91TPU

when i had my pickup i sanded mine down a bit and painted it stainless steel from rust oleum. i also did the grill, around the lights and a couple of other things. it stood out a little bit but i think it looked good.

Jay351

Painted mine blue last summer when I did some frame painting...

Don't trust the stocker over much, mine does NOT look that pretty anymore!

iamsuperbleeder

ooooo, that wouldn't be a bad idea...

sand it down, take some fine grit to an orbtal sander, then just clear coat it

just give it a bare metal, or maybe a brushed aluminum look. I like the way bare metal with clear over it looks

hmmmmm...



you may have just changed my plans!


hell, if it doesn't come out right, I'm paint'n it red anyway, so then I'll just paint it red, lol

94Runner4x4

I might try and do the same thing, I think that might turn out really cool looking!

904_runner

Come on!!!! guys the paint makes the plate tough! Without it, it will dent sooooo easily! DUH!!!!!!!!

iamsuperbleeder

I did it to the back of an old Nextel phone a long time ago, and it looked purdy sweet I think



I didn't clear coat it, but I polished it



If anyone know's their Nextels, it was an i860; they come blue from Nextel

space-junk

iTrader: (1)

cant really tell unless you look closely...

Close up...

abecedarian

Me want cookie.

87LVRunner

Hahahahahahahahahahaaa! Best post of the year?

girl_face

finally! someone agrees with me. i keep telling him it looks like cookie monster...he just thinks it looks like his truck has a mustache.

scuba

LOLZ

abecedarian

I think it's the lights on the bar that give the 'eyes' effect. But first time I saw it... well I posted what I thought.

iamsuperbleeder

roflmfao

that's awesome Troy

did you wrap lights around it too?

space-junk

iTrader: (1)

nah... couldnt afford a power inverter...
i will have LEDs next year on an inverter tho...

thanks!

yotAddiction

Best picture I have of mine.

I just used a piece of diamond plate that was going to be scrap otherwise.

I dont wheel this truck so I can't really make any judgements of strength, but it's almost twice as thick as a stocker and goes further up for more lower radiator protection.

I very hastily took a hand grinder and notched out the two spots where the clevice mounts poke through. I still need to go back and clean those up, but will probably wait until the temperature outside is in the double digits again.

space-junk

iTrader: (1)

wow... that is the worst pic of a skidplate ever...

cant even tell you have one from that pic...

94Runner4x4

You don't wheel the muddy rig in the picture?

yotAddiction

Going through the mud is not wheeling.

scuba

Same thing I was thinking..

94Runner4x4

You can still test strength of a skid plate going through the mud though. Some may not consider it wheeling, as i don't really, but it's hard to believe that you don't wheel when your truck looks like that.