how did this start???? black crome around lights

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  1. justin has a 74

    justin has a 74 Maverick bandit official

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    :rofl:ive seen this done to multiple mavericks...

    although this isnt the actual pic... i will post tomorrow and show you how it turned out...

    many mavericks have had black around the head lights but they donot have black bumpers:rofl2:

    so here you go... i did it today and this is sort of what it looks like


    soooooooooooo........ how did it start?????


    EDIT VERSION!!!!

    all maverick have black around the headlights

    but mine didnot for some strange reason...

    i painted them today and will post pic tomorrow
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    I think the black on the bezels is standard for all Mavs and Comets...I think.
     
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    justin has a 74 Maverick bandit official

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    im speechless i feel so down right now..............................................................................

    no wonder my mav looked funny......................................................

    sorry for the post! lol


    READ EDIT VERSION!!!!
     
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    maverick1970 MCG State Rep

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    The color on the bezel matched the grill
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Now that you mention it I have seen black and a charcoal like color, but that's it. :scratchchin:
     
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    I thought it was a Grabber thang :huh:
     
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    Grabbers and Sprints and Comet GTs had black grills and black trim around the headlight door. The Stallions had black grill and blacked out doors. All others were argent.
     
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    Until '76-'77 - when the grills went black with a divider bar.

    There were several Maverick grills
    '70-'72 argent grill with center medallian
    '70 black grill with center medallian - used on '70 Grabber and '72 Sprint
    '71-'72 black Grabber grill with clear driving lights
    '72 chrome faced LDO grill with clear driving lights
    '73-'75 argent grill with orange turn indicators
    '73-'75 black grabber grill with orange turn indicators (chrome bezels around the indicators)
    '73-'75 chrome faced LDO grill (did this go all the way to '75?)
    '76 black Stallion grill with black indicator bezels and divider bar
    '76-'77 standard black grill with argent indicator bezels and divider bar

    The headlight bezels matched the grill.
    I don't know the minor changes of the Comet grills as well.

    This is everything I can think of, please add or correct anything I'm missing.
     
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    My 75 was stock with black grille and bezel trim.:huh:
    I knew the part about bezels matching grille color, but never really thought about why my 75 had it, even though it is not a Grabber.

    It must have been available with a black grille in 75 as an appearance package related to the Halo roof... ??? Maybe the sport mirrors? The 75 has those too.

    Any insight?


    Edit:
    The turn signals are 'clear' with black bezels.
     
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    Lots of Mavs without black headlamp surrounds and grill.

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    BEFORE. FACTORY NO BLACK.

    [​IMG]
    AFTER. NOW THEY ARE BLACK.
     
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    I can't answer this. Maybe it was an option or came with certain combinations of options, like you mention above. I'm glad you mentioned that it had clear turn signal lenses. I seem to remember somthing about '74 having orange lenses and '75 having no color (not clear like Grabber lights, but a lense with no color). I think I'll post a new thread about this and see if we can get it cleared up.
     
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    heres your scoop idea, this is on my buddies sprint. we still havent cleaned it up lol(y)
     
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    pic is missing???:(
     
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    starsky, what does the bezels have to do with the scoop?... :huh:
     
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