Looks REAL good! It would help with a few clearance issues with the Powerstroke IC as well.

 

Very cool, I like it!

 

yeah I had just the Vertical cross bar on it but cut it out before i put the mesh in so i don't know exactly how it would look, but probably pretty good.

Yeah I drilled two tiny holes in the "m" and put a wire through it and then drilled one more small hole in the "Power" part and put two wires through it, you don't even notice it unless you look really close.

 

I like it! I did the same thing to my 2000 chevy. I used stainless wire mesh that I got on ebay. I also put lights behind my grill. After a year or so I took it off because I came up with a different idea using different lights, haven't started yet.

 

huh? I know black is supposed to dissipate heat better, but by how much. Stroke coolers come clear coated right? Otherwise the aluminum would corrode.

 

i think its more of a protectant than a paint. I've also seen aluminum paint on other coolers. anyone who KNOWS?

 

ok now someone do something similar with the non i/c style grill

 

Why don't you try it out? its not too hard to do and it was cheap

 

media blasting! sand might be a bit to harsh, but glass beads or baking soda would work. i know sand will eat though a piece of glass pretty **** quick.

 

i thought about it all day today at work lol, im gona start cutting for my 2nd gen intercooler tom hopefully and figured ill try it out with my spare grill. idk if i should cut the cross out tho cause it is allot dirrirent than yours and i would have a hard time hiding the fact that it was hacked up but ill see what i can do...

 

Looks aside that size of mesh will do a superior job of keeping rocks and airborne fauna from getting thru to your I/C and rad. Oh and without restricting air flow unduly. Well done! ..

 

Sweet. Gotta get my tailgate blasted anyway. Now to find a grill....

 

If you don't the grill not saying Dodge on it they are $58 at "Rockauto".

 

Wow Blackfordd. That sounds like a plan. Can you get them without chrome?

Thanks David!

 

Here is the link from "Rockauto". There is one in there that is non chrome black. It looks like you can get them in black. The other day one of the available grills said there was 8 left. Now it says only 3. What up with that?

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

David