I recently got into 2 consecutive car accidents, none of them my fault. And I received $3,500 in insurance money. But im not planning on spending all of it on the repairs for the fenders/bumper. I plan of just bending it back. Unfortunently you cant buy those sexy blue stripes that come stock anymore. So I decided to get a new paint job.

Does anyone have a really cool paint job on there pickup? kinda liek a 2 tone paint job. Post pics please.

 

why paint the truck if you are not going to fix the fenders?

 

First off, does the $3500 have to go to the truck? I can think of a bunch of better ways to spend all that money. But assuming it does...

the paint job will probably look pretty crappy if the body damage isn't fixed before hand. I personally wouldn't pay to have a car profesionally painted without having the body work done. However, if this is primarily a beater, then I'd just try to fix the major damage myself and then either rattle can it or get a discount shop like Maaco or Earl Scheib to paint it.

Here is a link to replacement decals and stripes http://www.jamesdeancreations.com/toyota.htm

Also, don't spend a penny on paying for replacement stock bumpers. Get a real off-road bumper from Marlin, TG, Addicted, etc.

 

If you take some pictures of the stripes and do some measurments, you should be able to take that to someone that does vinyl graphics and they should get you a very close match.

 

X2 on everything said above. I got hit in february with minor damage to my bumper and fender. Insurance gave me $1800. I ordered a fender (under $100) and ordered a front bumper from Addicted Offroad for the same price as a OEM Chrome bumper. My fender it getting painted now and I'm waiting for delivery of my bumper.

Definitely DON'T paint over body damage.