Is the OEM Pro grill painted black?

I havent been a member long enough to post in the Marketplace, but if anyone has an OEM Pro grill they want to sell me (with or without garnish) and save me some money, I'm game ;-)

 

I can confirm that this is not true. I bought the copy grill & garnish from Truck Accessories Guy for $150. It fits very tight, looks good (it's a piece of painted plastic, so it would), and I added a couple of thin washers to the top screw of the TSS sensor which eliminated any errors. The error is not due to vibration, but to the vertical angle of the sensor with respect to the ground plane.

 

I wish I was as lucky.
I'm picking up my new Sport Thursday after waiting since January. I just asked them about getting me an OEM Pro grill. They told me they need to supply Toyota with a Pro VIN before they can order it.

 

Luckily online used car sites list VIN #s too...

 

Hmmmmmmmm.........interesting.......

 

Ill second this. Garnish went in snug, used 2 washers to hold the top in and haven't any sort of errors. Was impressed that with this aftermarket grill the TOYOTA letters were all together and just needed that piece screwed into the grill, and not have to attach each letter separately.

 

Nice to see I'm not the only one who took the risk and bought the grill and garnish from that site. I was happy to get both the grill and garnish for $150 delivered within 2 days.

 

Just so everyone is aware, if you bought a knockoff grill you should keep your stock one. Toyota will not touch a radar related recall on a knockoff grill, which is why I went with an OEM one.

 

Funny part is buying a new TSS sensor is cheaper than buying the OEM Pro grill.

 

Toyota must have gotten really butthurt over people adding them to OR models to jack it up like that.

 

What the fuck? 700$ in the states? Im shocked OEM grille and garnish is same price in Canada. Usually everything here is about 40% more than US.

 

I guess I got lucky with my $126 eBay purchase. Fits great and zero sensor issues. I knew I was taking a risk but it was worth it for the potential savings. Worst case I put the original grill back on.

 

That is exactly what happened. I know a guy that works in parts at local toyota dealer and told me the prices just went up overnight. I would say about 70% of tacos here rock the pro grille and you see tacos on pretty much every corner. The only reason i painted my bezel black and sticking with stock 2018 trd grille. I dont think it looks bad at all.

 

I bought the OEM Pro grille just a few weeks before the prices went crazy apparently.

 

That is what I did.

 

Damn, got my OEM grill and garnish for$280 total. For some reason the 18 grill is a lot cheaper and the OEM garnish was $40.