Color change for custom grill

[dctackett10]

So. I saw this on Instagram for anybody wanting to do something like this.  They said they fabricated a thin piece of metal and painted it and then stuck it behind the grill center.  Think it makes the truck look 10 times better.  

 

  I’m gonna give it a shot and I’ll document the process for anybody interested.  Believe I’m gonna go with red on mine 

[HoneyBadger]

On 5/7/2019 at 11:15 AM, dctackett10 said:

So. I saw this on Instagram for anybody wanting to do something like this.  They said they fabricated a thin piece of metal and painted it and then stuck it behind the grill center.  Think it makes the truck look 10 times better.  

 

  I’m gonna give it a shot and I’ll document the process for anybody interested.  Believe I’m gonna go with red on mine 

I’m interested

[LimitlessParts]

On 5/7/2019 at 11:15 AM, dctackett10 said:

So. I saw this on Instagram for anybody wanting to do something like this.  They said they fabricated a thin piece of metal and painted it and then stuck it behind the grill center.  Think it makes the truck look 10 times better.  

 

  I’m gonna give it a shot and I’ll document the process for anybody interested.  Believe I’m gonna go with red on mine 

I actually manufacture ABS Plastic Letters for the Tailgate and would love to work with you to figure out a way to do this, to make the grill lettering red or other colors using plastic, metal, acrylic or something of the sort. Let me know how you did it! Thanks! 

[turkeeslapper]

Definitely interested!  

[Loldham17]

I have a red trail boss and I am interested to see if this worked for you. If so did you do it yourself or have someone else do it?

[Tumtum5891]

I have an lt so idk what it looks like behind it but could vinyl work? Is the a flat surface behind the lettering?

[LimitlessParts]

10 hours ago, Tumtum5891 said:

I have an lt so idk what it looks like behind it but could vinyl work? Is the a flat surface behind the lettering?

People have tried vinyl but the surface in the letters is a “mesh” so there isn’t any area to stick to so the vinyl just comes off in the rain or heat

[gennylight13]

I am looking for the letters to light up white behind it like a solid color. almost like a frosted plexiglass with leds behind it

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[Robert tam]

How about a paint pen to paint the mesh ?

[gennylight13]

I'm looking for a more solid background. maybe trim a piece that replaces the mesh ? I haven't taken it apart to see how its built. 

[LimitlessParts]

12 minutes ago, Robert tam said:

How about a paint pen to paint the mesh ?

Manually painting this would most likely turn out sloppy. And a solid color would look best anyways in my opinion 

[LimitlessParts]

6 minutes ago, gennylight13 said:

I'm looking for a more solid background. maybe trim a piece that replaces the mesh ? I haven't taken it apart to see how its built. 

I am also looking into manufacturing a solid part/piece that can go inside the grill. Unfortunately I don’t have one at hand so i cant look on how its made inside of the size of plate/cover we would need

[gennylight13]

let's hope someone can make one that replaces the oem mesh...

[LimitlessParts]

I want to try to be the first to do this but it’s fairly difficult as I dont know if the mesh parts “pop out” of the grill or if they are fused into the grill

[gennylight13]

I saw a post that shoes thr mesh does pop out.  it was a post on FB a group called 2019 chevy 1500s