Grille Writeup - No bondo/glass required

i did this yesterday to my 08. it only took a couple hours of work, and overnight to let glue, JB weld and paint to dry. very sinple, looks great. i highly recommend it to anyone thinking of doing a new grill. much easier that Satoshi, and much much cheaper that grill craft. i think i spend around $30. i also did my lower bumper grill, just painted some lathe and zip tied it behind the stock. pics to come


grill- wire lathe for plaster ------------free
paint- primer and black undercoating-- 15
JB weld / glue------------------------10

i had some extra nuts, bolts, washers laying around, and thats about it.

 

well its been about 3 or 4 days and some of the JB weld have failed. any ideas for another product? i was thinking gorilla glue or bondo

 

I used ABS cement for all of my plastic fill on mine, and some pinhole filler post sanding. I did my triangles last night, put the mesh in with JB water weld- it seems to have done a good job.

 

I used superglue and jb weld. May need to use both.

 

i got some permatex 2 part 5 minute epoxy. it did the trick

 

finally got my TOYOTA emblem and mounted it. i LOVE this mod, and suggest it to anyone who doesnt want to dive into a satoshi project and isnt looking to spend $200 on a grillcraft.

 

lOOks good!! I may think about having to do mine. I just got my 2010 last week and I am a little scared to do mods yet....

 

Looks good! I did a similar thing with the expanded mesh... But I was unable to find a piece big enough - so I got hold of some perforated steel... Check my build thread if anyone wants to see.

 

I was really worried what that style of grill done to a chrome base would do, I like it!

I think I will stick with my chrome grill after all.

 

Nice grill, great write up!

 

thats a sick grill. love the DIY!

 

Well after reading this I decided to do mine as well but go one step further and color match my chrome part of the grill. The pics and write up were awesome. It's in the middle of curing right now and i wil slap it all together tomorow with pics. Used the same expanded metal ut decided to go longways on the holes instead of up and down like yours. Just to be a lil different. I should have pics up tomorow. Awesome idea!!

 

Grill looks awesome. Nice work and great mod.

 

Finished mine last night, Great write up!!
16 gauge expanded metal gloss black and color matched the chrome..

 

looks good.... Anyone in my neck of the woods want to help and or do yours at the same time? So Cal

 

where you at in so cal? i wanna do a satoshi..

 

Torrance... you?

 

Damn nice!

 

Love the grille dude!