Grill/headlight swap from early gen 2 to last gen 2

Can this be done? PNP? Has it been done? Most importantly how expensive are the replacement parts, ballpark figures?

 

@HomerTaco has done it.

 

Mine was simple: new hood, headlights, headlight trim, and grill of course.
I did not bother with the bumper as I have an aftermarket hybrid from Brute Force fab.
Others have done the full swap including the bumper. It's considerably more expensive that way.
I bartered for most of the parts I got and the only thing I actually bought new was the headlight trim. Got the rest of the parts on deals from other TW members.
Build the grill myself & did the swap to beta test the design.

 

This should help -
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2012-tacoma-front-end-conversion-rg11.293318/

 

Excellent. That's the whole shebang if you want a stock-for-stock swap.
Too much $$$ for me.
I think I'm into the entire swap for under $500 total.

 

Nice! I spent a bit more... but still pretty reasonable. I have all the parts (just haven't installed it yet).
Got to love getting stuff from TW at a deal


Now that you made me think about it, I'm somewhere around ~620 in parts (all OEM). But then I decided to throw another 250 at retrofit parts from TRS haha.

 

Yeah that's a little more involved than I thought. Gotta restratigize this customization....really just wanted change from the bummer up. Back to the drawing board.

 

It's too bad it's not possible to keep the original bumper with the updated grill and headlights

 

I have a secret, the prices dont get any better when it comes to modding and TW

 

It's involved, but it's all bolt on. When you see parts for sale just start collecting. Once you have all the body parts, the brackets (if you buy all new OEM) come out to ~$320.

If you happen to be in socal I have extra 12+ headlights that'll be up for sale soon.

 

Do the facelifted foglights have the same light output as the pre-facelifted fogs?

 

Imma keep as is I think.

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