not a toyota, and not as nice as the stuff i have been looking at on the previous pages but i did it my self in my garage.

 

I painted my rig a few weeks ago, used Rustoleum Proffesional ($30 a gallon) used a gloss black. Used a husky spray gun, not sure the PSI the compressor was set to though. 4 coats and it came out looking mint, let it set up overnight and shot three more good coats and let it harden up for the day.



painted the "Toyota" on the tailgate in Caterpillar yellow by hand, and the hook with an aluminum paint

 

well i'm gonna spray my door jambs, i dunno about everybody else though lol

engine bay, nada, i mean...i guess ya could if you had a whole CRAP LOAD of time on your hands to carefully and thoroughly do it without removing the motor, but the best time would be to do it during a motor rebuild lol

 

Here's my thread redoing my toyota.
https://www.yotatech.com/f191/86toyo...thread-199078/

 

nice work house of kolor does produce good stuff to make a nice job ive been in this biz 16 years and i still gotta learn how to post a pic here !!!

 

While I was building my truck, I used Krylon flat kahki... It came out 5 different shades, my color blind father inlaw could see the difference.. I was pissed.


I repainted it with Rustoleum, flat kahki from the CO-OP... It layed down smooth and touches up with out any problems..

It is a lighter, but I think it looks a lot better..

 

I painted mine in my driveway. Usually early in the morning (summertime of coarse). I don't have any neighbors that are too close so I don't have to worry about overspray. I painted all the pieces separately, then re-assembled, blocked it with 800, then re-cleared it and then color sand and buffed. Turned out as nice or nicer than any shop could have done. It's not where you paint, it's knowing how to make you paint turn out good despite your conditions or when things go wrong that matters. I service about 40 body shops in my city and I shake my head at what most of them expect the customers to accept. Most of these guys are painting in $100,000 booths with $500-600 guns and they still have fisheyes, dirt, dry spots and runs.

It mostly boils down to whether you want a show paint job or a factory looking one or a daily driver you’re going to beat up, as to how much effort, time and money you put into it. Just remember that good paint doesn’t cost that much more than cheap paint if you consider the total invested in your project (prep, time and materials).





Here's a pic after first clear (before 800 blocking and re-clear).

 

well said and man oh man, is that a fine paint job haha. I love the second picture with the sun shining on the fender, it really shows the beauty of the body lines off and just how stunning the paint job is. Nice work.

 

Wow! Incredible job!

More info please:

Brand name of primer, paint, and clear?

Quantities used (qts, gallons)

Was your truck already blue, or was it a different color?

What did you do in the door jamb areas?

Why did you use primer? Had you stripped it to bare metal, or was the oem paint completely failed, or what?

Thanks for your help, and great job, your truck looks fantastic!

I have a red 4runner. I ruined a door. I bought a blue junkyard door.

My oem red paint is in really good condition overall, but it is faded some and the side decal is faded off.

After reading yota-tech, I decided to do a driveway paint job.

Plan A - try to match the old red color. Paint the door only, and be done.

Plan B - remove the decal, paint the whole car red. My oem doorjamb and interior-tailgate paint is just fine, so i don't need to worry about that. I may try to get tricky and paint on a new decal.

This is a budget job. I already have sanding and taping supplies, and even a harbor freight orbital. I already have two harbor freight sprayers (1 normal and 1 small unit). I used them to paint some tanks and motorcycle parts with great results.

So really all I need is a few scotchbrite, some elbow grease, and some paint.

The James Dean decals are awesome, but honestly, to give the best idea of my intentions, I'm willing to spend a $100ish on paint, but not another $100 on decals for this job. Nothing against his decals, that's just the type of job this is going to be. We have 2 dustfree months in the springtime here, so I can get a good job in the driveway. It's a 1990 car. I want a good job, not a show-car.

Anyway, thanks to mojavedude, my plans got all screwed up.



That speedway blue looks so good against the black and chrome, now I'm considering...

Plan C - paint the whole car speedway blue.

For you guys who have done it, am I being foolish? How much harder is changing the color? What are the tricks to sanding, scuffing, cleaning, masking so that the critical interior areas can be painted?

Thanks!!

 

satin black Ace rust coverage

 

Wagner power painter and leftovers from the house:

What? it's a hunt'n truck. At least its diesel.

 

Outsane....you have some SERIOUS FRICKEN BUTT SAG GOING ON!!!! lmao

and wtf YoYoMa...LOL it that seriously your huntin rig!? that's fricken awesome!!! lol

 

helluva lot more comfy than a deer stand. The widows open up at the top just enough to get your barrel through and still see out your scope. Of course an 9160lbs its not much of a mudder. More like a stick in the mud.

 

yup she's old needs an ass lift.. adda leafs are in the garage to be put in
but its probably time for new leafs

All of our camping gear was in the back, including a futon..

 

i masked off the interior on both doors to spray the door jams as well as the inside edges of the door. i also masked off the engine bay and sprayed the edges, just so you cant see any origional color. i only wanted to make it look good from 10ft away.didnt bother spraying inside the bed either, i have a drop in bed liner anyway. 8p1 is the code for tacoma speedway blue.

 

heres more pictures and info
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2980630
it was valspar primer/sealer, paint and clearcoat. we used 3 qrts of each. the truck was resprayed light blueish silver before, and was chipping/ rusty. i mixed the primer/sealer in sealer ratio. the whole process took ALOT longer than i thought it would. the paint was really expensive too cause its a metalic pearl. the blue was $80 a qrt, i think we ended up paying close to $400 for everything.

 

Can't belive i never saw this..

Looks good! A little metal flake would look so nice!

 

My OLD jeep. (dont worry, im back in a yota now) Sprayed some olive on it because the white was gettin insanely scratched.

 

Thanks mojavedude!

 

One I painted: