1990 Pickup DLX to SR5 Frame up body swap (pics included)
11-26-2009, 10:41 PM
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Hey lets see the diamond plate in box,Pics. I was thinkin of doing that myself.
11-27-2009, 04:57 AM
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11-27-2009, 09:14 AM
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11-27-2009, 01:00 PM
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Got the interior back together. Came out pretty nice.
I decided to dye/paint the steering wheel. I'm pretty skeptical to see if it holds. I scrubbed the crap out of it with mean green. I scuffed it with a scotchbrite, then wipe it down with alcohol. i also warmed the can in hot water prior to painting. I even heated it wheel with the heat gun. If it lasts a year or two, ill be happy, if not ill just buy a grant or something.
Took the graphics off, much better.
I decided to dye/paint the steering wheel. I'm pretty skeptical to see if it holds. I scrubbed the crap out of it with mean green. I scuffed it with a scotchbrite, then wipe it down with alcohol. i also warmed the can in hot water prior to painting. I even heated it wheel with the heat gun. If it lasts a year or two, ill be happy, if not ill just buy a grant or something.
Took the graphics off, much better.
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11-28-2009, 06:55 AM
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just kinda wondering where you picked up the clunker truck and if by clunker oyu mean that cash for clunker deal they had awhile back?
nice build man i plan on doing this in the future but with an extra cab
nice build man i plan on doing this in the future but with an extra cab
11-28-2009, 07:49 AM
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I saw a partout ad on craigslist, it was at an auto recycling center. Yes, it was a cash for clunker truck, i guess thats where they end up, and if no parts are sold, the crush it. i tried to buy the whole truck, but that wasnt allowed. Part of the deal is that truck can never be back on the road.
11-28-2009, 08:28 AM
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Nice job on your swap! I used to like that red interior, it's pretty rare. Maybe for a reason lol... My SR5 interior has manual windows too, I didn't think it was that rare.
I like your conversion to black interior, if you change your seats try to find some old school GTI or GLI Recaro seats that are black, I bet that would look sweet!
I like your conversion to black interior, if you change your seats try to find some old school GTI or GLI Recaro seats that are black, I bet that would look sweet!
11-28-2009, 08:44 AM
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Damn that looks pretty good. I'd be interested to see how dying the carpet would turn out hah. I've always wanted to dye my interior black. I have a 4runner though, alot more plastic. and such
11-28-2009, 09:34 AM
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Nice job on your swap! I used to like that red interior, it's pretty rare. Maybe for a reason lol... My SR5 interior has manual windows too, I didn't think it was that rare.
I like your conversion to black interior, if you change your seats try to find some old school GTI or GLI Recaro seats that are black, I bet that would look sweet!
I like your conversion to black interior, if you change your seats try to find some old school GTI or GLI Recaro seats that are black, I bet that would look sweet!
F&&k that on the recaros, those veedub guys would want more than my truck is worth for those seats. There are nice, but i want to keep my 60/40 bench. i'm thinking about maybe some seat covers.
I saw these on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-...Q5fAccessories
anyone ever use these from this company?
11-29-2009, 05:31 PM
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You should be just fine with those seat covers. Choices for the 60/40 are pretty slim, so get what you can.
I had a 60/40 bench in my DLX until I swapped it out for some 91 SR5 buckets. The bench seat hurt my lower back. Although it was really nice to have 5 passenger seating, the back pain on longer drives was enough to get me to change to buckets.
Here's a site I found for bench seat covers when I was looking:
http://www.gtcovers.com/seat-covers/...at-covers.html
I had a 60/40 bench in my DLX until I swapped it out for some 91 SR5 buckets. The bench seat hurt my lower back. Although it was really nice to have 5 passenger seating, the back pain on longer drives was enough to get me to change to buckets.
Here's a site I found for bench seat covers when I was looking:
http://www.gtcovers.com/seat-covers/...at-covers.html
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I hated how large the toyota wheel was, it was like driving a damn big rig!
