I finally finshed it and I think it came out really well. MY favoritve part is the the emblem just kinda floats in teh mesh because of the way I did all the mounting. I'm in love.









All the pics are here

 

looks good

 

Looks good Beau!!! I wanna do mine now!

 

looks good.

 

sweet!

 

sweet,,,,, how much for you to do a grill for a '02 4runner....lol it looks great

 

Nice. What kind of mesh is that? And where did you get it?

 

Great job Dr Beau!! Looks very professional. What materials did you use?

 

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f5/doing-satoshi-grill-looking-some-opinions-53023/

I used 16 or so gauge Perforated Metal Sheet I got at a local metal yard. Cost me 3 bucks for a sheet 4 times bigger than I needed. I actually have anough metal, bondo, and paint to do this 2-3 more times. It looks kind of like this:

 

I like that!

It's very cool looking and also seems like overwhelming protection from rocks and such!

I know a trucker who used to drive the Alcan Hwy (The Alasken Hwy) and he said you were a fool if you didn't put wire about that size infront of your radiators to protect from rocks. (that was in the days when hundreds of miles were unpaved, but still good advice)

Erich

 

looks familiar...and great too!

 

Nice job ! Ahhhhhh, those amazing zip ties!

 

Yeah, aren't they great?! Me and my dad we're going to epoxy it on with über-epoxy, but turns out the 5 zip ties held it on great. Also, I cut the tails off. I just love how clean it looks. It's also the cleanest part of my car right now. I would wash it, but everytime I go to wash it it rains here. I don't want to bring anymore rain to SoCal, so I guess I can't wash it right now.

 

Awesome job!
I'll have to get some of that excess screen from you as I have a personal project I'm working on and like the look of that

 

That looks tight... It looks REALLY GOOD! has anyone ever attempted a 2nd gen satoshi grill mod? I want to try it on mine!

 

So today I learned two things:

1) This thing gets a LOT of bugs in it!

2) That's that many less bugs and rocks in my radiator.

Maybe we could call this an off-road enhnacement instead of a cosmetic mod!

 

Wait til spring hits and you have to drive through Carlsbad's flower fields bee swarm!

 

Hey Beau,

I was up at the Escondido metal shop and found the same sheets you got. I'm curious though... how did you go about cutting that stuff up? It's thicker than I thought it would be!
I ended up leaving there without the sheet BUT I didn't leave empty handed!
I picked up 2 of these for $2 each!!!


These are HUGE and excellent for what I have planned for my 1st gen!
I think the dimensions are 17.25 L x 7.25W x 14 D inches.

 

Looks sweet, I definetly like it!

 

Awesome Peter! I may have to go over there and look around some more. I used a metal jigsaw for the major cuts and then a pair of wirecutters (and a lot of bending) for the detail stuff. it was...time consuming.