Hey guys, It's been a while since I posted.
I noticed that my grille was cracked at the top and I was wondering if the 05 grille with the chrome insert will fit in place of my 04 grille?
You guys usually have all the answers!
Hey guys, It's been a while since I posted.
I noticed that my grille was cracked at the top and I was wondering if the 05 grille with the chrome insert will fit in place of my 04 grille?
You guys usually have all the answers!
on the 250 or 350 yes
No it won't w/o the bumper or a cut grille off ebay. And it will only be screwed in using the upper phillps screws and the clips at the bottom won't fit. I would change the header panel if you plan on doing an 05 swap.
Here's a link to my 01 with an 05-07 harley front end.
http://fordtruckworld.tenmagazines.c...ry.asp?id=4670
Ford did redesign the front-end for 2005...
I did see one on eBay that said it would fit an 04... A dealer was selling it too.
eh, If I have to put the old one back on it's no big deal, I just liked the chrome
a guy I know did this swap and said it was straight forward with on problems.thanks for the new info and sorry for steering you wrong atomic
Like said b4 it wont fit without an 05 bumper, unless you cut the bottom of the grille off some. (or buy one from ebay thats already trimmed) The 05 grilles are taller than the 04s.
Id keep the 04 grille unless you wanna join the "Warped Grille" club like most of the 05+ HD guys(including myself).
2006 F250 Harley, Black with blue Flames. Longbed. MBRP Cool Duals added 08/20/06
PaceEdwards Bedlocker added 10/15/06
BedRug added 1/14/07
AEM polished intake added 1/20/07
Accufab polished Power Elbow added 1/27/2007
SCTLivewire-DJ Performance added 5/5/2007
DJs Fuel+Intensifier added 6/23/2008
I still haven't been able to find a '05+ harley grille trimmed to fit the '04 trucks. Like Matt said though, I definitely don't want to wind up in the Warped Grille Club.
I thought about doing the same, but would not like to be in the warped grille club either.
I just want a set of 05-07 HD Headlights and I would be happy
I did the full conversion on my truck, wasnt hard at all. There are all sorts of right ups on Competitiondiesel.com
I don't think that would look good at all dude. As you know the 05-07 HD grills have the insert in the middle. If the bottom was cut, the bottom of the insert would be right at the top of the bumper. It would totally look like you had the grill cut to fit. If your going to do an 05-07 HD grill, I would recommend doing the bumper along with it.
Last edited by Bear Hunter; 04-11-2008 at 07:28 PM.
Ahhh, you have a point there. I never paid attention to how far down the insert came down. I had the full '05 front end planned until I saw a black and orange HD with the 05 conversion, and I wasn't too happy with it. So I stuck with the '05 headlights and stock '04 grille and bumper.
By the way, Damn I love that hood on your truck.
man i didnt know we had a club for this i may qualify as the president ive replaced 4 and called it quits.
ouch!! that sucks.