Satoshi GrillCraft *How To* w/ pics

You can get the color matched paint from Advanced Auto Parts...the brand is duplicolor. If they dont have it in, you can order it and receive within two days. Just have our color code handy, and refer to the catalog they have in the paint aisle. I got my 8P4 in two days for a little over seven bucks.

 

Thought I'd Stop Back By to Thank Kevin for the Epoxy Method and Post a Couple Pics. Took Me a Couple Months in Between Other Stuff. I Tend to Go To The Extreme When I Take On A Project, and This One took Me Longer Than I Thought It Was Going To. I Did a Nice Variation (I think) on The Emblem. I Don't Take The Credit As I've Seen It Here By Others. I Posted a "How Done" Yesterday, Which Can Be found Here:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...nswer-converted-into-mod-write-up-w-pics.html

Thanks Again to Klipp11

 

^ looks real clean, bud. good job!

 

nice method alot easier than the bondo/fiberglass one

 

I'll preface this post by saying yes, I may have had a few rum & Cokes this evening...

I've read all ten pages of this thread and realized no one has commented on this dude seems to have a couple of semi-adult LIONS as pets in his signature pics!!

I'm not sure if this guy is a loose canon or my new hero but I'm going with "new hero."

Great write up on the grill conversion, I'll attempt it this weekend.

As for your "pets" kudos to ya!! I have some pretty big reptiles as pets and although I'm not sure I'd have the ballz to chill out with a couple of frisky felines, I do appreciate a guy who enjoys the odd pets.

Great write up and I'm excited to start this project this weekend...minus the 400 pound catz. I'll stick with my mutts.

 

Glug glug glug ,

LOL

 

Hey guys just read over the thread. I have already cut out the middle of my grill and just did the standard grillcraft installation. Now I'm starting to think I want to do the satoshi. Any thoughts on what I could use for the insert pieces since the rest of my grill is loooong gone? I would really prefer to stay away from fiberglass. Any ideas?

 

looks good but why buy a 160- grillcraft when you could have just used mesh...

 

This thread inspired me to try doing my own Satoshi grill, but instead of using mesh, I decided to do a Billet Satoshi grill.
I apologize for not owning a better camera.

 

^^ very unique!!

 

Excellent !!!
Clean
Unique

 

looks great

 

Here's a better picture of the truck with the grill, after a good wash and a more scenic background...

 

^billet satoshi looks awesome! i was considering going billet until i decided to mount the hellas behind the grill, so i went with a gc. nice look tho!

 

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Are those the stainless N-Fabs on there ?

Edit ( just checked your sig to answer my own question , I have them on my truck , but I think yours is the first I've seen on TW )

 

These are the stainless N-fabs, I'm not sure, but I might have been one of the first to get them. When I had ordered them, I had to wait at least 3 months for them to go into production! They were going to offer me the powder-coated bars if I couldn't wait.

 

*taps mic* thump thump thump... is this thing on?!?!?

 

What you got for plastic lying around the house? Maybe you could use the plastic from a DVD case or something like that to provide a backing to apply some putty to form a even surface. The putty I used was a epoxy/putty. Just a thought...

 

I've had mine since Nov 09