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HudCo 
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 Topic: chrome grill on d17 ?
Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:08am |
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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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DSeries4
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Posted: 02 May 2025 at 8:55pm |
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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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DrAllis
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Posted: 02 May 2025 at 9:38pm |
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And of it wasn't a perfectly straight grille screen, it would like like dog poo.
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HudCo
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Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:17pm |
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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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Codger
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Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:28pm |
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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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truckerfarmer
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Posted: Yesterday at 5:29am |
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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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Posted: 20 hours 43 minutes ago at 4:14pm |
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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Ed (Ont)
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Posted: 19 hours 12 minutes ago at 5:45pm |
I didn’t like the idea of a chrome grill. But that D19 looks good! 
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Gary Burnett
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Posted: 16 hours 27 minutes ago at 8:30pm |
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Maybe get a set of tall spoked chrome rims to go with the chrome grill.
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PaulB
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Posted: 6 hours 13 minutes ago at 6:44am |
 Gary Burnett wrote:
Maybe get a set of tall spoked chrome rims to go with the chrome grill. |
After that he'll be installing a thumping stereo and a way to make it jump up and down at red lights on a tractor ride 
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HudCo
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Posted: 3 hours 51 minutes ago at 9:06am |
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you know it that d19 grill dont look bad
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