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Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look and installing the Westin HDX Grille Guard on a 2022 Chevy Silverado 3500. Now not only does this give your truck a much more tough look, but it's also gonna serve for a lot of different protection reasons. And a lot of that comes down to the fact that not only do you have these solid two-inch diameter bars, so if you ever hit a deer or any animal that might be out in your area, it prevents an accident on your vehicle and having to take it to a body shop or causing any damage. I think it's totally worth it. And unfortunately, I've been a victim of totaling out a car because of that.

And this is definitely a way to prevent that. This is extremely heavy duty. It's pretty well all bolts on, too, so it's custom fit to your vehicle. So on this Silverado here, you can see, looks nice and clean. It follows the headlights, so that way, you're not gonna be blocking any of your visibility.

And also you get this punch out plate, too. And this is nice because if you have smaller things, say a bird or something along those lines comes here, it's gonna prevent it from maybe causing damage to your radiator. And the great part is it looks really good. You still have that ventilation with no problem. And overall, it's just gonna keep your truck looking nice overall.

You're not gonna have any dings, dents, or scratches, or at least it's gonna prevent it from the front side of the vehicle. This is also gonna be great for anyone that's in maybe a rugged terrain or maybe do some off-roading. This is gonna act as a really good brush guard. That way, you can kind of take those twigs and trees down and really not have to worry about damaging your vehicle too much. You also have this nice coating here on the vertical bars and it may just kind of seem like a nice added touch, but also that's gonna keep any rocks or anything from really nicking this and denting up and just kind of keep it clean-looking overall.

And to go with that durability, you have black powder coat finish throughout the entire thing so it's gonna look really good. Now if you want a slightly different look, there's also a polished stainless steel version available as well. So you can kind of make it custom match your truck. Now as far as installation goes, this one's actually pretty easy. You do have to take off your grille and a few of the garnish that, you know, just kind of is necessary to gain access to the bolts to get your bumper taken off. And that's gonna allow you to bolt up through your factory tow hooks, which you do maintain, which is nice. The bottom brackets, which require a little bit of trimming as you can see here, but it's minor. And once the grille guard's in place, you really don't notice it too much. So overall, this is pretty easy to do. I do recommend having an extra set of hands as it is rather heavy and kind of getting this in place and starting your hardware can be a little bit tricky. But overall, I think it's a great looking brush guard or I'm sorry, grille guard, and you're gonna get that added protection. So as far as installation, totally worth doing and definitely a great addition to your truck. So let's take a look at that now. To begin our installation, go ahead and get your hood lifted up and we're gonna take this plastic cover here that's right above where our hood latch is. And it's just gonna be a series of plastic push pins. These are pretty easy to pry up. There's gonna be a slot on one of the sides that you can get a trim panel tool or even a flathead screwdriver. Just pry that center portion up, lift that up, and then the whole thing should come out with it. If it comes out in two separate pieces, no worries. You can always put those back. Now during this whole installation, highly recommend having a nice organized spot to keep all your hardware. It's gonna make putting everything back in that much easier. So go ahead, go along this outer edge, get all those plastic push pins, and then we'll set this cover aside. With those push pins removed, we can go ahead and lift this out. Now our hood latch is kind of right here, so I think if we kind of get this at an angle, we should be able to slip this out. Worst case, there's some torque bit screws that if we need to, we can go ahead and take those out. And it does kinda look like that might be what we're gonna do. I don't want to damage our plastic here, so I'll go ahead and get my torques bit. We'll take this off. And these are just T15, so this'll make sure that we can get this all taken out. So now this l