Painted the Yota last week.
10-07-2010, 02:53 PM
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Painted the Yota last week.
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Somewhat new to this forum. I purchased this truck back in july and have done some general maintenance on it (i.e. 02 sensor, cap, patched a few exhaust leaks oil change yadda yadda ya..) The previous owner rebuilt the 22re and forgot to bolt down the engine ground, so 2 months after driving her the ecu fried. After that expensive repair i decided i wanted to give the yota a face lift. This is a before and after.
The morning after i got the truck. The tundra i used to drive is on the right, which has been retired to towing the boat only now.
This is the day i got her back from the shop, took them 3 weeks to get a new ecu and a couple other things.
The bed was rusting and had no protection, so i sanded everything down and put some Herculiner on it. It turned out great, sorry i dont have an after pick. But this is the bed halfway sanded down.
Finally got a day off, after quite a few hours of sanding i finally got it primed.
And then two days later the project is complete, added the rasta flag on the tailgate for some spice lol
Somewhat new to this forum. I purchased this truck back in july and have done some general maintenance on it (i.e. 02 sensor, cap, patched a few exhaust leaks oil change yadda yadda ya..) The previous owner rebuilt the 22re and forgot to bolt down the engine ground, so 2 months after driving her the ecu fried. After that expensive repair i decided i wanted to give the yota a face lift. This is a before and after.
The morning after i got the truck. The tundra i used to drive is on the right, which has been retired to towing the boat only now.
This is the day i got her back from the shop, took them 3 weeks to get a new ecu and a couple other things.
The bed was rusting and had no protection, so i sanded everything down and put some Herculiner on it. It turned out great, sorry i dont have an after pick. But this is the bed halfway sanded down.
Finally got a day off, after quite a few hours of sanding i finally got it primed.
And then two days later the project is complete, added the rasta flag on the tailgate for some spice lol
10-07-2010, 03:01 PM
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10-07-2010, 03:17 PM
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Yeah..know what you mean...my work van is white...you never know how dirty it is till you wash one spot....then your like wow!!
Have you seen the posts on here were guys use a roller and boat paint? you can get some really sweet results...for around the same price as spray cans.
Have you seen the posts on here were guys use a roller and boat paint? you can get some really sweet results...for around the same price as spray cans.
10-07-2010, 03:21 PM
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Actually i think i ran across a thread last night, i was surprised to see the guy using a roller. The truck looked super clean though. Ill look into that next summer when i hope to have all the body work completed and ready for a serious paint job.
10-07-2010, 03:37 PM
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Im going to start body work on my 88 here pretty soon. I haven't decided about paint yet. I'd like to spray it with a hvlp gun and use automotive finish.
Base/clear but then I know Ill never offroad it.
I like those lights in your yard..the blue ones...and did I see a cement mixer?
Base/clear but then I know Ill never offroad it.
I like those lights in your yard..the blue ones...and did I see a cement mixer?
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Im going to start body work on my 88 here pretty soon. I haven't decided about paint yet. I'd like to spray it with a hvlp gun and use automotive finish.
Base/clear but then I know Ill never offroad it.
I like those lights in your yard..the blue ones...and did I see a cement mixer?
Base/clear but then I know Ill never offroad it.
I like those lights in your yard..the blue ones...and did I see a cement mixer?
10-07-2010, 03:42 PM
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doesnt look too bad, but theres definitely ways to make it better. did you clearcoat it? oh and you know rasta is red yellow and green right? you got like an italian flag there or somethin. but i do like the truck black.
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lol why
10-07-2010, 04:58 PM
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The white looked clean and nice, but the black makes it look like a bit more of a wheeler. Now you need black wheels!
10-07-2010, 05:54 PM
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Use an HPLV gun. Even if you get a ton of orange peel, it will look good from twenty feet away. Personally, I don't like clearcoat because with single stage it is a simple as blocking out all the scratches and spraying a quick topcoat, bu that is oonly my opinion.
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