[.tony. .riot.]

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.]

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

 

[.tony. .riot.]

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

 

[Guest]

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.]

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]

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:lol:

 

[.tony. .riot.]

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

 

[Phi]

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 :thumbup:

 

[.tony. .riot.]

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]

fiberglass, bondo, duct tape :lol:

 

[.tony. .riot.]

fiberglass, bondo, duct tape :lol:

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

 

[.tony. .riot.]

 

[.tony. .riot.]

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]

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.]

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.

 

[SmokingTires]

Looks good man. I was gonna say cut it out and shave the piece down. But it looks like you worked everything out. Nice job:thumbup:

 

[jokelana]

heres my semi-finished product

 

[DrewsCam]

bondo u can find anywhere, car store or wal mart etc

i got a tub of it for under 10 bucks

 

[Gen3cruiser]

I did the same thing, bondo to fill holes, then lots of sanding to blend in. Prime it up and paint!

Heres some pics of mine

http://www.bellagrills.4t.com/images/engine_2.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/541000-541999/541105_12_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/541000-541999/541105_13_full.jpg

 

[bowlofturtle]

wow nice pic gen3.

looking at all these pictures makes me want to do this myself. So lets see detact it then i assume use a razor blade and chop of the middle gill like thing. Sand down the sides to get a nice smooth feel/look. What holes are you speaking of Tony? Take a picture of the holes you speak of.

Are the 2 top bolts the only thing holding the grill in place?

As for the mesh part i assume just screw it ok or hook it on with something. Where did everyone get their mesh ?