KNOCKOFF Ford Ranger Raptor Grille

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Well, my plastic removal kit that was supposed to arrive today, is now not arriving until Saturday.
Don't know if I'm that patient... :crackup:
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Got my replacement grille, am I being too picky this time too?
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No, I would not be ok with that. Mine should be here today, I'll inspect closely.
Counter point would be, who else outside of Josh would look that close at the grille for imperfections? From the road you're not going to be able to tell. Josh, you can do as you wish, maybe just saving you a few weeks worth of wait.
 

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Didn't notice any issues with mine.
 

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Got my replacement grille, am I being too picky this time too?
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Mine has a few small nicks and scuffs but hey, after a few weeks of driving it's going have more road rash so what the heck...I'll live with it:)
 

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Counter point would be, who else outside of Josh would look that close at the grille for imperfections? From the road you're not going to be able to tell. Josh, you can do as you wish, maybe just saving you a few weeks worth of wait.
Me:crazy::LOL:
 

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Mine has a few small nicks and scuffs but hey, after a few weeks of driving it's going have more road rash so what the heck...I'll live with it:)
Mine had a few flaws too, but they got repaired when I got it painted. I plan to install this weekend.
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Mine had a few flaws too, but they got repaired when I got it painted. I plan to install this weekend.
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How much did that set you back for the painting? Does it perfectly match the Magnetic color?
 

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Counter point would be, who else outside of Josh would look that close at the grille for imperfections? From the road you're not going to be able to tell. Josh, you can do as you wish, maybe just saving you a few weeks worth of wait.
Yes yes, I'm psycho I know.. I realize no one else will see it, but guess what I'm going to look at every single time I walk past the front end... Not sure what I'm going to do yet.

At least someone feels my OCD heh.
 
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How much did that set you back for the painting? Does it perfectly match the Magnetic color?
I paid 175.00 plus tax. He had a hand full of paint chips that were labeled Magnetic J7. The shop owner and his painter and I picked through them and we agreed on one. It looks perfect to me. Most of the cost was in prep and masking off around the egg crate. I am very pleased with the outcome.
 

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Mine had a few flaws too, but they got repaired when I got it painted. I plan to install this weekend.
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That looks great! That's exactly what I was thinking about doing if I were to get purchase the Raptor grille. Is the whole grille painted magnetic or just the outside and letters?
 

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Yes yes, I'm psycho I know.. I realized no one else will see it, but guess what I'm going to look at every single time I walk past the front end... Not sure what I'm going to do yet..
Definitely not alone... I would looking at it everytime I walked by it too. I backed into a tree branch last month and made a small 1/2" crack on one of the tailight housings. Worst of all, the part alone is $800+ to replace. You can barely see the crack and out of the dozen or so of people who's checked out the truck since, no one's brought it up. Yet every time I walk by it, I just can't help but notice it...
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