KNOCKOFF Ford Ranger Raptor Grille

[Msfitoy]

I placed my order this evening..within minutes he called to chat! Nice guy, and he knows his stuff.

Has he figured out that all of his customers are coming from 5G lol?

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[Desert_5G]

mine had a couple scratches on the bottom upon delivery. packaging could have been boxed better w/ more bubble wrap. Not worth spend $20+ to send it back and wait 2 more weeks. I'll just have to live w/ it knowing it will be decorated w/ rocks. Install will be this weekend

 

[tohmer]

Definitely not do without. One shop told me he has covered them in vinyl and they still work.

I hope they work *well*.

I just dropped my KO grille off at my Ford dealership body shop. They're going to paint the surround Magnetic, and the letters Lightning Blue, and then clearcoat it.. They told me it could be ready tomorrow night, or early next week, and will come in around $250.

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Tom

 

[gfitzge2]

I hope they work *well*.

I just dropped my KO grille off at my Ford dealership body shop. They're going to paint the surround Magnetic, and the letters Lightning Blue, and then clearcoat it.. They told me it could be ready tomorrow night, or early next week, and will come in around $250.

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Tom

That sounds good. Looking forward to pictures.

 

[oggvorbis]

Since I'm going to steal your idea to paint the grill letters to match the body, I've gotta know:
What would you do about the two light-colored sensors on the valance? Replace them with darker ones, as on the bumper, or do without them?

;-)

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Tom

They can be easily taken off and painted. I lightly sanded it then gave it a few light coats of gloss black spray paint. Works just as well as it did before. Here's mine after I Line-X'd the valence and skid plate.

 

[Grumpy Old Guys Ranger]

Had an off day so... (KO)grille and mudflaps installed!

Nice, I have the same Oxford white and was wondering what it looked like with that grille, looks amazing

 

[Manny]

Next up. Do something with that front valence. It needs to be darker. Thinking about wrapping in carbon fiber. Or painting dark, Magnetic or black?

I did the vynil wrap in gloss black

 

[Vnersesi]

Have you gotten it yet?

If so what are your thoughts?

eBay seller messaged saying he’s temporarily sold out and wouldn’t be receiving another shipment for two weeks, so I cancelled my eBay order and still reluctant to pay $280 from another seller on eBay, I found a website (had my doubts, but paid with PayPal in case I had any problems) www.rangergrille.com for $200 and grille got delivered 3 days after ordering.
Gonna set some time to install it this weekend, but overall looks freakin awesome!!! I had to screw the letters on, which was very easy, however no instructions to install, but can hopefully figure it out.

 

[RJohans]

Vic: don’t know if this will matter in the end, but rangergrille.com features a ROTW Ranger on its homepage. Because the ROTW truck has a different front end design than the NA Ranger, the grille area has some subtle but noticeable differences in the angles and geometries above the bumper. Some of us have found that the “Raptor” grille for the ROTW Ranger does not fit the NA Ranger perfectly. I hope yours works out for you.

 

[Vnersesi]

Vic: don’t know if this will matter in the end, but rangergrille.com features a ROTW Ranger on its homepage. Because the ROTW truck has a different front end design than the NA Ranger, the grille area has some subtle but noticeable differences in the angles and geometries above the bumper. Some of us have found that the “Raptor” grille for the ROTW Ranger does not fit the NA Ranger perfectly. I hope yours works out for you.

Took me a second to guess what ROTW stood for and NA Ranger, but then got it, Rest Of The World and North America lol.
Description said fits all Ranger models, but I put it face to face with my grill and everything looks identical.
Will update once installed

 

[RJohans]

If you refer way back to post #60, @j0shm1lls found the difference between the ROTW Raptor grille and the current version popularized by ConnJoe to be obvious. Yes, it fits. Looks pretty close. But not perfect. If yours works out great, you’ve just provided everyone with a new resource.

 

[Stevie Gee]

I placed my order this evening..within minutes he called to chat! Nice guy, and he knows his stuff.

Just got mine from CTJoe...looks great. I’m debating if I should paint the letters red

 

[RJohans]

I’m debating if I should paint the letters red

That would be slick. Recommend that your red matches your body color. (duh!)

 

[srgredranger]

That would be slick. Recommend that your red matches your body color. (duh!)

I’m doing this but in red

 

[Desert_5G]

anyone elses grill missing all of the brackets that get screwed in the truck?

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