Platinum Grille

Anyone who has a platinum Grille like this, does the center come out from the white surround part? Thinking of buying this but still want to change out the center for something black.. or paint maybe.. thanx guys

 

@joem1cha3l Didn't you buy a platinum grille and replace insert?

 

Wasn't sure, I figured it was like the rest of them, so I could take it out but you never know...

 

Here ya go Jay. Confirmed by Roman. Yes they're the same as all the other grille inserts and will pop out.

 

Mercí Beaucoup my good friend...

 

So you're going to get one of those, a white hood bulge, and paint the insert black?

 

It comes out. A little bit if work, there's probably a dozen clips that are fragile buy it's not horrible. I replaced my platinum insert with a pro insert. Took about an hour or so

 

I have a white surround Grille here in Vegas and it has silver billet that I want black.. night buy it and pull out center and get the black regular Toyota one or yes paint It.. ice found a white hood bulge also that's been cheaper that buying the new set from toyota

 

Heat up the clips prior to prying them to prevent snapping.

 

The clips? Don't they just snap off?

 

They are fragile. Especially when cold. Ask me how I know

 

Lol

 

They break off pretty easily but breaking a couple really won't affect it when you put it back on. I was thinking next time I was going to shove paper clips or something in a few of them to help get them off wiffout breaking them.

 

Do they sell new ones

 

The black tabs? No, there's no way to put them back on. It's all a giant single piece of plastic and if they break, they're gone. But there's a lot of them so it's ok to lose a couple.

 

Oh that makes me feel so much better lol

 

I'm going to have to do it again soon. I peeled some plastidip with my pressure washer. I'm going to paint it this time, what I should have done the first time.

 

ITs pretty shitty that every time you remove the grille the clips break... they should have done that some other way to make it last.. once or twice and it's not gonna go on anymore

 

I think once you get it off the first time, they're less likely to break after that. Lots of people don't break any the second time.

 

And the tabs are actually on the surround, not on the insert.

 

I'll figure it out then... going to look at one now

 

Color match doesn't always match. Put it up to your truck and make sure it's close in color.

 

Yea I'll do that.. says to the 040 white.. we'll see

 

Unfortunately there are a lot "Ask me how I know" situations for me. The 2nd gen grills are a breeze.

 

I have a Platinum grille and white surround sitting in storage. come and get it...its yours.

 

I need a hood bulge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lol