The Chinese Special TRD Grille... on the cheap!

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Just pulled my grille and blackout kit out of the box and it’s leaving a little to be desired. The grille letters seem to be chipped on the edges from being broken off the mold, and the blackout kit was cut wrong and leaves Chrome exposed. Am I being picky for what I paid or have others experienced this and asked for replacements?
They stated I will get a replacement but that was days ago and I have yet to get tracking . They do seem easy to work with so I am not worried. Hoping I get the package and it looks great. I'll let everyone know the outcome .
 
Got to install my 2020 heritage grill from cartrimhome. After the horrible fitment of previous post, I was worried mine would turn out the same. I'm pretty happy on the fitment. The upper grill part I had to mess around with until a couple of the tabs clicked. Very satisfied I didn't go with OEM for now. I'm praying the letters hold up.

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Got to install my 2020 heritage grill from cartrimhome. After the horrible fitment of previous post, I was worried mine would turn out the same. I'm pretty happy on the fitment. The upper grill part I had to mess around with until a couple of the tabs clicked. Very satisfied I didn't go with OEM for now. I'm praying the letters hold up.

1Us7RAG

Is there any gap between your new valence and the white part of the grille? It looks pretty flush.
 
i would think its bc new one has way better fitment with almost no gap.

I believe (could be wrong) CT may be the only company who has the 2020 pro replicas right now since they develop them in factory. I know US shops are placing orders with CT to get inventory so they can add on their 25% markup and resell to consumers. I don't anticipate the price dropping on them, but I can assure you once shops here get their hands on them, you'll see them close to $300.
 
Will new one fit on a pre-20?


No, it will not. They already have a pre 2020 version. Use the link in my profile to check it out.

Note - inventory for those and the 2020 grills are now in the US so your orders SHOULD be shipping from there (while supplies last).

Shoot me a DM if you need anything.


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Ordered my pro grill and black emblem overlays. Didn't have any complaints on the first one I bought for my '16, but it being black may have helped conceal any imperfections.
 
i would think its bc new one has way better fitment with almost no gap.

My understanding is they will always have a 'gap' and that is by design - this goes for the OEM version as well as the replicas. If you don't allow for a gap and actually wheel your rig, the grill will have issues anytime you flex. The gap is to allow for that flex to occur without causing any problems to the grill.
 
Ordered my pro grill and black emblem overlays. Didn't have any complaints on the first one I bought for my '16, but it being black may have helped conceal any imperfections.


Let me know how your blackout kit looks. Mine was pretty sub par. I ask them to send me new Toyota logos since you could still see chrome from behind them after they were installed. Luckily they were good to work with and said they would ship me new ones. Will update when I get them.
 
My understanding is they will always have a 'gap' and that is by design - this goes for the OEM version as well as the replicas. If you don't allow for a gap and actually wheel your rig, the grill will have issues anytime you flex. The gap is to allow for that flex to occur without causing any problems to the grill.

look like dhoang's post #1463. almost no gap at all. cleanest one ive seen yet. if i can get a pre 20 one with fitment like that.. i'd buy another one.
 
My understanding is they will always have a 'gap' and that is by design - this goes for the OEM version as well as the replicas. If you don't allow for a gap and actually wheel your rig, the grill will have issues anytime you flex. The gap is to allow for that flex to occur without causing any problems to the grill.

[MENTION=149602]91324[/MENTION] Can you pm me so I can get the discount code? I guess I don't have enough posts to private message yet.
 
[MENTION=149602]91324[/MENTION] Can you pm me so I can get the discount code? I guess I don't have enough posts to private message yet.


Just tried and got an error saying you opted not to receive them or can’t get them yet.

I can’t share the code on public threads otherwise I would. CT will revoke the coupon code immediately.


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