Fitting In With The Import Guys Part: 2

Matt Starr

Banned
Tell me this isn't the sickest DIY grille you've ever seen. This took me 3 weeks, 5 cans of paint, 3 cans of primer, 2 cans of clear coat, 2 turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. And no, not all of that is on the grille, thats how many time I messed up, did it over again or painted it then changed my mind, stripped it down a re did it again:bash:. AND IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!
I used gutter mesh from home depot. For the TRD logo I couldnt find anything I liked, so I went on the internet found a TRD logo, sized it to how big I wanted and printed. From there I made the printed logo into a stencil, traced it onto a piece of sheet metal and cut out the letters. Then I primed, painted and clear coated them and then mounted them to the grille using professional style double sided decal mounting tape. Then after I finished everything I had clear bra put on it all to prevent it from chipping. Ah the journey has been long but I've only crossed a river, Im not even close to the end of the trail. Im still working on the bumper and its gonna be a while till its done but it'll be "Fitting In With The Import Guys Part: 3
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Awesome looking mod, Matt. I'm glad you decided to stay here. How did you shape and attach the gutter mesh? Perhaps make a set of the mesh in TRD red.
 
nicely done. ive had plans to do something some what like that but im gonna be hackin some trim so dont worry about it lookin like yours haha. but no that looks fricken sweet! i cant wait to see it on your truck!
 
808TRDRunner said:
Awesome looking mod, Matt. I'm glad you decided to stay here. How did you shape and attach the gutter mesh? Perhaps make a set of the mesh in TRD red.
by the way, is there such thing as TRD red in a rattle can?
 
Thank you everyone for the compliments. To instert the mesh I just cut around the edges but it doesnt come off cause its still attached to the facing. Then I just slid the mesh in. Its really hard to explain but I'll try to get some pics up. Im doing the same thing to my bumper too.


CSL said:
Looks good; now I want to see it on your rig...the complete package.
you'll get to see it this weekend:biggrin2:

GottaBeTRD said:
by the way, is there such thing as TRD red in a rattle can?
I used Banner Red from Krylon and it's pretty close. The red trd uses is a little more orange
 
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that thing look sweeeeeeet!

me likey

:D

:girl:


[sorry bout the girl, i'd just never seen it used before. hahaha]
 

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