Front Grill Mesh

[Marinna]

I am considering this one from eBay: 3p For 2024-2025 Toyota Prado Land Cruiser Front Grille Mesh Anti-Insect Net. What do you guys think about adding a mesh net to your grill ?

 

[ButchTN]

I've looked at this several times in the last month or so. I personally don't like the fact that you have to attach them with zip ties and the zip ties will be visible. I do like the idea tho.

 

[EOD Guy]

IMO the OEM grille is made of plastic and bugs wash off plastic. The mesh grille is made of metal and bugs wash off metal.

 

[Marinna]

IMO the OEM grille is made of plastic and bugs wash off plastic. The mesh grille is made of metal and bugs wash off metal.

Bugs are not the reason I want to install this thing, I am more thinking about small rocks punching through the radiator and cause the leak. The gap in this grill is pretty big for the rocks to go through

 

[EOD Guy]

My apologies.......... from your post "anti insect mesh" I mistakenly assumed you were installing them for bugs. Best of luck with your install.

 

[jayce]

Two things come to mind:
1. Shipped from China. Non-starter for me. Been burned before.
2. This looks very simple to fabricate. Get some chicken wire. Make templates out of cardboard. Snip out the three pieces and paint with Rustolium. Zip tie and trim nice and neat.

 

[Marinna]

Two things come to mind:
1. Shipped from China. Non-starter for me. Been burned before.
2. This looks very simple to fabricate. Get some chicken wire. Make templates out of cardboard. Snip out the three pieces and paint with Rustolium. Zip tie and trim nice and neat.

There are different types of knock-offs from China. Some are made with very good quality, some are totally trash. You need to do a little homework before buying.

Ideally I think fitting a loose mesh net to the grill would be enough. Too dense it might get in the way of air flow too. Frame is just a helper to keep it in place. I just havn't found something that is both good and proved.

 

[SOCAL250]

One thing I do not like is that it's placed in front of the grill. I prefer it being behind the grill.

 

[EOD Guy]

A big concern for me would be mud build up.

 

[Area 51]

If your worried about things punching through the rad i be more concerned about the windshield. Some decent hood deflectors are available now.
Don't follow so close if its from other vehicles?

On the other hand try it, you might like it.
Cheap enough you can see what you think then throw it away if you don't like it.

 

[ultane]

I would think that 1/4” hardware cloth properly secured (behind the grill) would work better than chicken wire at preventing stray rocks from damaging the radiator.

 

[Enough]

I was concerned also about the openness of the lower factory grill and highway rock damage to the condenser coils so I installed some screen I purchased from McMaster Carr.(below).
I was able to cut the two pieces I needed from one 12 x 24 sheet. It would have been nice to install it from the inside but I didn't want to dissemble the grill to do that so I zip tied it on the outside.

(Easy-to-Form PVC-Coated Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth, Black, 2 x 2 Mesh Size, 0.437" Opening Size, sheet size 12"x24")