All up in your Trenz Grilles...[pic overkill]
by Down2TheC » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:43 pm
Part tutorial, part review/pics.
Puchased from RadToysCentral.com (see thread http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=24460)
The Trenz grills come to you like this. Note the forks on the lower grill. For each skeg in the lower opening they have an upper and lower fork. The plastic covers on those skegs pop off and slide into those forks. Then the grill can be snapped in place. Those covers don't pop off easily. If you pry too hard the wrong way you will break a tooth off but there's two on each side so you have some wiggle room.
The lower gets the same three fasteners as the stock grille. Then the bottom edge snaps in with hooks just like stock. You can see that they follow the curve of the hood's leading edge perfectly and everything is parallel. (Pardon the screws in the nose... I took off the plate for the pics)
(any suggestions how to get that spooge off from behind my license plate? I wanna get some caps so I can ditch the plate for meets.)
The upper is sturdy such that you can't flex it with your hands (unless you're ripping phonebooks in your off time). The lower has a little give. I didn't notice until picture time that my lower was a bit off. The grille is absolutely perfect, but my alignment is tweaked on the passenger side because I didn't get the cover jammed all the way in the forks on that side. So she's riding low and forward by 1/8". I've since fixed it.
General look
Shots are taken at sunset so the sun is getting through the grilles and lighting up the engine comp. behind it. Usually you'll get more "blacked out" between the rungs of the grille. But they look great imo regardless.
All in all it's a great look with some bling value but all class. (At least I don't think it would look PIMP even with chromed out 20s.) I had two guys cruise by asking what car it was. Jaws dropped when they found out it was Toyota. One chick drove by seeing me taking shots of the car and said "I don't blame ya! Damn!" Obviously not for the "Black on <whatever>" look though.
Final tip: If you're installing the lower, make sure all the covers are riding at the same level before snapping the thing into place. It's not easy to get off.
Puchased from RadToysCentral.com (see thread http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=24460)
The Trenz grills come to you like this. Note the forks on the lower grill. For each skeg in the lower opening they have an upper and lower fork. The plastic covers on those skegs pop off and slide into those forks. Then the grill can be snapped in place. Those covers don't pop off easily. If you pry too hard the wrong way you will break a tooth off but there's two on each side so you have some wiggle room.
The lower gets the same three fasteners as the stock grille. Then the bottom edge snaps in with hooks just like stock. You can see that they follow the curve of the hood's leading edge perfectly and everything is parallel. (Pardon the screws in the nose... I took off the plate for the pics)
(any suggestions how to get that spooge off from behind my license plate? I wanna get some caps so I can ditch the plate for meets.)
The upper is sturdy such that you can't flex it with your hands (unless you're ripping phonebooks in your off time). The lower has a little give. I didn't notice until picture time that my lower was a bit off. The grille is absolutely perfect, but my alignment is tweaked on the passenger side because I didn't get the cover jammed all the way in the forks on that side. So she's riding low and forward by 1/8". I've since fixed it.
General look
Shots are taken at sunset so the sun is getting through the grilles and lighting up the engine comp. behind it. Usually you'll get more "blacked out" between the rungs of the grille. But they look great imo regardless.
All in all it's a great look with some bling value but all class. (At least I don't think it would look PIMP even with chromed out 20s.) I had two guys cruise by asking what car it was. Jaws dropped when they found out it was Toyota. One chick drove by seeing me taking shots of the car and said "I don't blame ya! Damn!" Obviously not for the "Black on <whatever>" look though.
Final tip: If you're installing the lower, make sure all the covers are riding at the same level before snapping the thing into place. It's not easy to get off.
Last edited by Down2TheC on Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:54 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Your car's lookin great!!
