Project pretty prius grill block

[Quasimoto]

I've found that with the wind blowing on the face of the grill block; it really doesn't take much to hold it on. But always err on the side of caution.

[Daox]

Yeah, I'm definitely erring, especially with the time put into this. I have had my coroplast grill blocks end folded over by crosswinds before.

[FlawedLegacy]

any update on this??

[Daox]

Not much progress to report. I worked on it a little over Thanksgiving vacation. I ripped all the foam off the back of it to get it ready for some additional fiberglass and mounting provisions. I then thought about how I wanted to go about using the cabinet catches and never really came up with a good idea. The problem with them is once they're all mounted up, the whole assembly is pretty long and protrudes into and behind the grill slats. So, I have to make some sort of bracket that sits behind the slats to mount the cabinet catches to and I just haven't thought of a good way to do that yet.

[epa5epa]

Hi Doax,
In order to be pretty, It seems to spend more time. Maybe you can drill some hole and simply fix it with wire behind the grill slats.

I had my P2 PHEV 50% lower grill block in last summer (28~38 deg C)
with indoor mats and black plastic plate on both sides. It was fixed by wire and easily removable.
In winter (10~20 deg C), I put another plate to the lower central grille ( up to 75% grill block) and another 50% upper grill block made by indoor mats and aluminum foil. The upper part is not pretty and with some erosion after one year. In the near future, I will replace it with a black pipe.

[Daox]

No holes! That would not be pretty.

I really haven't been working on this for a while now. I've taken the PHEV kit out of the car for the time being and with the block heater it gets up to temp fairly quickly. Once the PHEV kit goes back in there will be sense of more urgency as I'll need heat again.

[FlawedLegacy]

my grille should be here today or tomorrow, then i can start working on something like this for my Corolla. So excited!!

The only thing is it has to look stock like (or hidden) as my car is turning into a car for import/tuner meets

[Daox]

I wish the Prius had a seperate piece for the grill. That would have made this project quite a bit easier as it could have been removed and mounting would be completely taken care of.

Fiberglassing the back side of the grill would be pretty easy to do.

[FlawedLegacy]

yeah, i'm gonna have to work on this while the grille is separate, but I want to get it on ASAP as that was the first mod I wanted for the car when I got it. Wish I knew how to fiberglass

[Daox]

Just watch a few youtube videos. Its pretty easy. As I mentioned, this is only my 2nd time using fiberglass.