replacing grill..

does anyone know much about these replacement stock grills?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GRIL...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

are they meant to be primed and painted or can they just be installed black like that??

im looking to replace my chrome one that was butchered on my last grill job and i wouldnt be heartbroken if i just replaced it with a non chrome one.

thanks!

 

gonna let you know now.......find a good used oem grille.......dont make my mistake. i bought one of these ebay grilles to replace my stocker...cause it was black.......and i had to make the damn thing fit. the tabs didnt line up at all....and the emblem wouldnt go back in cause of the way the tabs were cut on this grille. i had to epoxy it in.

 

Dude, if you're gonna replace it, you might as well just do a satoshi. I don't know anything about those grilles, so i can't answer your question, but when i replace mine, it's gonna either get satoshi'd or grillecraft'ed. I would suggest you do the same. You'll be much happier with the nicer look.

And you also don't have to be worried about if the product you're buying for 90 bucks is of cheap make. Might as well just go a little more and make it beautiful.

 

Put simply:

Use Toyota parts.

Any vehicle, use the manufacturers original parts. If you want to modify the OEM stuff, that's fine, but only drift to the aftermarket if there's no OEM solution for what you want.

 

Description / Notes:
"Replacement Grille -- GRILLE, BLACK AND GRAY -- With emblem provision; A high quality, direct fit OE replacement grille."


Notes Fits 4WD
Brand New in the Box - Fit and Quality Guaranteed!

according to that description fit shouldnt be a problem. I am wanting to do a satoshi. i just cant do it on the current one i have because when i put the black billet grill onto mine i completely butchered the surrounding grill. So id just like to order another stock grill and take my time doing the satoshi grill since id still have the clunker grill still on my truck.

 

do what you gotta do man.....im just telling you from experience.........no matter what it says about that grill......they fit like shit.

 

ill take your advice. maybe i can just cover the front part of the grill with the mesh material.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/23059-billet-grill-install-help.html

a pic of my grill is in the first page of that thread. cant really see what im talking about from that angle though.

 

just cut out your old grill and put in a billet grill

gri

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/23059-billet-grill-install-help.html

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It will fit fine don't listen to them. Many people that I know have bought the non OEM grilles off of ebay and had no problems.

 

i ordered one with an oem number. i'm confident it'll fit fine. ill post pics when its on.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...spagename=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123#ht_2073wt_826

 

hey dude........i was just telling him how the one i bought fit. dont listen to us.....yeah....good advice.

 

hahaha. i knew his comment would stir the pot a bit.

 

yeah...........true,do what you want. none of us that work on stuff apparently know what the fuck we are talking about.