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Old 07-02-2018, 02:12 PM
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The metallic brown is old school sexy, can’t wait to see it all together with the graphics you picked up,

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Interior trim cleaning and restoration in process while the truck is in paint!
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Small parts and dash pad crack repair with fiberglass resin.
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Originally Posted by old87yota
I was thinking the same thing! The truck looks great already!

I think the new brown metallic will look great! I don't see too many that color and I really like it!

Thanks. I’m excited to see if for the first time! Should be rare!

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The metallic brown is old school sexy, can’t wait to see it all together with the graphics you picked up,

Thanks!

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That black paint looks to be in great condition, almost a shame to paint over it!
It was really nice, but Black isn’t old school Brown Metallic!
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It looks great. Nice job keeping it old school cool.
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It was really nice, but Black isn’t old school Brown Metallic!
Plus its harder to keep clean lol
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Seats and Door Panels were cleaned and dropped off at the Trim Shop. Will be ready in 2-weeks from Mon.
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Great posts. You are doing a good job. I am wanting to see how the cracks in the dash turn out. I will have to do mine after rebuilding the engine. Thanks for posting.
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Don't forget to bring the rear wheel plastic trims to the paint shop if you want them the same color than the body!
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Interior Trim Before:
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Interior Trim After:
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Dash close-up. Not perfect, but close and sealed for good

. I’ve done more fiberglass and sanding before but lost the original texture. This time zero sanding and turned out better IMO. Just had to be careful with the fiv tglsss!
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Carpet cutting up next!
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New carpet out of the box and resting for a few hours. Big difference from old to new with the backing and additional sound proofing and heat resistance I opted for.


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Restored the spare tire while I was at it.
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Full utilization of the 3-car garage today! Cars are outside as they had to tear out a section of our driveway and won’t repour till Mon .

Why not not take advantage!

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Don't forget to bring the rear wheel plastic trims to the paint shop if you want them the same color than the body!
Thanks, but these will stay black to keep with the Factory original theme. They and the bumper corners will get a coat of fresh back paint prior to reinstall.
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Carpet is cut based on the pattern of the old carpet. Man that is a painful job! For holes, I used a step but in my drill which made them much easier than a carpet knife.


But cutting through the sound proofing is not fun.
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Final project of the day. It’s not perfect, but it’s close and much better than it was!



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And the final steps and finished product.




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