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How to Install T-REX X-Metal Series Flat Black Small Mesh Upper Grille on your F-150
Installation Time
1 hours
Tools Required
- Flat/Phillips Screwdrivers
- 7mm Socket/Ratchet
- 1/8” Drill Bit & Drill Motor
- Pop Rivet Gun
PARTS LIST:
(8) Pop Rivets
(1) Upper Class Grille
PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION.
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Step 1 Factory Grille Removal
Open the hood; remove the jack handle. On the radiator cover there are 8 plastic clips, pry them up with a slotted screwdriver and remove the radiator cover.
Step 2
Remove the two 7mm screws from the top of the corner lamps (Fig 2). Pull the corner lamp outward and disconnect the electrical plug. Remove the six phillips screws from along the top of the factory grille shell.
Step 3
Remove the two phillips screws from where each corner lamp was removed (Fig 3).
Step 4
Remove four plastic pop clips from the bottom corner edges of the factory grille with a flat screwdriver (Fig 4).
Step 5
Unlatch the two latches on the center bottom area of the factory grille with a flat screwdriver (Fig 5). Now you can remove the factory grille from the vehicle by pulling forward.
Step 6
Mesh Grille Installation Witht he factory grille removed you will now take out the center portion. From the backside of the factory grille take a flat screwdriver and pry the latches from around the center section and seperate the two parts (Fig 6 & 7).
Step 7
Witht he factory grille removed you will now take out the center portion. From the backside of the factory grille take a flat screwdriver and pry the latches from around the center section and seperate the two parts (Fig 6 & 7).
Step 8
Now take the mesh grille and insert it into the backside of the factory grille (Fig 8). Press the mesh grille flush into the factory grille.
Step 9
Take a 1/8” drill and drill through the small tabs with the hole in the center on the mesh grille perimeter and through the plastic tabs where they line up on the factory grille (Fig 9).
Step 10
Take a pop rivet gun and using the supplied pop rivets insert the rivet through the metal tab with the hole and the plastic tab where you drilled the hole in the factory grille, secure the pop rivet by squeezing the handle on the rivet gun (Fig 10). Reinstall the grille onto the vehicle along with the lights and radiator cover. Installation complete.
