Ok, since getting hooked up here by a fellow member, wintermc, with some good looking Ranger headlights, I figured I'd share my (hopefully) future success and failures. I'm starting with a Mitsubishi grille I have laying around with a few broken tabs and not so great finish. So I'll cut it up before tearing my grille up. Working with simple hand tools and lots of creativity...hopefully there'll be no need to state a budget as I'm hoping for a simple DIYer project. While I have a great mind for creativity and design, I however lack patience. So I'll try to take my time! This is a trim, test fit and repeat as many times till you have it right. So I'll step away often to prevent "fix it till it's broke" syndrome.
Ok, lets kick this off. I taped up the headlights to prevent damage. I like using blue tape as it shouldn't leave a residue like other tape. Less clean up! I then taped up the grille around the lights so any marks with pen should be visible. Also, while trimming, I'm hoping that the tape will keep burnt plastic off the good finish! Plus, should help keep a good line. I'm planning on getting the grille cut first so I can try two different ideas. Then once I settle, I'll mount the grille and make a template to mount headlight to radiator support.
Here we go...