2012-2015 TRD Pro Grille or knockoff?

Interested

 

It was 600, not 700. I appreciate everyones concern for my finances, but my point is, buying Chinese car parts is kindy nutty.......

 

I agree for the most part, but a grill is just a piece of plastic. Even the Chinese ones are overpriced in my opinion. How bad could they screw them up really?

 

Haha his was an OEM and he said it whistled. 220 for install and still issues. If I didn’t already have the OEM grille I’d have no issues buying a replica. @airplanebuilder its your money so it doesn’t matter what we think, I just hate when dealers gouge people for installations on things they can’t do themselves.

 

Grills are usually cast iron and steel, at least my Weber is. My grille on the other hand is plastic.

 

Grilles are usually gold and in rappers’ mouths, so..

 

It's a cosmetic piece of plastic. Either way, for all practical reasons, we're all crazy for spending any amount of money to change it -- but hey we're doing it cause we like the look of it and at that point we each spend whatever we're comfortable with to get that look right? Personally, I'll try the cheap replica and put it in myself because I'm a cheap bastard and I have the time and tools (that I've also invested a ton of money into over the years) to do it!

 

Considering Toyota has issues with wind noise on OEM grills, I suspect the Chinese ones would have less R&D done, and be even more prone to fit and finish issues. Disclaimer: pure speculation on my part.

 

Probably zero R&D, just an attempt at copying the existing one.

 

I'm In

 

$30 cost for Toyota too manufacture a real TRD grill.

 

Exactly. I think $75 is a fair price.

 

Toyota is so hot right now

 

LOL, you just tagged all us wannabe faux pro grille owners. lol

ETA: nice truck

 

Let me know cost and lead time

 

You got fucked.

 

Keep us posted!

 

Most people have no idea the cost that goes into tooling, materials testing/application, and creating a proper plastic part.

A typical Chinese toy is covered with sink marks, warp, incomplete fillibg, etc. The devil is in the details.

That being said, if they were $50 iI' give it a try.

 

True,but at some point the cost is recovered by charging 12 times what the materials cost per item,so after that its a $400 plus pure profit per grill,which is B.S,also Toyota didn't even get it right with the bad wind noise.

 

So does the authentic Pro grille whistle? I didn’t even know that. That might be annoying.