This project started last friday night at Lowe's. $35 and 22 hours of work and cussing later I had a custom grill. I know people on here love to crack on people with homemade gutter-guard grills, but most of the time they look like crap because of poor workmanship regaurdless of materials used. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out, but of course I am biased. I also smoked my rear scion and tC logos. So....tell me what you think. I know you guys can be brutal, be gentle It was getting dark when I took these pics so they aren't super clear, I will take some in the daylight tomorrow and repost them.

 

Looks sharp. Did you do the bottom too?

 

That came out pretty good. 22 Hours

 

Looks good.
Btw, exterior mods like this belong in the "tC Aero & Exterior" forum, which can be found by clicking the grey "forums" button up there^.

 

looks good from what i can see, lol your pics arent so great

 

not bad, but if you painted it black, expect to have to take it out and repaint it in a couple of months.

I had to do the same thing with mine.

 

Looks good. Im jelious...but loose the TRD emblem. Its obviously just my opinion but I think it would look better without.

 

wow 22hrs, i dont think i have the patient for that lol

but the grill looks nice as you know what hahaha, not allowed to cuss on here hahah :D

 

it looks nice, i can't wait to see what the daylight pics look like.

 

Great job, I got a question. Was it difficult to put the TRD emblem on, cause, its funny I was doing the same thing just with a GrillCraft!

 

This just shows you that hard work does pay off. It looks just as good as a grillecraft, IMO.

 

here is a tip for painting that should last you forever... since the grill material is metal... buy yourself some engine enamel.. the low temp stuff should be fine (500 deg)... spray it.. let it set.. while it is setting turn the oven on to 300 deg and cook the parts for i think is about 10 minutes.. the can should say how long.. this should give you a nice durable coat....

well... that is assuming you can get the parts to fit inside the oven..

nice job though..

 

scikokid, do you mind writing up a DIY on how you made the grills?

 

Thank guys! I was expecting to get roasted on here for using gutter guard! As far as painting it black...I am sure I will be doing alot of touch ups from bugs and rocks, but I think it looks better than silver. The TRD emblem is just stuck on with 3M tape. I found some at Lowe's that will stick a small child to a wall, and it is fairly thin so it doesn't make the badge stick out too far. I will do my best on trying to put a DIY post on here but, wow that would be alot of typing and pics!! Thanks again for the compliments and I hope to have some better pics up later today.

 

looks very nice. well, except for the TURD badge.

Good work.

 

Looks great Angelo! Nice job. I like the logos.

 

Here are some new pics in daylight that I promised. It shows a little more detail.......

 

ah man, they look soo good. DIY Please! What did you use to cut the gutter guard? And what did you use to paint it?

 

The Scion emblem in the back looks good, nice detail.

 

Did you place the grill over the OEM grill? and yeah... we need a DIY on this. Nice grill.