Westin® - HDX Grille Guard

I bought this grill guard after having my pickup repaired due to a deer strike. The guard looks great, and is actually better built than I had imagined. The primary frame is well built, and the accent bars and brush guards are large enough to look very solid. Hopefully I will never need it for another deer problem, but I'm sure it will hold up well. TRUCKiD was very simple to work with and provided an excellent value on this piece. I saved almost 50% over buying directly from Westin. Great experience!

I wanted protection without an overly industrial look. This grille guard is great, sturdy enough for rough terrain but polished enough for city driving. Had no issues during install.

Check out the installation instructions. Find someone who has hands on experience with the 21 Sierra 1500 and equivalent installation. Some videos indicate a three hour process. Different people at Westin tell different stories regarding retention of tow hooks and cutting of existing body components. Instruction pictures are hard to decipher due to odd angles of the shots and quality of the images. The Chevy grille is much different. Two installers at a regarded custom shop took six hours on mine. Count the cost. I'm happy with the results after installation, and think this is the best out there for the 1/2 ton Sierra. If Ali-Arc or Herd had come up with something I would have gone that route. I think both aren't willing to undertake the mess that GM has made of the design.

The grill guard is first-rate. Installation was a challenge as the instructions said to remove and not replace the tow hooks. However, when we got into it, we had to cut the tow hooks off the mounts and reinstall the mounts as they are necessary to reinstall the front skid plate as the skid plate. Bolts on the tow hook mounts. Also the guard interferes with the front crash sensors when you are going less than 5 MPH and they indicate a forward obstacle. Once you get moving everything works as programmed. I have installed various heavy-duty brush guards on every vehicle I have owned for the last 20 years as I live in deer country and the Westin is as well-built as any I have purchased in the past and looks better than most. I can easily give the guard itself 5 stars, but if there was a separate rating for installation it would rate a 3.

Thank God for YOUTUBE! (directions s*ck). That being said the grill guard is awesome, will not own a truck without one. Living in MT and driving at night lots of critters on the road. Had a Westin grill guard on my last truck and hit a deer at 70 MPH and did minimal damage, cheap insurance, these things are tough.

The grill look great and makes the truck look awesome! The paper directions weren't very good/clear, but you can download the directions which had much clearer pictures. The secondary mounting brackets were a little confusing from the directions themselves, but once I figured this point out the rest went very quickly.

This is the grille guard you have to buy. It is super strong and beefy that looks impressive on your truck. You will get comments from your friends and others on how tough it looks. Great!! Easy to install.

This grille guard fits my 2016 Titan like a glove. It is sturdy and will protect my truck from the plethora of deer we have here in south Alabama. I have nothing but praise for the product. Now, the not so good. The installation experience was miserable. The instructions are accurate, but not detailed enough. I suggest adding a few major steps and several minor ones that will greatly improve the installation experience.

Very pleased after 6 months. Have on my 2012 Toyota Tundra. Strong and beefy vs others in this price and model range. No issues and install wasn’t bad with some help.

This is a sharp looking grill but the installation instructions are very vague! I can put all kinds of machinery and equipment together but I struggled with the included instructions on this one for my 2017 Dodge Ram. I had better luck googling different instructions.