Would anyone be interested in replica TRD Faux grilles?

maybe this pic will help. there used to be another post near the center O but i cut it off. measured and drilled 2 holes, pushed the remaining posts in and used a bunch of gel superglue

 

Man, I wish I had gone this route. For the same price, it looks great

Too bad I bought the faux letters, and already drilled out the grille for them

 

I just wanted to share a little write-up of what I did.

In order to make the grille look as close to factory as possible I wanted to drill out the center of the o's as well as the supports behind them.

I started by painting the letters with krylon (I couldn't find fusion but this stuff bonded just fine)


Then once those cured I drilled out the mounting holes and dry fit the o's to the grille. I cut the supports out behind the first o and then jb welded the support to both from behind to hold the "floating" piece in:





Jb welded:


And second cut:


Then mounted up the rest of the letters:



Upon closer inspection you could see the remains of my vertical support inside the first o through the front.


So I used an exacto and sandpaper to make it smooth



And here is the final product!

 

This looks awesome!

 

Got mine on yesterday

 

Thank you!

 

Seriously the best looking grille out there!! Awesome with this landcruiser emblem, wow!

 

I don't care for the blacked out letters....on anything but this! Looks great on a black truck!

 

FJ emblem FTW.

 

@Link 2001

 

Am I the only one who also drilled out the "A"?

 

I also drilled it out, it was bothering me.

 

Didn't bother with the a-hole. It's not punched out on the legit Pro grille either.

 

Yeah it just doesn't look right with any enclosed negative space, it feels better with all 3 holes banged out.......... ........... .....

 

I prefer not having my a-hole banged out, but that's just me.

 

Wait...we still talkin' about grilles?

 

How is the emblem holding up? Any concerns? And post more pics of that awesome grille, your revision is making me seriously consider the replica grille. Please and thanks

 

Received my grill and letters this weekend, can't wait to install. I ended up cutting out the backside of the O's and the A as others have done. Used a Dremel.

 

Installed Vanculture grill with optional letters and @rrentrop red decals.