless steel.
Others are made of ABS, a plastic.
Then the finishes vary all over the place.
It can be just polished or it can be painted.
And the painting is tricky too.
It's often just on the leading edge you see.
Here's the other thing...
These grilles install different ways.
The hot rod shop way is to cut part of your existing grille away and then fasten the new insert into place.
That's the preferred method since your existing grille can't show through.
It's gone.
The other easier way is to fasten the grille right over the existing piece.
It's easier to do it that way.
Some grille models let you choose which way you wan to do it.
In either case, you're going to get the instructions to help you pull off the project.
Truck accessories may be for looks or performance.
One of the most popular looks styling accessories is a custom look grille for your pickup.
It's amazing the variety of looks that are out there.
Let's face it, it's easier and a lot cheaper to turn an old truck into a really unique vehicle.
Easier, because there are likely fewer of your old truck model out there than a newer model.
One of the most popular styling changes for trucks is the grille change.
Nothing you do to a truck exterior is noticed much quicker than a grille change.
For the truck owner, the choices of grilles are huge in number.
There is much competition to make the best and best looking grilles.
One catalog I looked at listed 15 different styles with thousands of individual grilles in stock.
Billet grilles is one of the trendy terms.
The term refers tot he manufacture of the pieces.
These are machined from a solid piece, a billet, of aluminum.
It's 6061-T6, if that matters.
The individual bars are machined, then hand welded into the design.
This is the type of skill associated with the high-end hot rod shops.
Now it's available to us common folks! Now not all these custom look grilles come in aluminum.
Some are stainless steel.
Others are made of ABS, a plastic.
Then the finishes vary all over the place.
It can be just polished or it can be painted.
And the painting is tricky too.
It's often just on the leading edge you see.
Here's the other thing...
These grilles install different ways.
The hot rod shop way is to cut part of your existing grille away and then fasten the new insert into place.
That's the preferred method since your existing grille can't show through.
It's gone.
The other easier way is to fasten the grille right over the existing piece.
It's easier to do it that way.
Some grille models let you choose which way you wan to do it.
In either case, you're going to get the instructions to help you pull off the project.
Truck accessories may be for looks or performance.
One of the most popular looks styling accessories is a custom look grille for your pickup.
It's amazing the variety of looks that are out there.