'13 GT remove honeycomb from upper grille

[460cidpower]

I'm getting a paxton supercharger, and while I have the bumper off installing it, I'd like to remove the honeycomb without deleting the factory fog lights.

Has anyone here done it? I read that BBR might be making a lower grille delete, but I've not seen an upper grille delete that keeps the fog lights.:shrug:

BTW, the reason I want to keep the fog lights is I work evenings and come home in pitch black without street lights on the roads. There's 100s of deer and all the light I can get helps.

 

[califsp]

Just do it man. I love these gutsy projects!

 

[87hatchy]

Just do it man. I love these gutsy projects!

wtf hahaha

 

[Rct851]

Same boat dude, love the look of the roush grills and all that, makes the car look lower and wider. But before buying my 13' I drove a retired police interceptor for 5 years, lights sucked. I appreciate being able to light up the road like the sun

 

[5PNTSLW]

^^^^ you can use these:
https://www.americanmuscle.com/black-retro-billet-grille-2013gt.html
https://www.americanmuscle.com/polished-retro-billet-grille-2013gt.html
https://www.americanmuscle.com/poli...canmuscle.com/black-billet-grille-2013gt.html
https://www.americanmuscle.com/black-billet-grille-2013gt.html

OP, if you read these instructions it leads me to believe you can remove the honeycomb from the grill but still have the foglight surrounds in place.
http://1.cdn.lib.americanmuscle.com/files/2013-replacementgrille-manu.pdf

 

[blackcoyote13]

In for pics if you get gutsy.

 

[May93]

You might me on to something new or it might not work. Either way its those that say " what if " that keeps the Mustang craze alive.

 

[JW03]

I'm pretty sure the grill assembly aka honey comb is what holds the fog lights in place. I may be wrong though

 

[califsp]

The honeycomb part of the grille comes right off and leaves the fogs in place

 

[03machme]

^yep

you could just take the grill out but you would see a bunch of tabs along the edge and would see the brackets holding the fogs in place. That was one of the main reasons I went with the AM billet grille.

now I put some tint on mine so they would not be seen unless they were on

 

[cdog1157]

^yep

you could just take the grill out but you would see a bunch of tabs along the edge and would see the brackets holding the fogs in place. That was one of the main reasons I went with the AM billet grille.

now I put some tint on mine so they would not be seen unless they were on

Is the stock honeycomb grille still behind your new upper and lower grilles? If so is it plainly visible? I'm thinking of getting the AM grilles but I'd wanna remove the honeycomb.

 

[03machme]

Is the stock honeycomb grille still behind your new upper and lower grilles? If so is it plainly visible? I'm thinking of getting the AM grilles but I'd wanna remove the honeycomb.

No. The upper is designed to remove the factory grille. The lower is designed to go over the factory grille but I fabricated a bracket to hold the lower billet grille in place so that both the honeycomb grilles are gone. Here is a close up pic

 

[kingnut]

^yep

you could just take the grill out but you would see a bunch of tabs along the edge and would see the brackets holding the fogs in place. That was one of the main reasons I went with the AM billet grille.

now I put some tint on mine so they would not be seen unless they were on

what percentage of light did you lose after the grill install and tint?

 

[cdog1157]

No. The upper is designed to remove the factory grille. The lower is designed to go over the factory grille but I fabricated a bracket to hold the lower billet grille in place so that both the honeycomb grilles are gone. Here is a close up pic

Thanks alot, that'll be the route I take then.

 

[03machme]

what percentage of light did you lose after the grill install and tint?

without the tint it doesn't change the light output much. the tint I have makes them almost purely for looks, but I have some of the darkest tint

 

[2014GT]

Looking at doing exactly this. Will post pics if I do.

 

[five.slow]

if yall try it and screw it up let me know i have a stock grill just chillin in my garage.

 

[Mach828]

Love the front of that DIB '13 posted above. Awesome job!

 

[fightermatt]

I want to remove my grille as well, at least until I buy a billet one, but I'm afraid the radiator might take a beating.

 

[five.slow]

I want to remove my grille as well, at least until I buy a billet one, but I'm afraid the radiator might take a beating.

Be a man and yank that shit lol.

I thought the same BUT the gt500s have open grills. I know I know most are not daily drivers. So you got rocks that fly up sometimes. And bugs just love to run into cars. But honestly the same damage can happen with or with out the grill. Less of a chance with a grill yea but still a chance. Also it's not the radiator you see it's the a/c condenser.