F**ken aftermarket grill!

I wanted to do a Grillcraft grill but I didn't want to cut the oem grill, so I bought an aftermarket one from a local shop. after I painted it and put it together. It fits but its such poor quality I took it off. Is there an aftermarket grill out there thats any good or just luck of the draw?

 

Most of the time, to get that clean look on a grille, you have to cut out the center section of the old one. Its not hard at all. Took me about an hour or so to put my Grillecraft upper black one in. Its not like you're gonna go back to the factory look anyway. Some Chevy's and Fords have "bolt in" grilles, but not our Tacomas. Probably not the answer you wanted to here, but thats all i got. The Grillecraft/Satoshi style looks the best IMO anyway. Good luck.

 

Yep what reece13 said

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/homertaco/171169-made-order-satoshi-grills.html

homertaco sends you a whole grill i believe

 

Cut it out!!! Nothing a dremel can handle. And yes Homertaco will send you a whole grill color matched to your taco.

 

I will never forget the night my wife walked into the living room!
She said what the hell are you doing to your truck?? LoL
I said i'm putting a new grille on....
She said you been on that forum again?
You will never see any of those cuts once the grille is mounted up...
I LOVE my grille craft!

 

You can get them here, not cheap but you can get them color matched. I'd direct link to your color but I can't tell what color you have.

 

Or get a grille from RockAuto to cut up. Only $40 for yours. https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1445515,parttype,1384

That's what I did to mine (though a first gen). Got a new grille for about $30, cut it and put a grillecraft in it and it turned out great.

 

I bought the ridiculously expensive T-Rex Grill inserts due to the fact they looked good, and no cutting was needed.

They have something very similar and less expensive for the 2005 - 2011 Tacomas

Would something like this work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Wire-...Aluminum-/181127953845?_trksid=p2054897.l5658