Stop in for a cup of coffee

Not sure what year they went to black behind the grille but mine was body color.. my frame rails under the flange were also body color (can't see it in that pic though)

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That wasn't a year model thing. It depends on how much body color paint shows through the grill(s). Even then they didn't bother to mask and properly paint the entire core support. They simply shot some black at areas where the body color would show through the grill(s).