Black grill up mod how-to

2002 4cyl man here..
grill: https://www.ebay.com/itm/386869229305
it was packaged well. no defects except one of the screw holes had some flange on it I had to twist off (see pic). This is a cheap plastic grill!! DO NOT EXPECT QUALITY! It shows dirt very easily. DO NOT USE A POWER DRILL ON THE MOUNT SCREWS, you can easily break this thing.

My headlights have DRL on them so I dremeled off the ends to fit it. NONE of mounts provided fit the OEM clips I had. This was a 100% zip tie job on all 7 mounts. Its a little crooked but so is my front end.


before, nasty chrome hard to clean.


be careful! I scratched it just leaning on the carport wall.
Note, its a little harder to hit the hood release lever to open it after installing, but not impossible.

trim will be repainted..

(i do sports timing in case your wondering about the vanity plate)

I wired the LEDs into my existing DLR light relay. Still debating on wether to take some black acrylic paint to the marker light trim to match, not work paying $250 for new ones from spyder.

 

plastic bit needed to be pulled off.

 

Looks great! Don’t bother rinsing that radiator out, though.

 

This guy's spot on maintenance before aesthetics. If not you'll be looking at your pretty truck in the driveway.

 

3d printed a few badges.. and finished the trim pieces

 

this is a photoshopped black trim around the light, think i might go this route.

 

The 3D printed badges are a nice touch! Print a TRD one and you could probably make a little bit of money haha