Grill Material....? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

CrazyCamryG3 · 08-27-2002, 01:57 PM

Anyone know where i can buy grill material for my car online?

lankanprince · 08-27-2002, 05:02 PM

you can buy the "grill" material from homedepot..
its called gutter mesh

claymore · 08-27-2002, 05:14 PM

check www.ebay.com/

BoogieMan · 08-27-2002, 05:17 PM

Home Depot: US$2.99
eBay or place selling grille specific to the car: US$15 - $40

Difference: packaging with a riced out picture of your car!

make your choice now!

Zeek321 · 08-27-2002, 06:54 PM

Those people on ebay say its for your car, but its the same as the kind you can buy from home depot. You have to cut it your self. Let me know how it goes because i want to di it too...

CrazyCamryG3 · 08-27-2002, 08:42 PM

I had a feeling home depot would have it....just didn't have time to run out yet so ill probably do that this weekend hopefully.....thanks alot for your help

lankanprince · 08-27-2002, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeek321

Those people on ebay say its for your car, but its the same as the kind you can buy from home depot. You have to cut it your self. Let me know how it goes because i want to di it too...

What do you want to do?

smokey8890 · 08-27-2002, 08:49 PM

don't bother going to ebay. its a DIY project. if you have a wire cutter your set.

wontonjohnny · 08-27-2002, 09:23 PM

gutter guard at home depot??? whats the stuff made from? what you want is called Expanded ALUMINUM Mesh.... aluminum wont rust like gutter guard. it may be harder to find this stuff but its worth it ... i got mine at a sheet metal shop, ask them if they have any cutoffs theyre willing to sell you .... most shops will only sell half sheets at the least.

91camryDX · 08-27-2002, 10:40 PM

I am going to use aluminum gutter guard from Ace Hardware. Only $1.49. This guy used it on his Vigor. "Custom made aluminum mesh grilles...Yay for $3.49 Gutter Mesh!"

88 LE · 08-28-2002, 03:16 AM

Gutter mesh is aluminum.

Home Depot has 4'x8' sheets of expanded aluminum for about $5.

smokey8890 · 08-28-2002, 06:45 AM

true some gutter guard are only sprayed to look like aluminum.

bonzaisushi · 08-28-2002, 05:23 PM

i just did it to my car got one slab of gutter mesh from home depot tooke me 15 mins bolted right in i removed the old grill though..... it looks pretty good but i wanna know how to do it with the old grill still attached like i see with all the other cams

Camry16valve · 08-28-2002, 06:06 PM

Remove your grill. Center the mesh over the grill and attach it with stainless steel screws. About 4 at the top and bottom. Wait I forgot , remove your emblem before you start. After you form the mesh around your grill you can shape it and then trim the excess at the edges. Then use chrome or black door edgeing to cap the ends so they dont look jagged. I cut the center out and replaced by emblem back. The emblem has a edge around it which helped secure it too. I used slightly longer screws to the eblem so it would pull the mesh tight. I have seen different guage types of mesh and they are not all the same. Gutter guard is not as strong. Good luck!!!! :P

lankanprince · 08-28-2002, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Camry16valve

Remove your grill. Center the mesh over the grill and attach it with stainless steel screws. About 4 at the top and bottom. Wait I forgot , remove your emblem before you start. After you form the mesh around your grill you can shape it and then trim the excess at the edges. Then use chrome or black door edgeing to cap the ends so they dont look jagged. I cut the center out and replaced by emblem back. The emblem has a edge around it which helped secure it too. I used slightly longer screws to the eblem so it would pull the mesh tight. I have seen different guage types of mesh and they are not all the same. Gutter guard is not as strong. Good luck!!!! :P

do you have any pics?