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POLL?: Stock or Billet Grille?

Old 10-18-2004, 05:40 PM
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Question POLL?: Stock or Billet Grille?

Which do you think looks better - Billet or Stock? (I couldn't figure out how to do a poll, .)


Billet Grille


Stock

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Old 10-18-2004, 05:50 PM
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Billet!
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definitely stock
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i want a billit for my 85, however, i dont want them to cover the headlights!
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
i want a billit for my 85, however, i dont want them to cover the headlights!
That was the only billet I could find to fit my truck, I hate the way it covers the headlights.

I was thinking about using the stock grille peices that surround the headlights, and then just using billet in the center, but the stock grille seems to be more practical and less "show truck wana-be" (Yes I know my truck is far from a show truck, and no I am not trying to make it one. )
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practical means you spend no money on it and just beat the crap out of it..... by the looks of your truck, you dont use it as a truck, so show truck is fine
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
practical means you spend no money on it and just beat the crap out of it..... by the looks of your truck, you dont use it as a truck, so show truck is fine
It's a 2WD, so there's no way it would really survive off road. I'm going for the "sport truck" look.
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stock. nice truck, btw. where did ya get that rear cover? you think itll fit an 89 4runner?
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I'd say the billet, but honestly, I'm not crazy about how it covers the headlights. Sounds like you're not either.

Looks great otherwise...

Can it be reformed or cut to make room for the lights? Then it would have my vote...

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Originally Posted by GregStevens
I'd say the billet, but honestly, I'm not crazy about how it covers the headlights. Sounds like you're not either.

Looks great otherwise...

Can it be reformed or cut to make room for the lights? Then it would have my vote...

That's what I was thinking. The stock grille is made of 3 peices. The large center peice, and the 2 square peices that surround the headlights. I thought I might be able to remove the center peice, and chop the ends off the billet. Then put the billet in the middle. Wouldn't be that hard to do, but it might look good.
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my truck is a 2 wheel drive, and it does quite well offroad... will do even better when i regear and put a locker in it
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
my truck is a 2 wheel drive, and it does quite well offroad... will do even better when i regear and put a locker in it
I've gone to far into the "street truck." Plus I've never off roaded before, but there's a first for everything... Maybe I'll buy a $750 4x4 Yota and take it off road some day, but right now it's all about squeezing as much power out my 22RE as possible and trying to make the truck somewhat quick.
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Stock w/ billet insert!!!
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stock makes it look more muscley
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Originally Posted by cacattack
stock makes it look more muscley
Thats what I thought.
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Originally Posted by YotaTruck1986
Thats what I thought.
yeah man, i still love that truck!
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Originally Posted by cacattack
yeah man, i still love that truck!
Thanks, I do too! Who knows how much $$$ and hours I've put into it, but the results are always well worth it. Thanks for the compliment.
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STOCK IT IS THEN! Maybe I'll work on putting in the billet center peice, but that's for another day.

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