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.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 08:19 PM

I'm working on my grille right now. Should I cut the line in the middle off, or leave it like this?

I will be painting the whole grille black and putting some silver mesh behind it.

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 08:20 PM

Sorry for the quality of the pic, but it's from a cell phone.

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 08:56 PM

Ok, so I decided I'll take it out.

But, what do I do with this thing? Can I cut it off?

Rear view

Top view

Front view

Warped · 06-09-2004, 09:14 PM

Chances are Toyota put it there for a reason. If you don't know exactly what it does, I'd leave it on.

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 09:44 PM

It's pretty hard to cut the plastic in the middle without cutting that shit out too.

I'm hoping someone that has done their grille will reply to this thread soon.

jokelana · 06-09-2004, 09:55 PM

i cut it out .. no difference (that ive found).. my conclusion was that it was some holder for some machine or something during its molding.. ill post some pics of my grill with silver mesh and everything cut out but the emblem tomorrow when the suns out... i have to fill in some of the parts where there are holes from cutting but thats about it.. worse comes to worse... junkyard

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 10:12 PM

Yeah, I'm gonna cut it out. I put the grill on its place now and that little piece does nothing.

***Phi*** · 06-09-2004, 10:17 PM

cut everything off and just leave the perimeter in tact. You can cut that little piece off too. It doens't do anything. Let us know how it turns out

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 10:33 PM

I just got done cutting that piece off and sanding almost everything. Sorry for the shitty pictures, but my brother is in Reno so I gave him my digital camera to take pictures of the bowling alley and shit.

Anyways, what do I use to fill the holes and shit?

***Phi*** · 06-09-2004, 10:34 PM

fiberglass, bondo, duct tape

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by Phi
fiberglass, bondo, duct tape

Believe it or not, I've never used bondo...where can I get this?

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 10:37 PM

.tony. .riot. · 06-09-2004, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by Warped
Chances are Toyota put it there for a reason. If you don't know exactly what it does, I'd leave it on.

Yeah, so don't mod your car because Toyota made it like that for a reason.

bowlofturtle · 06-09-2004, 11:26 PM

hm.. good thing you worked on your grill before i did. what color was your grill in the first place? looks black already to me. looks pretty nice from the pictures i see but then again cell phones are like 0.3 MP

.tony. .riot. · 06-10-2004, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by bowlofturtle
hm.. good thing you worked on your grill before i did. what color was your grill in the first place? looks black already to me. looks pretty nice from the pictures i see but then again cell phones are like 0.3 MP

It's like a dark gray.

I will post better pictures as soon as my brother gets back from Reno next week.