Ok so I got this billet grill of Ebay that is straight across with no place for the GMC logo. Says in the instruction to remove the GMC part. I can take off the part that says GMC but not the bulky part that it goes onto. It looks like that needs to be removed for the grill to fit. I could remove that whole black piece in the middle of the grill but that is what the billet part attaches to with these brackets and screws. Am I really dumb here or what? Help would be awesome.

 

hmmm thats why i dont buy from ebay just kiddin, but if i were u, if ur not keeping the stock grill ever again, grind down the emblem part and bolt over the existing...or fabricate something like id do

 

Post up the link of the ad on ebay, if it is like the one I bought, it is a PIA!!!

 

I had a similar problem with my Putco bolt-on except mine has the cutout for where the GMC emblem attaches to the stock grill. The opening of the cutout wasn't quite big enough to fit over the stock mounting piece so I used my Dremel to remove enough material to make it work. Definitely a PIA.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=230174868662

Yeah this is going to be a real pain. Oh well, I think itll look great when I'm done.

 

Its different than mine, but it looks similar. I had to cut out all of my grille except the chrome part. Then I had to trim down some of the grille I bought, it took hours to fit it correctly. I wanted my sunk in rather than flush with the outside of the grille.

see the pic below

 

Looks great. How does it actually mount? Thanks!!

 

This is such a pain!! How do I install this with this big plastic GMC in the way? I got a rotary tool tonight but its taking forever to remove the plastic. Is there a way to install the grill if I just cut out the entire black part?

 

Mine mounted from behind, it had a couple of tabs that screwed into the outside shell. It was a huge PIA, it took hours cause it fit like S***.... but it turned out good in the end....

 

so it was only 30 bucks?