NeoNz

Before I started, here is the picture of the front of my car,

Here is the picture of my heater keeping me warm working in the garage during the install! two of these things are much better than typical stationary space heaters.

Yes, its a Hybrid

Teaser pics of the Supra and the other cars in the garage

Starting to disassemble the front bumper...

Bolts under the front fender, ONLY disconnect this silver one you can barely see, and the bolt closest to the front of the bumper on the fender well edge,

NeoNz

Just took off the front bumper, next comes the styrofoam

***Note, watch out when you remove the headlamp washer line, it drains all the washer fluid!! have at least two gallon jugs ready to catch the excess fluid as you can see a bunch dripped on my towels ugh

Everything off except the front metal bumper itself, air gun, compressor, allen keys, screwdrivers, etc

Close up of the front bumper, you must unbolt these three bolts, mount the grill guard support ontop of the front bumper mounts, then replace the metal front bumper back where it was.

NeoNz

Metal Front bumper disassembled

With the grill guard mounts ready to be bolted down
Everything bolted back together, sorry I forgot to take pics (my friend never came over to help me) in between, but all you have to do is bolt the bumper back onto the front and mount the grill guard itself and tighten the bottom bolts,

NeoNz

Here are the upper support mounts, I bought about (20 washers per screw) and purchased 2" long screws to bolt up the upper support mounts to the grill guard, since the RX400h bumper is taller than the RX330 bumper,

NeoNz

Here are the lower support mounts

Here is another problem, along the lower passenger side of the grill guard, the lower support mounts, run into the A/C Condenser lines, you must bend these lines in order to make the Grill guard fit, as you can see mine almost rubs up against it, dangerous I know, but i'll be ok


The Finished Product

LEXveryG8

lookin pretty nice!!

how long did it take you for the whole install?

NeoNz

around 4-5 hours, i took my time and was extremely cautious with the whole install, although I could have done it in under 4 next time

Gojirra99

Nice job Car looks a little angry now

NeoNz

hey thanks...thats what I was aiming for. Before I purchased the car, everyone gave me crap, oh its a hybrid, its a girl's SUV, etc. making it more manly def helped my case that its not a girly SUV. Now all I need is the 20's and i'll be on my way. I've also thought about a rear bumper guard but they just look foolish. I'm open to any other suggestions, also considering an e-ram electric supercharger since im already running a secondary battery I can hook it up to...

check it out

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/...how-works.html

5% hp boost is an extra 12 hp, not bad at all for only $300