Goodmark Cuda grille

[heminut]

I bought a new Goodmark grille for my Cuda and thought I would do a review with some pics of the install. I'll start with a pic of the grille just out of the box (sorry for the quality). It's dark gray ABS plastic and has a tag that says it was made in Taiwan. It is the complete grille assembly with the headlight buckets and the 4 chrome trim pieces. It seems to be pretty well made. Jeg's and Summit list them for about $675 plus shipping and tax but I shopped around and found the grille at getallparts.com for $657 total with shipping and tax. I'll update this post with pics as I move along with painting and installing the grille.

 

[Deathproofcuda]

Awesome! Thank you Sir! I've been sitting on the fence about buying one of these for some time now, so am very interested to follow along and see what your thoughts are.

 

[heminut]

I got the grille painted and learned something along the way. Probably learned it when I painted the original grille that's in the car and then forgot it. I painted the black center sections and intended to then mask them off and paint the main part of the grille. Well,it's pretty much impossible to mask that center part so I ended up painting the argent and then masking off the main part of the grille to repaint the inside sections black. I used a dark textured argent (took about a can and a half for 3 good coats) for the main part of the grill that I got from these folks;
MOPAR Textured Dark Argent - Gray
The center section I painted with Rustoleum 2X black satin from Ace Hardware. It's the same stuff I used on my original grille and it has held up well over the years. BTW, I was leery of painting on that smooth shiny surface so I got a couple of 120 grit sanding pads and scuffed the grille and headlight buckets before painting.

On to the chrome trim that came with the grille. The two long pieces are identical and either one can be used on the top or bottom. They just snapped on with hand pressure. The trim pieces that go on the headlight buckets are different, there is a left and a right and when you lay the trim on the headlight bucket it is obvious if you have the right piece or not. A couple of the corners didn't have a sharp enough bend to suit me and I bent them to a better profile with hand and thumb pressure. It was fairly easy to get a good fit and then, like the long pieces, they just pushed on with hand pressure.

So far I'm really happy with this grille. I plan on taking the old grille out next week and putting the new one in. I'll report back on the fit when I get it in. I'm waiting on the red grille bars to come in so I can put them on before installing the grille in the car.

 

[Xcudame]

Very good tech! We will follow with interest!

 

[Cuda Hunter]

Thanks for the review.
Especially interested in the actual fit on the car and if the trim pieces stay in place after driving at 70 mph.

 

[KlsCuda]

Looks forward to hearing about the fitment. I'm thinking about replacing mine.