Custom Grills (options)

[DREAMER1]

Wut other options do we have? Original grills, phantom grills (my least favorite), billet grills...an then wut? Let's see some pics of some different grills. There has go be more options with all these creative minds out there!
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[benoit454]

they have square tube and round tube grilles, then the lmc special ones.

lmc has all of them pictured in their catalog.

[DREAMER1]

Thanx. Seen those. I guess I was wondering more bout maybe wire mesh, etc.
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[DREAMER1]

Wuts that called the ones with all the holes punched in on a flat sheet? Or a CNC milled cut out with flames or skulls? Or wut about the old skool with big bullets like the 50 merc?....I kno there's a multitude of options yet to be acknowledged
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[flamingbig10]

you didn't say what year, if its a 73-80 then a 73-74 treatment or if its a 81-87 then a billet grille, 83-87 bumper, and 85-87 headlight bezels

[slugish]

Originally Posted by flamingbig10

you didn't say what year, if its a 73-80 then a 73-74 treatment or if its a 81-87 then a billet grille, 83-87 bumper, and 85-87 headlight bezels

x2

[87 chevy silverado]

never seen that pic.. looks good btw

[ghettoluxury]

I have always liked this one but never could find out who makes it.

[Top Banana]

PUTCO I think

[THE "10" SILVERADO]

I have an old billet grill....I like the 73-74 grill but I really like the LMC exclusive grills they have....kinda a combination of all of them

[bmchevy1979]

I have the round tube style grill on my blazer and truck

[Squareforceone]

Originally Posted by THE "10" SILVERADO

I have an old billet grill....I like the 73-74 grill but I really like the LMC exclusive grills they have....kinda a combination of all of them

YES mac for the win

[pockets]

Originally Posted by Squareforceone

YES mac for the win

I was going to say the same thing

[THE "10" SILVERADO]

Originally Posted by pockets

I was going to say the same thing

Haha guys...it's only a Macbook....no pro or "air" or anything...

[benoit454]

round tube here too....

[DREAMER1]

See now that's more like it. I got an 85 gmc with a 91 gmc suburban grill. I don't wanna do any radical custom grill but at the same time I don't wanna be one of the usuals...
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[boatpuller]

i like this look....for stock grilles ,i guess i'm in the minority.i like the 77-79 grille with the chrome strips better than the 73-74 that everyone seems to like.in my opinion the 73 looks like way too much plastic.that what makes it cool.everyone has their own tastes.

[N2TRUX]

Here's a few. The last one is my favorite.

[West Texas Z]

^ mine.

[jdurant]

This is what I did with my blazer.

In the process of putting together the above grill, while prepping and mocking up, I thought this was sort of cool in a way

And since you asked about mesh, here are a couple of versions of a rendering I did for my other blazer.

And this is probably more of a fantasy of mine.


Nobody out there makes any sort of a mesh insert for these trucks that I am aware of. They would be pretty easy to make though. The earlier model would be totally flat and the later model only has one angle to it. The reason the last one is more of a fantasy is because of the whole front end being a hybrid of the early and late models, the actual grill would be the easy part.

While we are on the subject, I don't think it would be too hard to make a mesh "phantom" style grille for the late squares, but I have no visual for that. And like the OP I've wondered how an old hotrod bullet style grille would look on the right square, but don't even know where to start on that one.

[red rumbler]

Originally Posted by jdurant

This is what I did with my blazer.

In the process of putting together the above grill, while prepping and mocking up, I thought this was sort of cool in a way

And since you asked about mesh, here are a couple of versions of a rendering I did for my other blazer.

And this is probably more of a fantasy of mine.


Nobody out there makes any sort of a mesh insert for these trucks that I am aware of. They would be pretty easy to make though. The earlier model would be totally flat and the later model only has one angle to it. The reason the last one is more of a fantasy is because of the whole front end being a hybrid of the early and late models, the actual grill would be the easy part.

While we are on the subject, I don't think it would be too hard to make a mesh "phantom" style grille for the late squares, but I have no visual for that. And like the OP I've wondered how an old hotrod bullet style grille would look on the right square, but don't even know where to start on that one.

ive wondered what those rims would look like lol love it

[jdurant]

which ones?

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by jdurant

This is what I did with my blazer.

In the process of putting together the above grill, while prepping and mocking up, I thought this was sort of cool in a way

And since you asked about mesh, here are a couple of versions of a rendering I did for my other blazer.

And this is probably more of a fantasy of mine.


Nobody out there makes any sort of a mesh insert for these trucks that I am aware of. They would be pretty easy to make though. The earlier model would be totally flat and the later model only has one angle to it. The reason the last one is more of a fantasy is because of the whole front end being a hybrid of the early and late models, the actual grill would be the easy part.

While we are on the subject, I don't think it would be too hard to make a mesh "phantom" style grille for the late squares, but I have no visual for that. And like the OP I've wondered how an old hotrod bullet style grille would look on the right square, but don't even know where to start on that one.

was this truck not wrecked ??

[jdurant]

The bronze one was.

[Ringo81]

Originally Posted by 87 chevy silverado

was this truck not wrecked ??

Hey jdurant ,Your renderings are awesome , I know this is an old post but I just now came across your rendering pics and was wondering what software you used for them . I'v always wanted to mock up parts with a computer rendering to see how changes would look. Thanks

P.S.
Don't know if this got posted in right place , sorry new to message boards/forums
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