I attached mine using 22 gauge "picture wire" from Home Depot vs. zip ties. It's very strong and almost invisible. I even added to the scoop to match :

 

looks good too, besides the zip-ties, I wanted a material that wasn't standard expanded metal, was pre-colored... That way no maintenance, and could actually pass as semi-stock at a first glance... another note, you just completely installed that mesh over your existing grille right?

 

Looks good axe... to look at it for fun you could put another yota and TRD logo upside down in the lower valence and it would look sorta like a reflection of the upper one...

 

I used a '96-'98 grill and cut the middle completely out. I didn't want the "overlay" look...

 

Looks good. What the heck does "Satoshi" mean????, I have never heard that word before......or is it some online term?

 

The "Satoshi Grill" is named after Satoshi Miura a gentleman in Japan who was the first guy to do this mod and post it on the web for all to see and emmulate.
There are several variations on the original that different members here have done, though they all adhere to the original concept to a greater or lesser extent.
If you do a search here under "Satoshi Grill" you will find many posts/threads on it easily one of the most popular and talked about mods out there.

Here's a link to one of the original North American right-ups on this mod http://web.archive.org/web/*sr_41nr_...4runners.org/*
I have no idea how long it will be good for.
See 3 entries under "Satoshi"

 

very nice work. Thanks for including where to find the mesh type materials.

I really admire you guys willing to cut and experiment for the benefit of all of us who pester you with questions. I could easily destroy 3 or 4 grills trying to learn from my own mistakes.

Nice photos and thanks for posting those to help with the visualizations.

 

wow looks good. too bad a have the gay grill that wont work with this mod....

 

Sure you can. Here's a pic of my original grill:

 

ya but i dont like the bar down the middle.. i want an open mesh so i can put some "..and then there was light!!!.." lights behind it.

 

Yeah, I didn't have the right grille either until I bought a used one from a member here.... with the 02 grille, you could surely find someone to trade, there are a lot of 96-98'ers that want the newer stuff

 

thanks/you're welcome =)

there are so many versions of this that others have done, that (1) it makes it really easy to learn from mistakes and (2) it shows a ton of options if you want to copy someone else's method exactly

 

etrnl sent pm

 

Wow Iam glad you did it. That could have been my grille!

 

wow very nice grill modding in this thread

 

do you think the plasitic mesh you used will withstand the heat of some super "max-a-hundred-million" spot lights?

 

here is a couple of ours. I don't like the see through effect of the thin mesh so I went with a heavy flattened aluminum. I didn't like screws sticking in the grill either so I went the zip tie route. The mesh was bent around the frame so so the zip ties really don't have a big job to do. I think this will hold up good for a long time. I wanted the OEM look.

 

pics no come through heh heh

 

looks nice

thanks for the pictures-I can see them okay...

 

i went with a thinner mesh, 1/8inch, and a different than usual emblem, im thinking from an early 2nd gen 4runner, though i really have NO idea.