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New Ford Modular Grille - Custom painted antimatter blue
Hopefully we'll see some more painted modulars with better contrast. Looks like 3 sections can be painted differently
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Yeah I didn’t really give everyone here the best sense of contrast going with AMB/black. lol. Some pics.
also I THINK but I could be wrong - that the middle pieces may come in flat black and the rest is primed. Meaning you may not need to paint the middle sections if you choose to go that route. My auto body guy did a poor job of explaining how they came over the phone.
some of my ChatGPT renderings below too. I was hoping to actually paint the inner portion of the big piece black and tape off the perimeter (shown below) so that the triangle areas around the headlights were black but my painter advised against it. Said there were too many nooks and crannies around the circular lips of the headlight surround that it may chip with time. I think his concern was focused on taping off where the circular lip met the side perimeter section since it goes from recessed to raised. So went AMb for the whole piece - it’s so dark you can’t really tell the difference.
for others doing this I would strongly recommend being cognizant that the outer piece includes the stems around the letters. So going with a lighter color for the outer piece may not look great. You could see it better in the pink version. So color matching that piece in Area51 or whatever light color may give off some brace face vibes around the letters. Which goes back to my first point that if your trying to tape off the inner section and go black to circumvent that issue (at least my painter) advised against it. Who knows.
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The other channel had a video from SEMA last year.,
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See my post above. I edited it. The photo above assumes my painter was willing to tape off the inner section. He was not. The corner triangles and the middle horizontal section around the letters ended up being blue. In a lighter azure gray it will look quite a bit different than this rendering.This is definitely the look I'd be interested in with azure grey. Clean and not too much.
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Looks great, love the color match. sorry about accident but glad the driver handled it and had insurance.
Just got my Raptor one painted at it's interesting also modular on design. The mesh portions actually snap in/out.
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Looks awesome. The base piece has an identical surround, but the overall piece is technically not identical since the modular version has a different center area outlined around the BRONCO letters. Anyway you could ford is trying to run with that design across stuff.Just got my Raptor one painted at it's interesting also modular on design. The mesh portions actually snap in/out.
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The FORD needs to be paint matched blue... IMO... Or white. Or red.Just got my Raptor one painted at it's interesting also modular on design. The mesh portions actually snap in/out.
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Oh agree, I have tufskinz color matched Ford waiting for paint to cure.The FORD needs to be paint matched blue... IMO... Or white. Or red.
https://tufskinz.com/collections/20.../bro057-raptor-front-grill-letter-ford-bronco
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Installed mine today.. if you can get it when there is a sale, I'd say it's worth it if you have a good paint connection
This looks good to my eye.... If anyone does a similar version for Hot Pepper Red, please post some pix...
Are those stripped Sasquatch wheels??? been debating that with my heritage wheels...Looks great. Going a similar route with a Base grille.
CHAT GPT stripped them for me. I just wanted to see what they would look like stripped and polished. Don't know if I will do it since I will likely replace with some polished lighter wheels. They would look good but would be a pain to keep from corroding.
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