Out with Billet in with Satoshi

My old grill was starting to chip paint, and it never did fit quite right (that's what I get for buying off ebay.) I've been seeing more and more satoshies on here, so I figured I could do one too. It took me two and a half nights to finish, but I got'er done. here are some pics.

Before



and after


good thing I kept my badges when I debadged. It looked like I was crusin around with no grill for a day.

 

Sweet... I want to do the exact same thing! If you dont mind can you give me a ball park guess on how much it cost you...

 

That looks sweet! Really stands out with the red truck.

 

Deffiently an improvement good work

 

How did you attach the badges to the grill?

Great looking truck by the way.

 

I got a 4'x4' sheet of flattened expanded steel for about 20 bucks, some black and clearcoat paint, about 15 bucks so around 35 bucks total. and a lot of time put into it. I had bondo and a fiberglass repair kit, and a bunch of sandpaper already, but it would still only cost around 50- 60 bucks if you had to buy everything. I just epoxied the emblems on with a crapload of two part glue.

 

Could you list out everything you would need to do it for me?

 

you might want to check this out
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=258681

you would need
some kind of grill material (i used expanded steel, but you could use punched aluminium, or a grillecraft grill, or a good number of other things)
you will need a hacksaw blade to take out the old grill
a bunch of sandpaper, ranging from 150grit to 2000grit. (I used mostly 220, until I got to the painting stage.)
a fiberglass repair kit (should come with fiberglass, and resin, and a squeegee thing)
a bondo kit(should come with a bondo spreader)
a primer/scratch filler
paint, (color match or black)
clearcoat
Masking tape (I used 1" and 3")
two tubes of two part epoxy
a 3' piece of #10 or #8 threaded rod, and nuts and washers for the same thread size.

I think that that's it. I might have forgot a thing or two, I had most of it sitting around, so I didn't really think about it.

 

I love the new look. Good job on the grill!

 

Looks awesome!!!

 

Makes the truck look a ton better, rep sent

 

Aww man, looks all wrong.....it's in the wrong driveway, lol. Bring it on over here where it belongs. You had no business making it look that cool & without proper authorization it will need to be confiscated. But, if you do one in black we can let it slide, OK?..............All BS aside, looks amazingly better! Props on the kraftsmanship.

 

Looks great! I like the badges.

 

You did good with the badges...great job bro!

 

Looks much better.

 

awesome man!
welcome to the satoshi club

 

Great job! BHLM and blackout fogs and that would really complete that look.

 

Looks way better than the old billet grill.

 

x2 on the black headlights

 

yup, I think that's next on the agenda. (BHLM) I also have a black powdercoated headache rack on order, should be here tomorrow or monday. I'm not sure how it'll look, but I kind of need it for hauling my boat and dirtbikes and stuff around.