Quote Originally Posted by VehiX
…here's a pic of the mesh I'm talking about



The fishing line worked very well for this and is barely noticable to the eye unless I point it out to you
I did a very similar grill insert on my Rodeo several years ago…
In fact, it looks like we may have used the exact same mesh – however, I opted to put some black rubber aquarium tubing around mine to enclose all of those sharp edges, and then attached the rubber sections to the grill with a rather contrived arrangement of small black Zip-Ties.

I did use some fishing line though…
After cutting a slit down the full-length of the rubber tubing, and fitting it tightly over the edges, I hand-sewed all of it onto my upper and lower grill inserts with UV-stable multi-filament line.


Here are the best close-up photos that I could find:



(It looks a wee-bit better when everything’s mounted...)




I may end-up doing something very similar on the VX - but this time, if only for simplicity’s sake, I think I’ll probably mount the mesh BEHIND the grill.




Quote Originally Posted by Raque Thomas
I have an emblem on mine (VXR) that is slightly larger than the depressed area. I used moulding adhesive strips and doubled them up on the back of the emblem so that it is just barely higher than the rim around that area. Looks great, and has been on for 10,000 miles with no probs.
Cutting the tabs off of the larger Isuzu emblem and mounting it with double-sided 3M tape probably would be a whole lot easier, huh? (DUH!)

If it turns out that I don’t like the look of the larger one, I can always use the same adhesive tape to re-mount the original.

Thanks for the suggestion (…and for not pointing and laughing!)