So... long story short, I was driving on base between our two base lakes and a duck flew out in front of me, and I hit it. Went right into the right side of my grille, couldn't be avoided. Didn't damage the radiator or anything else, just the mesh grille piece... Yeah, a duck! FML right? So anyway, Im going to do some custom fab work now to make a new one the way I want it, but I need some opinions on which one looks the best. This isn't my truck in the pictures, by the way, just the paint job/front end Im eventually wanting to get. Let me know which grille looks better, I want to get started on this ASAP.

OEM LOOK



PARTIAL CUT LOOK



FULL CUT LOOK

 

go with oem. I've never cared for the open mouth grills.

 

partial and full look pretty good. kinda torn.

 

I like the OEM and the wide mouth... however the widemouth has to be tastefully done for it to look good IMO

 

I like the full cut, but if you do that, you may want to take out the small center piece in the bumper too. Try a photo shop of that to see how it would look.

 

Full Cut all the way.

 

I say do the OEM man. BTW, your truck is sick bro!

 

OEM. full cut = ford.

 

Either OEM or Full, Partial doesn't look so good imo.

FYI I've got you beat on the flying obstacles...My mom hit two vultures in her Dakota. The first got stuck in the grille and the second bounced off the grille, off the windshield, then landed in the bed. Luckily there was zero damage both times, to the truck anyways the birds not so much.

 

I wouldn't do a full cut, it will look like a ford like af said