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Differences in '12+ grill? Can't get it out

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by bendilzerian, Oct 12, 2017.

  1. Oct 12, 2017 at 9:45 AM
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    bendilzerian

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    I searched and searched. I pulled the screws and the tabs. All the threads I could find say pull straight up.

    On mine there is definitely a large 1" wide tab that is somehow connected to the bumper at the bottom of the grill and I can't get it out for the life of me...

    What's the trick?

    TIA
     
  2. Oct 12, 2017 at 9:47 AM
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  3. Oct 12, 2017 at 9:48 AM
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    Nevermind. Just got it.

    You have to pull these years straight out, pull on the very ends of the painted portion of the grill by the inside of the headlights and the tabs slip out.

    There's a few all along the bottom.

    Surprised I couldn't find a single thread where someone else ran into this. Hopefully someone else finds it useful
     
  4. Oct 12, 2017 at 11:04 AM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    Took a few for me to figure it out the first time. :oops:
     
  5. Oct 12, 2017 at 11:09 AM
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    Installing your grill today @HomerTaco by the way! Thanks!
     
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  6. Oct 12, 2017 at 11:10 AM
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  7. Oct 12, 2017 at 11:13 AM
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    * although I was not a customer, I created my own about the same time @HomerTaco began small batch customgrillz. :sawzall::welder::yes:
     
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  9. Oct 12, 2017 at 3:59 PM
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    Okay I'm not realizing I need to cut the black plastic apart to install this. Should have been obvious before since all the mounting points to the truck are attached to this.

    Anybody know where some instructions are for the homertaco grill? I can't find any. Dont' really want to mess up. Can't find any in search

    Thanks!
     
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  10. Oct 12, 2017 at 4:23 PM
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    PMed you the link. :D
     

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