Does anyone know where to get a black billet grille for the xB. or have a previous thread for this same question. Just got my Thundercloud 04 today.

 

I never could find one so I just bought a normal Stull set and had them powdercoated black.

 

www.bcoolbillets.com best grilles out hands down

 

Link is no good.

 

b-coolbillets.com

Dont forget the dash

 

And they are available in black.

 

Do you have a link to a place that carries them in black? I looked on the B-cool website and they don't list it and I would like to see theirs.

 

Sorry, no link. And of course, no pix on their page. If I am not mistaken there is at least one member on here that has a set of their grills in black.

 

Hmm, I'd like to find them because although I like my powdercoated Stull set quite a bit I still have to touch it up every once in a while.

I wonder what they use to coat the B-Cool grills?

 

They just dip a paintbrush in my heart...



Anyway, been thinking about blacking or tinting my billets from Putco. Might have to get that done this winter. Mostly out of SPITE!

-Alex

 

Well don't use paint, it'll chip horribly. Powdercoating works much better but still chips somewhat.

 

My best idea thus far was tinted clear bra. Similar to RockBlocker et. al.s headlight armor or something. I just don't know if I will be able to do it clean.

Sorry for the threadjack.

Um, okay, being helpful. Does Fantasy Creations still exist? I wasn't able to find them the last time I looked. They were doing black stainless. Cisco had them on his spidermobile for a while. It had a ton of flake though. On the upside it didn't chip that I could see, but I wasn't looking really close.

Here's his:

 

Found 'em here:
http://www.fantasy-creations.net/

Expensive, but they are different.

-Alex

 

What you really want is anodizing if you are going to have it done. I don't know how B-Cool Billets does theirs.

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Ah, so the anodizing won't chip?

That might have to be a winter mod.

 

Anodizing is more chip and scratch resistant than traditional coatings like paint and powder coating. It is still primarily just a surface treatment. Even though it is bonded with the aluminum.

If you want to spend the extra coin, look for a place that will do "hard anodizing," This makes the part and finish coat even more scratch and chip resistant.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Frankenscion-- Can you post a picture of your girlls?

 

 

Just an FYI - many of you may know this. if you change to a grill taht has holes/vents in it, cabin noise will be pretty loud at highway speeds. I remove my girll sometimes since I have 4 horns mounted behind them and on the highway, this is loud as hell. I can assume that putting on a grill with holes in it will do the same.

here is a pic of how i drive around. going slow, up to like 40mph, there is not too much ADDED interior noise. go onto a highway like this is another story.



so when i know im going to use a highway (aka for a road trip, etc) i drive with the grill on. otherwise, it stays off so i can regulate on jerks that dont know how to drive.
- sh00k