Satoshi type Grille on the 85 Runner

[Faolan]

As with the iPad mini in to dash I was bored so was looking for something to cut up...

Decided to have a crack at the 4runners front Grille.



Quick chop chop with the grinder and hack saw



Tape over the holes



Fiberglass tape onthe other side



Epoxy pasted on and cured



Bit of body bog to smooth down



Sand and sand then undercoat



Some nuts and bolts



Epoxy them around the sides



Paint the grille outer, cut the mesh to size and bolt it on..



Da daaa

 

[Faolan]

Trying to decided if I will put the lettering on yet as quite like it bare

 

[TOY2G]

Trying to decided if I will put the lettering on yet as quite like it bare

At first I was like......:shrug:

Then I was like.....:snacker:


Now I'm all......:bravo:


I say yes 100% do the "TOYOTA" letters.

Great job

 

[Faolan]

haha cheers, I can always do and temp put on to see what they look like I guess...

 

[mistersnowman97]

Definitely add the lettering. Looks great!:biggrin1:

 

[Robmills72]

yellow letters would look sweet. damn aussie's and all their cool shit

 

[Beanzermin]

I've been wanting to do this to my '90! Looks great on yours!

 

[92-SR5]

You should get some letters like my 2nd gen has in the grille. It would look clean. Hard to think this was my 4runner. haha

 

[Faolan]

Yeah I think that will be the go. I called in my local printers and they can cut acrylic if I take them in the exact design. Quoted $18 to cut out the letters for Toyota at 5cm high.... so going to have to work out the font or something...

 

[Gremcat]

Thanks for posting this. I have searched and searched for a grill shell like this for my 89 since I bought it. I am going to do the little red TRD letters on one side of the grille. Where did you order the mesh from?

 

[Faolan]

Thanks for posting this. I have searched and searched for a grill shell like this for my 89 since I bought it. I am going to do the little red TRD letters on one side of the grille. Where did you order the mesh from?

Cheers bud, it was pretty easy to do all up! Although I kept having to remix the epoxy as kept letting it go off in the mix pot..

I got the mesh in local Aussie shop (SuperCheapAuto), I just jumped on their website and they have it on there so you should be able to find similar near you..

SuperCheapAuto Mesh link here

I was originally thinking about some perforated sheet but the cost would have gone up a fair bit unless you have a mate that can do for you... Something like on this blog...

Perforated Sheet Metal blog

Any more questions fire away.

 

[airdreams1]

Looks good.
I have a sheet of mesh & have been thinking of doing this same thing to my 89 when I get the motor in & running. I want as much air flow to the radiator as possible since I have the 3.0

 

[Gremcat]

I've got the 89 so it is a shiny silver grille. I assume it would be easier to buy a black one like yours form an earlier model so it holds paint better. Wonder if the earlier grill will fit the 89?

 

[Faolan]

So this is what I went with for the letters....

Printed out TOYOTA on two bts of A4 and joined them together.



Taped the back to give it a bit of strength and then cut out the letters with a razor blade



Light bit of spray mount on the template to hold it in place on the radiator and then tape and paper everything else



Spray over with Heath proof white paint (Lightly so not to fill in the fins) and pull off all the tape/paper



Gillie back on and looks pretty ok I reckon!