2018 Grills

There are a couple of issues with just putting lexan between the grill and the sensor. You still have the plastic cover in front of the sensor and it's only has a couple of small opening that can read through. My feeling is that it will deminish the strength of the radar. The second is that the small opening will trap snow, water or mud which would also give the "clean the front sensor" warning more often. The Pro 18 has a nice flat smooth surface.

 

I remove the cover of my Chinese grill which was pretty easy to do. I'm betting that the new 18 pro grill cover will fit right in.

 

For me ill just wait till i have confirmed to multiple users that its properly working

 

Did you cover your sensor with plexiglass ?

 

My oem grill from the rear

 

Spiffy! Did you just cut the tabs they melted then it comes off? It sure looks like that factory plexi will fill that space nicely with the sensor behind it.

 

That OE grill looks identical to my Chinese grill.

 

I didn't have to cut the tabs. I used a sharp knife and cut the melted plastic then pushed the cover out.

 

nice! when are you getting delivery of the part? ancious to see how it looks. keep us updated

 

The plexiglas on the front or the rear should help.....if you look at the pro grill, they still have the honeycomb design, it is just not a thick, and the plexi is covering the front, on the 17 grill, putting the plexi in the back, the sensor will still see the sharp angles of of the honeycomb. @logicmobile i think a piece of plexiglass would clear up your issue, but the dealer may have to clear the code for you 1st.

 

I put some clear screen for it stable enough and error comes up removed it still same issue, i decided to put back the OEM grill and issue never comes back

 

Bought a 2018 OR, pulled the grill immediately and put in a china pro grill. Got the dash warning immediately that my TSS sensor needed to be cleaned and it turned itself off. Took pro grill apart and compared to the OEM setup where TSS is buried behind the tinted logo. I added 3/32" plexi that I had my local Ace cut. I got fancy and added tint to the front of the plexi to make it look dark and "help" the sensor. Reassembled pro grill and drove......damn sensor went off again.

Took a day to two to think about things and had read others used plexi without issue. Pulled the pro grill again, ditched the tint, added a second layer of plexi to the front of the sensor. Couldnt find my double sided clear tape so I used some clear packaging tape to secure the plexi to the front of the sensor. Reinstalled and haven't had an error in weeks! Don't overthink it; yes they are amazing sensors that have great function, but a little plastis in front isn't going to mess it up. I have over 1,000 miles since the mod, utilize the adaptive cruise daily and have seen every other warning in teh right moments from the system.

Best of luck to everyone!

 

I like the sound of that set up, would u mind taking a picture of it for further details

 

Why not just buy the part for the '18 Pro Grill? I paid only $40 bucks and the result will be the same as Toyota designed it.

 

That's a good idea. When I did this I couldn't find a part listed. Aside from some time drinking beer in the garage this "mod" to get the sensor in cost $3 in plexi and about $0.02 in tape. If it wasn't working I would order the correct part.

 

really hard to see in these "progress" photos. But between the front of the sensor and back of the grill are two pieces of 3/32" secured with packaging tape. Hillbilly engineering, but it works great!

 

Looks good and it works, win win!

 

2018 tacoma probs
Good luck to you guys!

 

I had the china trd pro grille when issue came up

 

I ordered the 2018 Pro glass cover. It came in today. Now need to test it.