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Does anyone have a pic of a Putco Virtual Tubular grille insert on a 94-99 style GMC? I have looked all over the net and can't find anything.

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HumanZoom Enthusiast

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Hey atom...nice looking grill. I was looking into one of those SS Speed grills myself, but my biggest concern is how they clip on the stock assembly. Do you notice any scratches or mars due to vibrating with normal driving? Plus, were you able to clip the GMC back into the stock assembly or did you have to attach it some other way?

 

BTW, I agree with you. Most of the grill inserts/layovers look pretty bad IMO. The Speed Grill is the first one that looked halfway decent. Too bad a stock Denali punch hole won't fit the new front clip :)

atomoverride Enthusiast

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:P if you clip it on wrong yes stuff does move, but if you do it right they dont.

 

I had my inside cut off (professionaly) by the guy who has been in mini-trucking, and sport truck more than he can count. It was a simple thing to do after seeing it done.

 

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Theres the cut out grill before my speed grill was put back on.

 

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Theres the leftover crap that was cut out. After that the new GMC logo was stuck on. But the SS speed grill kit did include little snap on thingiees that allowed you to use your stock GMC emblem back on if you wanted to. Also with the inside cut out you can put the gmc emblem where ever you want vs. it being up all high. Which was one change from 2002 to 2003 that I just dont like. It looks way better CENTERED.

 

Also I must say that after I had the grill re-mounted my engine seems to run cooler than it did before so air flow must have improved. And the reason I went speed grill vs. Billet.....cause every other a s s out there gets a truck and puts a billet grill on. Jebus I think its played out.

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