Mesh grill installed

[Kaotic Lazagna]

ok, i installed my mesh grill yesterday. it took longer and was harder than i thought it would be. but here it is. it's nothing flashy, so don't expect too much.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

more pics...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

more...

[Blenjar]

nice!!...

take sum far picture..!
it was nicely done...i cant believe u did it urself..

-- Blen

[Kaotic Lazagna]

nice!!...

take sum far picture..!
it was nicely done...i cant believe u did it urself..

-- Blen

thanks for the compliment. i haven't taken my car out of the garage ever since i installed it, but i'll be using my Yaris instead of the Camry tomorrow when i go to work. i'll try to take some far away pics after or before work. thanks again and i'm sure that you can do it yourself too.

[Violin]

Yeah - nice neat install.

[Blenjar]

u have a camry to..lol 2 cars? why!
sell the camry and get more stuff for hte yaris..

-- Blen

[nevermorez]

Nice mod!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Yeah - nice neat install.

Nice mod!

thanks.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

u have a camry to..lol 2 cars? why!
sell the camry and get more stuff for hte yaris..

-- Blen

lol...oops, should have mentioned that it's my dad's Camry. i'm teaching my brother how to drive (when ever i have some free time and it's not raining). there's no way i'm teaching my brother how to drive in my Yaris, it's new and a m/t. lol...sorry about that.

[ROCKLANDTOYOTA]

good install but personally i think it looks crappy. had the same setup on my civic hatch.......

[MrMondayNite]

Great job on the install, looks better than it did and for the price you can't beat it. I had a similar grill from Grilletech on my old 01 civic and paid alot more than you did.

[YarisGuy]

Looks cool, take some more pics from farther away.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

good install but personally i think it looks crappy. had the same setup on my civic hatch.......

why do you think it looks crappy? i went for the flat black so it won't be too noticable. i don't want a ruined radiator or A/C compressor...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Great job on the install, looks better than it did and for the price you can't beat it. I had a similar grill from Grilletech on my old 01 civic and paid alot more than you did.

yeah, for 10 bucks or so, i think it's a decent mod.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Looks cool, take some more pics from farther away.

thanks. i just took some pics, but i don't think you can see it in the pics. you can see it in person though. i'll post some pics in a few minutes.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

you probably can't see the grill from the front view.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

a couple more tries at the front view.

[yrsdrgn]

cool. now if only you could replace the front with the same material

[Kaotic Lazagna]

cool. now if only you could replace the front with the same material

which front?

[yrsdrgn]

oops haha i meant the top area under the toyota emblem

[Blenjar]

the engine grill..

-- Blen

[nevermorez]

That looks a lot better! Nice Job.

[eTiMaGo]

It's cheap, it looks good, it serves a practical purpose, what's not to like? :thumbsup:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

oops haha i meant the top area under the toyota emblem

lol...okay. hmmm yeah, i think it would look better if i were to replace the upper grill as well, but wouldn't you have to remove the entire front bumper to gain access to it?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

That looks a lot better! Nice Job.

thanks for the compliment.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

It's cheap, it looks good, it serves a practical purpose, what's not to like? :thumbsup:

exactly. heh. i really don't want to lose my A/C again over some stupid rock hitting the condenser.

[Sway84]

arent there smaller threads of mesh that you can apply that will help to make sure that little pebbles wont hit ure condenser?... i would like a DIY on this project, cool mod definately

[Kaotic Lazagna]

arent there smaller threads of mesh that you can apply that will help to make sure that little pebbles wont hit ure condenser?... i would like a DIY on this project, cool mod definately

wow brought back from the dead. yeah, i'm pretty sure there are patterns that have smaller diamonds, squares, etc. but i didn't want to restrict the air flow going to the radiator and condenser.

i tried to do a DIY, but the pics weren't working out.

here's the steps (minus the pics)

1. flatten out grill as much as possible (if it came rolled).
2. find a way to "stick" the grill in the location where you want it to be - i used zip-ties and some what tied it down a little.
3. with a sharpie, trace the inlet/grill parameter (trace a little beyond the borders). *make sure when your tracing, do it as straight as possible and make sure the grill itself does not move.
4. take off the grill.
5. cut a little within the traced border
6. zip-tie or find another way to mount the grill in place - i used several zip-ties to tie the grill down.
7. enjoy a new look and added protection.

it works great. even the plastic one i bought holds up to rocks and pebbles kicked up on the freeway (can't say the same for my paint on the hood).

[Sway84]

yea i hate those damn pebbles lol... my hood :S... thats one of the reasons im affraid of getting a front bumper.... ps...u already have the bottom grill on, why not do the same for the under emblem one too?...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i like the honey-comb grill already on it. heh. i'm waiting for some one to make a nice looking grill (upper), like the "Civic Type R" grills on eBay. hehe.

[Katana]

Anyone knows how to change the upper grille?

[redyaris]

The upper grill is pretty crappily held on by plastic tabs. Be careful when you try to remove it cuz those things will snap if you look at them wrong.

[OxyG3nE]

i saw someone here that did this :

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/OxyG3nE/159974_26704.jpg

[Kaotic Lazagna]

one of the members here did their own top grill on a LB.

[Yaris Omega]

cool grill

[eco]

Another one rises from the grave,I beleive that last pic is photochop.

[Sway84]

this is my next project with LED neons on the inside.... im just affraid of the heat that will melt them lol...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Another one rises from the grave,I beleive that last pic is photochop.

lol...yeah, i haven't seen this thread for a while. surprised someone brought it back.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

this is my next project with LED neons on the inside.... im just affraid of the heat that will melt them lol...

if they're plastic, i say forget about the neons. if they're metal, then sure, why not.

[Sway84]

are you talking about the neons? or the grill mesh?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

oops, i was talking about the grill. if they're made of plastic, you might melt them with the neons. sorry for the confusion.

[Sway84]

im gonna go and get the mesh soon and we will see what i can do

[Kaotic Lazagna]

cool. post some pics, or ask me questions if you have any.

[Black Yaris]

this is my next project with LED neons on the inside.... im just affraid of the heat that will melt them lol...

LED's or Neon's?

LED's don't get hot, Halogens and neons do, but not LEDs

[Sway84]

LED Blues...either from streetglow to match a set of underbodys i wanna get

[Kaotic Lazagna]

LED's or Neon's?

LED's don't get hot, Halogens and neons do, but not LEDs

yeah, the HiLEDs dome light i installed in my gf's car doesn't get anywhere near hot, unlike the OEM bulb.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

LED Blues...either from streetglow to match a set of underbodys i wanna get

personally i don't like "neons", but it's your car and you have every right to mod it how you want to. enjoy it. and when you do get those LED's post some pics, i want to see how it turns out :thumbsup:

[Sway84]

doesn anyone know how to take off the emblem grill area?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

again, one of the members did here, can't remember who tho.

[dvlnblkdrs]

i wanna replace the "top" grille aka engine grille with mesh or some other custom piece... is there any pre fabbed???? iv searched online for hrs on end and even enlisted car friends to help but to no avail.... i want it and i want it now!!! lol help???? please & thank u

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i don't believe that there is any out. you'll have to do what i did to my lower grill, buy a grill, and make it. the upper grill, i think, will be a little more complicated. to do it right, i would take off the front bumper and take out the OEM grill, then slap on the mesh grill.

however, there is a member here with a LB that did the upper grill, and it looks sweet!

i would buy two grills (or one big one if you can find one), and do what i said above.

[Black Yaris]

doesn anyone know how to take off the emblem grill area?

it pops right out, use a small screw driver and pry on the bottom of the emblem lightly and it should pop right out

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i think he was asking about the upper grill, the one located near the emblem.

[Black Yaris]

Oh that comes off from the back side once you take your from cover off... 5 minute job

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hahaha, i completely forgot that the upper grill is separate from the bumper. good catch.

[urphbrphfrbaf]

Repost (unfortunately) of the lower grille screen. Since the original post has gone to internet heaven, I can say after 6000 miles with this, no more dented lower condenser. Next time I pop the nose cone off I am going to revise the design slightly as pine needles tend to get lodged in between the stock plastic grille thing and the plastic mesh. Otherwise, working as intended. Yeah it's low budget but there is some bizarre flying road debris down here.

The only thing I can't tell is how much, if any, it restricts airflow.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Whoa, brought back from the dead. LOL. You have a cleaner install than mine. hehe.

[engelm_]

Look very good K.L

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hahaha. Thanks. Not bad for a very quick and cheap mod. hehehe.

[zuberio]

You know ... I'm starting to feel like all I ever do is play catch-up to all of KL's mods.

That, or great minds have similar taste ;)

[engelm_]

No, you are just catching up.....

Least you're not like 472384617 posts behind....

[zuberio]

Yeah ... only a paltry 3,156 posts to go.

[urphbrphfrbaf]

Whoa, brought back from the dead. LOL. You have a cleaner install than mine. hehe.

Yeah but yours is easier to maintain. If something unusual lands...I found a toothpick, a cheeze doodle, 3 leaves and something that looks like a bad hair weave I had to tweezer out of the mesh. If it's in the front it's easier to remove. Otherwise have to pop the nosecone for cleaning. Strangest road debris in the Southeast, collect them all.

For the record, the cheese doodle was stale.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

You know ... I'm starting to feel like all I ever do is play catch-up to all of KL's mods.

That, or great minds have similar taste ;)

Thanks. hahahaha. Good one. :wink:

But yes, great minds have similar taste :biggrin:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

No, you are just catching up.....

Least you're not like 472384617 posts behind....

*sigh* that was before the hack. :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Yeah but yours is easier to maintain. If something unusual lands...I found a toothpick, a cheeze doodle, 3 leaves and something that looks like a bad hair weave I had to tweezer out of the mesh. If it's in the front it's easier to remove. Otherwise have to pop the nosecone for cleaning. Strangest road debris in the Southeast, collect them all.

For the record, the cheese doodle was stale.

hahahahaha. I always get LARGE moths splattered on it. You're right, I never realized it, but it is quite easy to clean.

But yeah, you get some odd things stuck there :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[zaninnek]

someone previously posted up a DIY manual to install an aftermarket upper grill... i can't find it in this forum anymore. anyone knows where i can find one?

[_S7V7N_]

nice work kaotic :thumbup: car looks awsome.

[tuckevalastin]

someone previously posted up a DIY manual to install an aftermarket upper grill... i can't find it in this forum anymore. anyone knows where i can find one?

Kaotic posted that but it was lost in the hack

[Kaotic Lazagna]

someone previously posted up a DIY manual to install an aftermarket upper grill... i can't find it in this forum anymore. anyone knows where i can find one?

Wow, thanks for reminding me. I'll get on it.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

nice work kaotic :thumbup: car looks awsome.

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Kaotic posted that but it was lost in the hack

I'm going to remake it right now. hehehe.

[tuckevalastin]

I was waiting on that diy myself

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hehehe, it's up, now go out and install yours and take pics :wink: