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Home made 1st gen grille

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by DawsonDestroyer, Jun 23, 2019.

  1. Jun 23, 2019 at 8:47 AM
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    Finished up a home-made grille I've been working on, figured I'd throw it on here.

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  2. Jun 23, 2019 at 8:53 AM
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    Looks good! Nice work
     
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  3. Jun 23, 2019 at 8:54 AM
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    Thanks man!
     
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  4. Jun 23, 2019 at 1:48 PM
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    Great fab work, looks really nice!
     
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  5. Jun 23, 2019 at 4:24 PM
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    Wow! That looks great!
     
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    if you ever want to share how you did it, I'd be keen to read!
     
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    For sure, had a guy with a cnc table cut the outer frame of the grille out. Then ran to the hardware shop and grabbed some stainless steel nuts/bolts and a handful of 1/2" 90° brackets to mount the new grille to the plastic shell of the stock one. Got the sheet of mesh off of @customcargrills website and went through about 15 cutting wheels to shape it to my new grille :sawzall: then just cut out all the plastic from the stock grille and drilled a couple holes, bolted the new one together and then we're gucci :woot:

    Edit*Forgot to add, had the outer piece powder coated satin black by local powder guy

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  8. Jun 24, 2019 at 10:21 AM
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    Nice work :thumbsup:
     
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    Great work!
     
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    Appreciate it!
     
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    Looks great, how much did it cost you in total to make?
     
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    I think all in about 100-150 bucks, I've gathered pieces for about 2 years and haven't kept track of what its added up to :rofl:
     
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    Awesome, that is all good info to know. It's on the list of things, and it's gotta be way down at the bottom right now. Thanks for sharing!
     
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    Nice Job. And in your socks too ...
     
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    Hahaha good eye brother :anonymous:
     
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    Seriously though. It looks sick and matches your front end great.
     
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    Hi
    Thanks man, im pretty happy with how it turned out :cheers:
     
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