racehoss

Ok, lift and bumper are on their way. In the meantime, I pulled the windshield out and did some preventive maintenance on the channels.
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racehoss

racehoss

The chrome windshield trim is kind of a joke. The clips are trashed. When the windshield guy installs the new glass, will he just cue the chrome on? How else can you reuse the chrome? Or is there another generic rubber trim piece out there?

ChefYota4x4

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Mine were trashed as well, ...and those that weren't were destroyed by the windshield installers! lol. I went to the junk yard and got REALLY lucky............ took that stuff and much more.

racehoss

Thanks Chef.

Sooo, I opened a can or worms I wasn't ready for. I was going to have the new windshield popped in this morning and the tech said why don't you paint your car before we put the windshield in so the paint line is covered with the glass and trim. I said, good Idea but i'm not even close to painting and my car is sitting under a carport without a front windshield. So that got me kind of paranoid about the new paint job peeling or bubbling around the window opening. So I went to get all the sanding and body work tools and I guess I'm going to tackle that before I put the window in.

I agree and follow what the windshield tech is saying but It could seriously be weeks before I'm ready to paint. Or I'm going to rush the prep and I'll have a cappy paint job because I was trying to hurry and get the window in place.

I thought about getting the windshield set in place but not put on the chrome trim yet. Do all the body work and get it painted, then glue those shotty chrome trim pieces in place. They don't hold back water and are just for looks anyway.

Any suggestions?

gary_the_4runner

unless this is going to be a show car, get the window in. that way you can take your time on prep and still have a drivable truck.
make the paint/body look good, but dont drive yourself nuts. it doesnt take long before the brush scratches it like a jealous ex-girlfriend anyway.

racehoss

Too hot in Austin, 105F, to do too much work but got the arches ready for the POR 15 treatment.

racehoss

So once I treat the areas with POR 15 how do you bridge the gap in this area?

racehoss

Not wanting to go thru the whole metal fab approach. A buddy said pack the area with a clump of fiberglass filling and then bondo over it. Thoughts? I know this area will be ultimately covered by the black plastic mud/rock guard.

racehoss

Ok ready for the filler??

racehoss

I'm thinking I might put some fiberglass cloth and resin over the area where the plastic rock panel goes because it's a big area to bridge.
Just to seal it up then the rock panel will cover up any imperfections.
Spend time making the arches looks nice.

racehoss

Removed all trim, locks, handles badges etc and ready for the paint booth.

racehoss

Ordered rear bumper and sliders from 4xinnovations. Adam is great guy and I've heard superb things about his work.

racehoss

Ready for paint!

gary_the_4runner

looking good, no pics of the rear fenders? what did u end up doing? cut or fill?

racehoss

I grinded as much rust out as possible then POR 15 inside and out. Then my body shop guy put some nice Fiberglas patches then floated it all out with a lite amount of body filler.

Terrys87

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Looking like yor got the body really straight. Enjoy seeing builds like this. keep up the great work. Subscribed.

Nervo19

I don't know how I missed your build until today. Your early pictures are not showing up. Did you try to edit them or something?

I just wanted to say I think the fiberglass patches will be fine. I see a lot of people are using whole fiberglass panels so fiberglass ought to be fine since you treated the edges of the old metal first.

I'm subscribing to see the paint!

racehoss

Finished with the paint. Now all the goodies get installed.

ChefYota4x4

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HOSS, .....IT'S BEAUTIFUL! Whatcha gonna name her, eh? hehehe. Seriously, NICE LOOKIN RIG! LOVE that color!