Evolution of My GT Grille (Still in Progress?)

[markboris]

I wanted my '24 GT to look a bit different in the front than my '21 GT did.

I ordered a custom grille from Bruce at BSKT with no pony and had my detail guy wrap it with the OEM GT designed vinyl from StrucknDesign. Ran that for a few months then decided the front end was a bit blah so wanted to add a custom painted Ford oval emblem (Glacier Gray/Black). The issue was, the oval emblem needed a flat surface to mount to. Also was tired of the wrap which had a slight gold tint to it I didn't like so removed it and had my body shop fabricate a flat mounting surface for the emblem and paint it gloss black. My detail guy applied PPF and I installed the oval emblem and looked great for about 10 months.

Got tired of the large gloss black grille and wanted to go back to a wrap. I found one that StrucknDesign had that had thinner lines and it even has a glacier gray tint to it. Super happy about that. Had the gloss black grille wrapped and PPF'd with the new design vinyl and also went with a different Ford emblem. Still custom painted in Glacier gray/Gloss black but 6" instead of a 7" with one less oval ring on the end. I really like this one and think it will be my last mod to the grille.

Pony-less grille with OEM GT design vinyl wrap.

Installing gloss black grille.

Added the custom painted 7" Ford oval emblem

The latest grille wrap. Thiner mesh design than the first one and in a Glacier Gray color. Blends very well with the body color. Smaller 6" custom painted Ford emblem looks better than the larger one.

This is the difference between the previous 7" and the new 6" Ford oval emblem I am using

Changed the rear up a bit too. When I first got the car, I eliminated the rear wiper, added a gloss black vinyl wrap full width connecting the taillights and replaced the GT emblem with a custom painted Ford oval emblem. Recently I applied a light blue tint film on the bottom part of taillights and license plate to mute the bright white.

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[AliRafiee]

Looks sweet.

 

[Scooby24]

Love it Mark.

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

And my wife says I can’t leave anything alone.…
?

 

[Regularmache]

I wanted my '24 GT to look a bit different in the front than my '21 GT did. For the rear, on my '21 I removed the pony on the liftgate and replaced it with a custom painted Ford Oval (Iconic Silver/black). Added gloss black wrap across the top of the taillights bridging them together. I never did anything to the front so with this one, wanted to change the grill up a bit.

I ordered a custom grill from Bruce (BSKT) with no pony and had my detail guy wrap it with a design that looks similar to the OEM GT grill. Ran that for awhile then decided the front end was a bit blah so figured I would throw on a custom painted Ford oval emblem like I had done in the rear (Glacier Gray/Black) but reverse the colors. The issue was, the oval emblem needed a flat surface to mount to. I had a body shop fabricate a flat mounting surface and then had them paint the grill gloss black. I was going to wrap it with the OEM GT design but after I saw it in gloss black decided to keep it. Had my detail guy apply PPF and I installed the oval emblem and here we are....

Customized the rear a bit

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Never did take a photo with the OEM pony grill but everyone knows what that looks like. Here is the ponyless grill with the GT design wrap.

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Gloss black grill

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Love the wheels and tires, what specs?

 

[markboris]

Love the wheels and tires, what specs?

Thanks Stephen!

Wheels: (my summer set)
Signature Performance Wheels SV701 in gloss black with polished face 21"x9.5" ET40
Tires: (my summer set)
Michelin Pilot Sport EV MO1 275/40R21 107W

 

[Mach1E]

I wanted my '24 GT to look a bit different in the front than my '21 GT did. For the rear, on my '21 I removed the pony on the liftgate and replaced it with a custom painted Ford Oval (Iconic Silver/black). Added gloss black wrap across the top of the taillights bridging them together. I never did anything to the front so with this one, wanted to change the grill up a bit.

I ordered a custom grill from Bruce (BSKT) with no pony and had my detail guy wrap it with a design that looks similar to the OEM GT grill. Ran that for for a few months then decided the front end was a bit blah so figured I would throw on a custom painted Ford oval emblem like I had done in the rear (Glacier Gray/Black) but reverse the colors. The issue was, the oval emblem needed a flat surface to mount to. I had a body shop fabricate a flat mounting surface and then had them paint the grill gloss black. I was going to wrap it with the OEM GT design but after I saw it in gloss black decided to keep it. Had my detail guy apply PPF and I installed the oval emblem and here we are....

Customized the rear a bit

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Never did take a photo with the OEM pony grill but everyone knows what that looks like. Here is the ponyless grill with the GT design wrap.

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Gloss black grill

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Definitely unique!

Seems like a ton of work for a badge swap, so no doubt it’ll be the only one in the world!

Was trying to think of another Ford with that badge on the front like that and this is the only one I could think of:

 

[McSquashy]

Mark, that's a beautiful, clean machine! Thanks for sharing.

Personally, I like a textured grill, but that gloss black does go nicely with the rest of the black trim.

 

[dalola]

As usual for you Mark, top notch work! Love the gloss black grill, fits the car perfect! ?

 

[mkhuffman]

That looks great, Mark!

 

[AliRafiee]

Definitely unique!

Seems like a ton of work for a badge swap, so no doubt it’ll be the only one in the world!

Was trying to think of another Ford with that badge on the front like that and this is the only one I could think of:

Dude. Seriously? Don’t mess with him like that. It’s more like this one.

 

[markboris]

Definitely unique!

Seems like a ton of work for a badge swap, so no doubt it’ll be the only one in the world!

Was trying to think of another Ford with that badge on the front like that and this is the only one I could think of:

Actually, it is not a lot of work, at least for me. It was far more work for the body shop to make a flat oval mounting area in the middle of the grille were I wanted it. Removing the bumper cover takes me about 15 minutes but it takes almost the same amount of time to remove the grille from the bumper. It is held in with like 20+ tabs and you have to unlatch them all before it comes out and they keep wanting to re-latch.

Ford's van isn't the only one that has a Ford oval in the middle of a black grille. Most of Ford's SUV's have it too.

Explorer

Edge

Escape

 

[markboris]

Mark, that's a beautiful, clean machine! Thanks for sharing.

Personally, I like a textured grill, but that gloss black does go nicely with the rest of the black trim.

Thanks Josh, I kept going back and forth between adding a textured wrap and not. I looked at several Gloss Black Premium Mach-E's which of course has a gloss black center area with no texture. I thought with the lighter body color and all of the other gloss black trim on the front end it would look good but it might be too much. I am just not happy with the OEM textured look. Might have to look through the patterns again from StruckNnDesign. The thing is with a Gloss black grille panel like that, it has a ton of reflections from the surrounding area so unlike a regular grille on a car which is flat black and looks like a dark hole, this one does not. This front black gloss grille is always changing it's appearance.

 

[markboris]

Dude. Seriously? Don’t mess with him like that. It’s more like this one.

Not quite but close. ?

 

[jdsimard2012]

That looks great, very well done!

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