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chrome grill on d17 ?
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    Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:08am
has anyone had the grill chromed on their d17 ? wonder how it would look ,   i really need to get  mine finished up and in the field   so i quit dreaming these things up 
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Saw one on a D19 at a show a few years back. I didn't really care for it all that much. Would cost a lot more than paint and not look as good.
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And of it wasn't a perfectly straight grille screen, it would like like dog poo.
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my grill and shroud is perfect  fenders no ,one hood side has afew ding .    my first thought was to chrome the center piece between the  hood sides , but that would be very annouying looking down that in the sun  and would end up getting painted
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Local guy around here did his Series IV and didn't like it and replaced with another painted one. I think he still has the chromed one but I'd need to check. What really set his tractor off, (IMO) was chroming the control handles and shift levers. Those were a nice touch and did not approach gawdy. The tractor is a very nice restoration purchased new by the family at the implement dealer I help out. 
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If you want to see what it would look like, get a can of chrome spray paint. It won't be a perfect chrome, but it will at least give you an idea what it would look like. That way if you don't like it, you're only out about $10.
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This is a picture of one of my grilles on a D-19 that Calvin Schmidt shared with me.  Someone had this chromed.
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I didn’t like the idea of a chrome grill. But that D19 looks good! SmileSmile
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Maybe get a set of tall spoked  chrome rims to go with the chrome grill.
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Originally posted by Gary Burnett Gary Burnett wrote:

Maybe get a set of tall spoked  chrome rims to go with the chrome grill.
  
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you know it      that d19  grill dont look bad
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Like these:
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