buying new chevy grill? keep eye out for this.....

[nickthehick78]

well....got my new grill and oem emblem.......so when you shop online for a grill look close!!! they are made with the emblem mount half missing....maybe some people are okay with this but i think it looks really bad....especially when you spend $98 on a new emblem!
this is a cheap ebay/ amazon grill.....but i started looking close after i got it and found almost all grills being sold with the right gm parts link number are made like this. so keep your eyes peeled....even lmc has this one.....only place i found right one is classic industries and its $366!
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[Jglasz]

yeah that last pic does not look good at all...

 

[95C1500]

Unfortunately, that's just how they are. That's why I'm making my busted stock grille work

 

[kkirwan71]

$98 for a new emblem? I think I had that in a grille, and hood from the junkyard

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[Dylan1991_1500]

That's not half as bed as the black grille I purchased off ebay. The emblem doesn't even sit in the recess like the OEM one. Very cheaply made. I ended up finding a nice junkyard OEM grille for $16 and rocking that instead.

 

[sewlow]

There needs to be a 10% difference to void copyrights & patents.

 

[96k1500]

Nearly all aftermarket grills are like that, long known knowledge for a lot of us

 

[df2x4]

Yup. Pretty common knowledge, thanks for sharing though. Just FYI though, LMC and Classic Industries overcharge like hell for the OEM grilles. You can get them on GM Parts Direct for like $200, at least you could last time I checked.

EDIT - Holy crap did you really pay $98 for a new bowtie? That's robbery, man. I got mine brand new OEM on eBay for like $25. GM Parts Direct has them for around that, too.

DOUBLE EDIT - Here's the GM Parts Direct grille page for your '96. Looks like both the grille and the emblems have gone up a little, but still way cheaper than the other options. I swear the regular gold bowties used to be cheaper than the sport ones...

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/auto-p...as-engine/body-cat/grille-and-components-scat

 

[88GMCtruck]

Yup, aftermarket GMC grille are the same although the missing portions aren't nearly as visible.

 

[whiplash473]

That's messed up. I'm in the process of searching for a new grille and wouldn't have noticed this until I got it.

Thanks for the heads up.