Description
What has got to be the most sought after piece to restore our beloved 1st Gen Rams is finally available again after being out of Chrysler inventory for over 20 years! Yes you read that right! You no longer need to be embarrassed to have a cracked up original grill on your truck, or to have to run a aftermarket grill that doesn’t look right, or have the Dodge letters missing. A sticker on the front of an aftermarket grill never has been able to replace the feeling of rolling into an event with a authentic original Dodge grill. Well, that can now be a thing of the past!
Re-chroming originals and trying to repair the dreaded crack between the D and G letters has been the norm for many enthusiasts trying to restore their truck, only to find that the crack returns after a few years as the plastic is brittle after being baked by the sun for 30 years! Worse, as the plastic is chemically changed by the sun, the re-chrome in time will let go and begin to peel as it cannot adhere properly to UV baked plastic. Sadly the only other option has been NOS originals but they are very few and far between and that has caused the cost of these remaining originals to be well into the $2500 range if its clean.
Well, that game is finally over! These grills are now available again and better yet, they are made HERE! On our soil! No more needing to buy cheap aftermarket grills from offshore that break within a few years (or the chrome peels) as they were made out of cheap plastic or in some cases, even fiberglass. These grills are made of American grade high tensile ABS just as the originals were, but we added a lot of modern UV inhibitors that didn’t exist 30 years ago, to help these survive in the sun longer. The chrome plating is extra thick triple chrome plating, done right here in New England, and exceeds Chrysler’s chrome plating standard. The grill also uses some enhanced techniques to reinforce the common cracking areas like the famed crack between the letters D and the G, and also the two little mounting tabs that are prone to breaking off. The bottom line? These are way better than the originals but look identical!
Like the original grills 30 years ago, these are half made in the USA and half made in Canada, with all American materials.
The grills do come with the letters and the screw nuts (for the marker lights and headlight bezels) already installed. Please note this ships oversize as the box is 7 feet long!
This part has also gone under the following part numbers: 83506568AB, 83506567, 83506568
