Sooo i just got my 1988 Toyota Pickup back from the body shop a few weeks ago and I've been trying to narrow down my list of getting it completed. The next thing i needed to do was get a grill. I didn't want a stock plastic piece of $#!t so i decided to make a custom one...



cut out a cardboard template for my side mounts




traced and cut it out of some 1/8" aluminum


sized it up


took some dimensions and cut out the front face


took the pieces down to my dad's shop to tack and weld 'em up








tryin out my dad's aluminum welder




test fitted it on


got the same curve as the hood and headlights !!




got it designed out on some paper and cardboard




not so well on the cardboard as the paper though haha but plan on getting it uniform and adding some more mounting tabs too.

more pics soon to come... let me know what you guys think

 

VERY NICE!!
I am stoked to see it finished!

 

Whoa!! Freakin sweeet idea!!

 

lookin good, just get it done so i can see what it looks like

 

i want one! lol.. looks good man.

 

yeah i think thats gonna turn out great, good work

 

wow dude, nice!

way to bust in with a 1st post! lol


welcome to YotaTech!

 

Looks good so far. Make two, I'll buy one.

 

looking good!

 

Looks like E.T. lol

I mean with the brown cardboard, not the aluminum.

 

Cool! Nice to see something different.

Looks very very similar to what my grill and valance looked like after I chopped them

 

nice idea, im interested to see how she turns out.

 

I love seeing threads like this, where people fabricate their own stuff! Very cool!

I love what you're doing, but I might suggest your design could play off the existing lines of the truck. The grille opening could line up with the bulge in the hood, coming down at angles that echo those shiny red shocks. Keeping lines straight and just radiusing the corners will look clean and will be easier to cut out.

Hope you don't mind my using your photo to illustrate what I mean:


Can't wait to see your final product!

 

Insane, thats a sweet idea, I like it so far. Karlton, those cuts would make it look absolutly awesome!

 

Thanks for the posts, great feedback from you guys. Also great idea karlton, however, here's my spin on it...

so after school today i got back home and drew it out


and started cuttin it up...






got it test mounted up

 

How come my dad didn't have a shop?

Cool, innovative project.

 

looking nice so far!!!!!!!!!

 

Looking good!

 

did a little work on the computer haha

hope to get it to somewhat look like this...

 

Lookin good man!!