has anyone with this grill cut the stock grill slots off the shell? i am thinking of doing it while my grill is off and want to know if there is anything to not cut. as far as i can tell it's just a simple procedure. thats the grill i am talking about.

 

I have a GMC, and a speed grille. I cut the stock "slots" off too. IMO it looks funny if you don't, because you can still see the stock grille behind it. Do it....do it!

 

alrighty. i'll get the ole dremel out tonight and go to town on it.

 

here is a post from about a month ago. you can see before and after pics of my truck. the pics don't do justice. it looks so much better after i cut out the stock grille.

DO IT. you won't regret it

here is the post

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...t=speed+grille

 

If you have the chrome inserts, then cut them out. If you have black inserts, you could leave them, as you won't see them.

 

from his pic, i can see something stock behind that speed grille, so i say go for it

 

i have the chrome inserts. there coming off....

 

I asked the same question a couple of months ago and ended up cuttin em out that weekend...definitely the way to go.

Before:


After:


Dremel did the trick for me...(did the work in the kitchen in our apartment as it was frickin cold and the kitchen has the best lighting...the wife loved that one!)

 

It definately helps, that was one thing that i didnt like about the way it looked with my old grille. Now that I have the Tahoe grille with the black background, I left it and you cant tell. Actually in the directions for the install it says to paint the grille inserts black for a cleaner look.

heres mine

 

So if you took of the stock grill how did you clamp the Speed grille on there?