Mine on my truck are screwed up as well, but doesn't really bother me. if the truck is wheeled, it'll just scuff again. :/ billet ones would be sweet though.

 

Dang these look great! Nice work, Yota-brothas!

Hmmmm Wonder if dark metallic red would look good on ole Ruby Redrum... nahhhhh, w/the gold stripes the gold looks best I guess.

 

That looks fantastic! Where did you get the Viva paint? I've obtained another pair of emblems and I was going to try gold fingernail polish. I still have not put my B pillars back on the 4Runner because I still haven't painted it.

Those new billet emblems look great! I'm just attached to the 80's look of the gold emblem.

 

I bought the paint at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store
http://www.joann.com

I made a mistake about the paint. The VIVA Colour was produced for Creative Imaginations. I checked the internet and Creative Imagination was acquired by Splash of Color which sells the paint
http://www.splashofcolor.us/products/paint.html?cat=29

There is likely a yellow gold paint out there that closely matches the Toyota gold lettering.

Let us know how the fingernail polish works.

 

Any one make a replica decal the could just be placed over the top ????

 

I am getting a vinyl cutter on friday, so this could be done...

I prefer the alum badge..

 

your aluminum badge is awesome. just looking for a little cheaper alternative

 

always opt for awesome

well let me know how much you would pay for a vinyl version to overlay

 

I just did mine a few days ago. I didnt take the b-pillar off mine just popped right off with a putty knife. I went to a craft store and bought a silver and a gold leafing paint marker and they both worked really well. One thing i wish i didnt better was clean all of the old paint off of the badge. mine turned out fairly well but now looking at it i could have done a better job cleaning them before i applied paint. but i was inpatient.

 

what is everyone using to glue these back in place ??

 

are these glued back in place or do they just pop in ???

 

I used 3m vhb double sided tape

 

no they dont pop in they have to be glued or taped. The 3m double sided tape works well but i glued mine with a non liquid form of super glue i think that was made by elmers or something. it was thick and tacky but its working quite well. it doesnt take much to hold them in there. make sure tho you clean and scrape all the old left over glue or paint in the area before you put them back in place. that way they are as flat as they can be so no water or other stuff can go between the badge and the b-pillar. its all and easy process.

 

Thanks for the info on this! Nice going into a job knowing what to expect.

 

What products did you use? Those are the best yet!

 

Thanks, just trying to be on pace with you guys!

For paint I used krylon gold and silver leafing pens. The black was testors gloss enamel in a small spray can.

I used acetone with a toothpick and toothbrush to remove the old stuff. Finished up with hot water and dish soap with the tooth brush. I felt that cleaning out the old paint was going to be one of the most important things to do here and it took a lot of time to get it down to the bare clear plastic.

After that it was 3 coats of silver, 3 coats of gold, wet sand with 1000 grit then paint with black.

After that I wet sanded the face with 1000 grit then polished by hand with medium and fine 3m compound.

 

When I did mine Michael's Craft Store was out of the gold pens. I did use the silver one. Wow those turned out Purdy.

 

any adhesive promoter for the black paint?

 

any extra info on getting old crud and paint off the back

 

soak on wd40 remove easily the gunk or foam tape,but the paint what a pain!!!