square bezel........ bezel

[Landpimp]

OK, so I ordered a new painted sqaure bezel(aka radiator grill) a few weeks ago........and got this today, looked like it was a primer not painted

then I realized........it was cosmoline coating...........so I cleaned it off and found this

a FREAKIN beautifull chrome sqaure bezel!!!!

The part # for the chrome bezel is no good, dead part.......and if it was good it was ALOT more than the painted bezel(which was $100, chrome was over $200)

Am i happy? HELL YEAH! I was going to have a painted one chromed. This one is perfect(still need to clean off some crap)

I am curious if the other 2 being sent are chrome, see there was a mistake made and my bezel traveled the US for a few weeks, so 2 more were ordered.......

more bezel info from a past thread here
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=26711&highlight=bezel
and here
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=303261&page=1&pp=25&highlight=bezel

 

[chuglife]

some people get all the breaks...

 

[toddslater]

Now thats some serious bling

 

[IDave]

Haha! What good luck. Of course, you're going to pay your source the difference for the chrome bezel, right?

 

[NJFJ40]

Forgive me for asking but............what exactly is the appeal of a chrome bezel? I guess my cruiser tastes are not evolved. Kind of like with food. According to my wife, I have the palette of a goat.

Someone educate me.

AndrewT

 

[IDave]

I think it is just a rarity.

 

[JohnL]

My wife said I should get a chromed bezel. I told her she can't even keep mine polished properly. She left the garage and hasn't been back since.






That really happened.

 

[beanz2]

Forgive me for asking but............what exactly is the appeal of a chrome bezel?

The point is, the square chrome bezel is a non-US part. So it's like buying an open diff from the dealer and getting a cable locking diff.

Dave

 

[osagecruiser]

did the 68 fj 40 come with a chrome bezel standard or was it an option? our 68 has a chrome bezel

 

[nuclearlemon]

on the older cruisers, it was an option...along with chrome front bumper and bumperettes. had that on my first cruiser

 

[folsom50]

That's sure Purdy!

 

[Landpimp]

I want to pimp out a 40 in all the OEM chrome stuff. Now I have it all(bumper, bumperetes, bezel), new in the boxs

and yes its kinda tacky...........but thats part the apeal to me

 

[mallred]

My wife said I should get a chromed bezel. I told her she can't even keep mine polished properly. She left the garage and hasn't been back since.






That really happened.

I bet it gets rustier now!!!

 

[cruiserdan]

I want to pimp out a 40 in all the OEM chrome stuff. Now I have it all(bumper, bumperetes, bezel), new in the boxs

and yes its kinda tacky...........but thats part the apeal to me

How could factory chrome be tacky? You maybe, but not the chrome....





ONLY YOU WOULD END UP WITH A CHROME ONE BY MISTAKE, WANTING TO CHROME A PAINTED ONE.......


I think Al set you up. He knew what you wanted and prolly had it chromed before he called you, just so he could jack with you..............

 

[cruiserdan]

I just figured it out...




IT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.......

 

[Landpimp]

Mr Toyoda must have sliped it in the box........knowing it was my birthday, thats prolly why it "got lost" for a few weeks, he had to scamble to get a chrome bezel over from japan

I am curious to see what the other 2 boxs will have in them...............funny now I want a painted one...........

this is the part # I got, 53111-90301

How could factory chrome be tacky? You maybe, but not the chrome....





ONLY YOU WOULD END UP WITH A CHROME ONE BY MISTAKE, WANTING TO CHROME A PAINTED ONE.......


I think Al set you up. He knew what you wanted and prolly had it chromed before he called you, just so he could jack with you..............

 

[cruiserdan]

The original part number was 53111-90302. It may be that the painted one has been superceeded to chrome???????

 

[Landpimp]

retail price was $135........the price of the painted bezel Oddly the chrome part # dead......

BTW 3M adhesive remover works great on the stuff it was coated with,

The original part number was 53111-90302. It may be that the painted one has been superceeded to chrome???????

 

[beanz2]

The original part number was 53111-90302. It may be that the painted one has been superceeded to chrome???????

Hey Dan, is there ever a time when Toyota is running out of a US part that they substituted a non-US part?

Dave

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Which rig you gonna pimp the chrome on?????