![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/NSRA-KY-NATS-23_ProductShowcase-INTRO-1-300x300.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011641_grille_3.jpg)
![author_logo Author_eyan_](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/author_logo-pu19tljmq55tjs2fdm6vxdn31qqonswjv7gjowk7g0.jpg)
THE AUTO BUILDER
Featured
- All Post
- Trucks
- Swaps
- Performance Boats
- Builders
- Manufacturers
- _000 Home Sliders
- 05 Publications
- Builds
- Cars
- 01 Post Status
- Back
- Street Rods
- Hot Rods
- Late Model
- Drag Race
- Handling
- Compact Cars
- Chassis
- Engine
- Power Adders
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Power Adders
- Suspension
- Power Adders
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Power Adders
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Accessories
- Power Adders
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Power Adders
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Back
- Chassis
- Engine
- Power Adders
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Back
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Power Adders
- Back
- Suspension
- Power Adders
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Back
- Accessories
- Power Adders
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Back
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Power Adders
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Back
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Power Adders
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Back
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Power Adders
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Back
- Toyota
- Chrysler
- Subaru
- Chevrolet
- Cadillac
- Pontiac
- GMC
- AMC
- BMW
- Buick
- Jeep
- Lincoln
- Mitsubishi
- Ford
- Dodge
- Honda
- Nissan
- Back
- 18 Post Missing PDF Files
- 05 Post Imported
- 20 Post Missing Images (All)
- 25 Post Missing Images (Partial)
- 15 Post In Progress
- 30 Post Internal Review
- 40 Post On Hold
- 50 Post Approved
- 10 Post Images Imported
- 27 Post Missing Content
- 17 Post Missing TXT Files
- Back
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Power Adders
- Chassis
- Engine
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Fuel System
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Back
- Electrical
- Outdrives
- Steering
- Interior
- Accessories
- Power Adders
- Exterior and Hull
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Back
- Chassis
- Engine Swaps
- Interior Swaps
- Driveline
- Back
- Bob Cullipher
- Jerry Nichols
- Carl Casper
- J.F. Launier
- Bobby Alloway
- Chip Foose
- Ring Brothers
- Jesse James
- Jack Fuller
- Back
- 05 Pub HCI Hot Compact Imports
- 15 Pub 4x4 4x4 Builder
- 20 Pub SR Super Rod
- 25 Pub FB Ford Builder
- 30 Pub AR American Rodder
- 35 Pub RD Rodders Digest
- 40 Pub OTR On the Road
- 55 Pub BSCENE Buckaroo Scene
- 10 Pub CR Chevy Rumble
- 50 Pub TB Truck Builder
- 60 Pub FPB Family Power Boat
- 45 Pub SRB Street Rod Builder
- Back
- Street Trucks
- OffRoad Trucks
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Power Adders
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Electrical
- Exhaust
- Transmission / Drivetrain
- Suspension
- Steering
- Brakes
- Wheels and Tires
- Power Adders
- Interior
- Exterior
- Accessories
- Chassis
- Engine
- Fuel System
THE RIGHT WAY
A Young Installer Does a Painstaking Install to Show Us How to Upgrade With a SS Speed Grille
Author
![Picture of Marshall Spiegel](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/author_logo.jpg)
Marshall Spiegel
Story & Photography
The white ’04 Tundra, a well-converted, slightly lifted street truck, showed up in the driveway of installer Eric Leopold, owner of Diamond Star Racing in Atascadero, California. The customer had purchased a Street Scene (SS) Speed Grille and brought it to Eric to be installed.
Eric read the SS “screws-and-clips” installation instructions, and the job appeared to him to be the proverbial piece of cake. Then he got to the part that says, “If your grille has a chrome inlay on it, we highly recommend masking off and painting it black.” It didn’t say anything about white trucks with white stock grille appointments.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to perform any installation, and installer Leopold demonstrated how to do it the “rightest” way possible. The accompanying photos show the highlights of his approach.
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011639_grille_1-1024x689.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011640_grille_2-1024x677.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011641_grille_3-1024x674.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011642_grille_4-1024x660.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011643_grille_5-1024x650.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011644_grille_6-1024x716.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011645_grille_7-1024x706.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011646_grille_8-1024x678.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011647_grille_9-1024x675.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011648_grille_10-1024x661.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011649_grille_11-1024x702.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011650_grille_12-1024x694.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011651_grille_13-1024x682.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011652_grille_14-1024x672.jpg)
![](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/the-auto-builder_tb_0610_grilleinstall_img-011653_grille_15-2048x1314.jpg)
ARTICLE SOURCES
![Picture of Street Scene Equipment](https://theautobuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/StreetScene_logo-500x500.jpg)
Street Scene Equipment
365 McCormick Ave.
Costa Mesa, CA 90262
714/426-0590
Diamond Star Racing
5005 Traffic Way
Units A & B
Atascadero, CA 93422
805/275-2360