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Low Buck Challenge: Grille Insert on a Chevy S10

Give Your Truck's Front End a New Look
From the June, 2009 issue of Sport Truck
By Taylor Vlahos
Photography by Taylor Vlahos
 
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Before.
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After.
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Remove the two screws that... 
   
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Remove the two screws that hold the grille on, and pull the entire assembly off. Don’t just rip the thing out. Be gentle and make sure to remove the light bulbs as you pull it off.
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Place your MIC grille over... 
   
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Place your MIC grille over the stock grille and then secure it from behind. Make sure that everything is centered.
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Start with the middle bolt... 
   
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Start with the middle bolt and snug it down. Turn it over, take a good hard look, center it, and then continue with the next bolt.
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Repeat steps 2 and 3 until... 
   
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Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the entire top part of the grille assembly is centered and bolted down.
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Now it’s time to add... 
   
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Now it’s time to add the bottom part of the grille insert. See steps 2 through 4. It’s pretty much the same thing. No, wait a sec…it’s exactly the same thing.
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After you have made sure that... 
   
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After you have made sure that everything is perfectly centered and secure, you may rip off the protective layer of masking tape (see helpful hints), and proceed to reinstall the grille assembly to the truck.
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As you reinstall the grille,... 
   
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As you reinstall the grille, make sure that you put the light bulbs back into their special spot. You don’t want to smash your bulbs while pressing the grille back in because that would suck.
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When lining up everything,... 
   
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When lining up everything, be sure that all the fasteners snap back into place.
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Screw in your screws. They... 
   
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Screw in your screws. They fit in the factory location.
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Wipe all your greasy fingerprints... 
   
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Wipe all your greasy fingerprints off the beautiful stainless steel finish and take a look at your perfectly centered, brand-new, kick-ass MIC grille. By the way, your burrito is still thawing.

Master Image Customs offers the grille inserts in three different styles that are available for most vehicles: Fast Flame (featured), Tiki Tribal, and Super Star. Even if you classify yourself as a top-rate dumb-nut, we have a feeling you’ll find the installation painfully simple. We’ll even throw in some helpful hints and a list of grille installation no-nos.

The Prep

Go throw a celebratory burrito in the microwave. It will be ready by the time you’re done with the installation. Trust us. It’s that easy.

Master Image Customs

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