Drew47000000
Well-Known Member
So! In my never ending quest of dressing up our XLT a bit we hit a major snag this week. We contacted our local Ford Parts Dept and ordered the lower Platinum Grill insert and ordered the center and upper section off ebay used. The parts dept insured us that the part#'s showed compatibility between all trims so we took the plunge and ordered away.
After all 3 parts arrived I made an apt at a local body shop/collision center to have the parts installed. A full day later the delivered the vehicle back to me with no changes stating that the Platinum grill inserts are not compatible with the XLT. Sounded like the base/receiver that the inserts connect to was part of the problem and that the inserts were wider than the ones coming out of my XLT. Also the headlight design/shape could possibly be different affecting some of the dimensions?
This came as a complete shock. The parts dept said it would work and I also saw a picture of a seller on ebay who made the conversion some how. The seller was advertising the foglight chrome trims (which we also ordered) and if you study the picture you will see its definitely an XLT Exp. but with the Plat. grill. See Link Bellow.
I guess I'll return the grill inserts and chalk it up as a no go but If anyone has any ideas/suggestions before I ship them back i'm all ears.
Thanks for listening!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chrome-Fro...Lv5PairwiseWeb&_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985
After all 3 parts arrived I made an apt at a local body shop/collision center to have the parts installed. A full day later the delivered the vehicle back to me with no changes stating that the Platinum grill inserts are not compatible with the XLT. Sounded like the base/receiver that the inserts connect to was part of the problem and that the inserts were wider than the ones coming out of my XLT. Also the headlight design/shape could possibly be different affecting some of the dimensions?
This came as a complete shock. The parts dept said it would work and I also saw a picture of a seller on ebay who made the conversion some how. The seller was advertising the foglight chrome trims (which we also ordered) and if you study the picture you will see its definitely an XLT Exp. but with the Plat. grill. See Link Bellow.
I guess I'll return the grill inserts and chalk it up as a no go but If anyone has any ideas/suggestions before I ship them back i'm all ears.
Thanks for listening!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chrome-Fro...Lv5PairwiseWeb&_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985