2018 TRD PRO Grille w/ TSS-P Radar Info/DIY

Installed

 

Your missing something.

 

He likes the Alfred E Newman look.

 

It's coming in the mail soon.

 

Bought my '18 back in March. Been following this thread for months. It has been an invaluable source of information as I did the TRD Pro grill upgrade on my wife's 2015 4Runner a couple of years back and always had this swap on the radar for my Taco. Of course, it was much more straightforward since I was able to order the parts without any issues.

Anyways, finally pulled the trigger this week as I have a connection in the parts industry. Warned him they'd request a VIN when he went to purchase but he didn't believe me. Sure enough they did but he somehow figured out a way around it. OEM grille, garnish, and accessories are supposed to show up at his place tomorrow Will post a pic of the finished product here once I get it installed (probably after Thanksgiving as we aren't local to one another). I got out the door for around $270.

Thanks for everyone's help with this....

 

What accessories are needed? I thought you only needed those two part numbers.

 

Ordered the extension harness for the sensor (88214-04020) and a couple of cover nuts (

$10 90183-06044 Lexus Genuine Factory 2 EMBLEM NUTS 90183-06044

90183-06044) too.

 

Now there's a guy doing it right. I also installed the longer wiring harness. I didn't like the fact that you could see the old harness when looking through the grill.

 

I have a stock pro. The garnish has always moved a bit in the grill. Wondering if this occurs with the retrofit as well. Looks like the internal star lock washers aren't pushed in all the way.

 

When I installed mine, I simply set a small sized socket over the Star washer and hammered it down snug. Zero wiggle.

 

Doesn't that result in the garnish being cocked at a bit of an upward angle? It looks like that in order to sit flush there should be a spacer of about a 1/4" between the star washer and the back face of the garnish.

 

You know, I’ll have to take a better look after work. I know that I thought it looked right at the time of install, and everything’s been working just fine.
All I’ve got on my phone is a straight on view.

 

I did mine the same way. It's tight and no issues. I'm sure it was intended to be tight.

 

All i can say is beautiful and thank you for the link. Ordered mine... now crossing fingers it goes through. Since I didn't do VIN.


Yeah... probably monitoring these boards now. Just got an email requesting it. I should of kept my mouth shut. :/

 

On my SR5 (pictured below is not mine) there is a chrome ring around the grill, is that part of the factory grill?

I want to do the TRD Pro grill on mine. I have the CC sensor.

 

yeap part of the factory grille. And eliminated / replaced by Pro Grille. No more chrome.

 

Perfecto,
I wanna go all black, black everything.
Thanks

 

Yeah, you have to put in a VIN number. I just searched Google for one and put the first thing I found. It worked without issues and my order shipped a day and a half after ordering.

 

Same here... Find a vin online. Many places to buy online. Grill, garnish plate, nuts, wire should cost around 250. My shipping was around 20.

 

It looks like the website I ordered from is back online. Having checked their main dealer site, it appears they did a redesign which was more than likely why it was down.

When you order, you must put a VIN for a TRD Pro, even though the form says it is "optional". Search for one on Google. I searched for "Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro VIN" and the results showed a ton of vehicles that were at dealerships for sale. Try and pick one that is close to where you live. If you do not put a vin, they WILL email you and ask for it before even processing your order. Toyota made this mandatory and will not ship these out without a proper VIN.

https://oemtoyotaparts.i-5toyota.com/oem-parts/toyota-trd-pro-grill-tacoma-pt22835180