{"id":61,"date":"2010-09-14T02:06:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T02:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.22\/index.php\/2010\/09\/14\/grille\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:40:15","slug":"grille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Grille"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to take my Maverick front end back a little more to original. To that end I got me a grille off of ebay today. It even has the medallion. I also bought some under the bumper lights form a guy on the forum. So I am all set to clean and paint things up to change my front end. Ill keep you updated with pics.<\/p>\n

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ebay grille with medallion
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The grille had a cracked tab (was disclosed in the description). I used a soldering iron and a plastic zip tie to “weld” the clip back together. It turned out not to bad and strong.<\/p>\n

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Since this grille has no lights, the turn signals are mounted under the bumper.\u00a0 I picked up a set of lights form a guy on the forum.<\/p>\n

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My “new” turn signal Lights<\/p>\n

I sanded the lights. The insides were kinda pitted and dull. I read that painting them white was a good option. I also painted the outside black.<\/p>\n

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Lights after sanding and painting
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Got some Mother’s headlight polish for plastic today. Had my doubts, but man did that stuff work. The pic does not do it justice.<\/p>\n

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Finished lights after polishing with Mother’s<\/p>\n

I took the medallion off the grille. I have one that is in better shape. However, it is missing the bolts in the back.<\/p>\n

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I also used the Mother’s polish to polish up the medallions.<\/p>\n

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I bought a back for the better medallion. I need to get my hands on a drill press to make the small holes to mount the back to it.<\/p>\n

2011-09-11<\/p>\n

I decided to paint my grille black. First I sanded off all the silver finish.<\/p>\n

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Silver finish all sanded off<\/p>\n

I then used some Mar-Hyde Black Satin Automotive Trim Coating to spray paint it black. Below is the end result. I like it. Now to get that stupid medallion mounted.<\/p>\n

\"\"Painted Black, still missing medallion.<\/p>\n

2011-09-15<\/p>\n

Well I finally finished the project.<\/p>\n

I took the spare back I got form a guy on the forum and tried to screw it to the medallion. Didn’t go very well. There was a drill bit broken off in one of the holes already. So it could not be drilled. I broke off 2 screws in two more holes, but at least there was a few thread sticking thru to hold it a little. I did get one screw in with out breaking it.. I took a lot of Locktite 5 min \u00a0epoxy and filled the back inside of the medallion with it. I popped the back over the two broken screws, then put in the one good screw. I then filled around the rim gap with more Locktite. Seems to be rather solid. Man did it get HOT!<\/p>\n

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All that was left was to mount the thing onto the grille…….<\/p>\n

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Done and Done…I hope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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