M47 on a Toyota truck

[mtucker]

I put two heads in the grill and two in the lower valence. The grill was by far the most time consuming.

First I cut out sections of the grill (aftermarket).


Then I mounted some aluminum plates that the Blinder mounts will sit on.


I painted the plates and repainted the grill Rustoleum flat black.


I mounted the Blinders and got them square. I put the grill back in so I could adjust for level. Then I pulled it back out to put some black paint on the mount screws. I used painters tape to cover the lens.


Front view of the installation. The lower heads are to the left and right of the license plate. They are mounted to the plastic. The upper heads hide fairly well straight on. I haven’t put the covers on the holes for leveling yet so you can see the screws shining.


Side shot showing how much the heads stick out. They stick out enough to have a great off axis view. A yard stick lays flat across both grill heads. I rechecked the lower heads and they need a hair of adjustment to be square.


The stock Blinder switch didn't fit in my pop-out plastic piece so I used a smaller switch and mounted the LED next to it.


Although the Blinder buzzer is loud, I connected the Blinder mute to my radio mute to make sure I hear a lidar warning (every second counts). I would love to test it sometime if anyone is in the area (San Diego to Los Angeles)

[wolfpacal]

Looks awesome!

[unmamfqlm]

Looks awesome!

X2, looks great.

[switch626]

That looks awesome. How the heck did you drill the mounting holes in the grille?

[jmichalakjr]

That is a very good install. Nice work. Way to take care of business!

[Weeth]

Very thorough install!

[speeddemon]

Looks great are the light spots next to the lower heads SS screws? if so it would be good to black those out.

[mtucker]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

That looks awesome. How the heck did you drill the mounting holes in the grille?

The outside hole (to mount the plate(s) to the grill) didn't have anything in the way since the horizontal bars get narrower above it. For the 2nd hole, I just held my cordless drill at an angle. Luckily black paint is very forgiving at a distance. A cordless drill and Dremel are the only power tools I used.

Looks great are the light spots next to the lower heads SS screws? if so it would be good to black those out.

Yes, those are the screws that hold the Blinders to the mounting brackets. They do stand out down there. I'll hit them with some black paint. Thanks for the reminder.

[spartcus]

That is a nice clean install, so have you tested it yet?

[corkguykev]

Very nice install indeed . Well done .