The wood getter got wood...(PICS)
Sep 16, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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I have seen rust like that .. many times .. and MOST are VERY fixable .. remember .. sheet metal is much thinner then frame metal
Http://www.toyotafiberglass.com has the products to repair ..
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Http://www.toyotafiberglass.com has the products to repair ..
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Sep 16, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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It's just a Calgary thing 
Fiberglass box, and welded up frame in the spring. I swear. You don't just throw away an RTE. Plus, do you know how damn expensive a decent toyota truck is around here?
Fiberglass box, and welded up frame in the spring. I swear. You don't just throw away an RTE. Plus, do you know how damn expensive a decent toyota truck is around here?
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Sep 17, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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Thanx for all the props guys... wow, I really expected to hear...that looks terrible, or are ya gonna do this or that, cuz thats what I keep sayin to myself...lol
Ya, its peelin....no rust yet tho...I'm still contemplating what to do about it, any thoughts?
Im not sure... prob just the lift and junk tires... i'm used to driving a runner, and this thing feels like a tin can compared to the runners.
Actually... those are not that bad... I wouldnt even use sheet metal for those, just wire brush all the flakey rust, clean off all dirt, then por15, paint, then fill with fiberglass, sand, bondo, and repaint...and yours will look better than mine. All in all, the metal work took the longest for me, trying to form new sheet to the old body and make it look halfway descent, is a challenge and a half.
I think next year... it will be a flatbed... just gotta get thru this winter first, wood is goin for over $200/green cord, around here.. so I might actually be able to make some coin.
Actually... those are not that bad... I wouldnt even use sheet metal for those, just wire brush all the flakey rust, clean off all dirt, then por15, paint, then fill with fiberglass, sand, bondo, and repaint...and yours will look better than mine. All in all, the metal work took the longest for me, trying to form new sheet to the old body and make it look halfway descent, is a challenge and a half.
I think next year... it will be a flatbed... just gotta get thru this winter first, wood is goin for over $200/green cord, around here.. so I might actually be able to make some coin.
Sep 17, 2008 | 04:44 AM
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annoying and forbidden... isnt it about time to retire the rustmobiles and get a newer yota? im not sure how safe something like that is on the street, if you get hit the frame will probably snap due to the rust. i mean if the bodys that bad, then hows the frame look? ...then again i may just be messing with you, YOU dont know that!
O....and yes...the bumper/ and the rest of the truck... will be sandblsted and painted flat black before the winter comes... gonna try to prevent anymore rust.
Sep 17, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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ooo, i have about the same cost into a 4x4 piece of sheet metal, but yeah, no kidding, the sheet metal is ssooo friggin thin, its stupid. On a side note, and something i didn't know, for our generation trucks, all the metal is US scrap steel, and the Japanese didn't really pay attention to metallurgy, so thats why they trucks have such problems with corrosion.
Sep 17, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Sep 17, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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well, up here we are getting the shaft... the state covers all the roads with that calcium stuff, which does not cause rust...right? No, actually, because they also use salt on the roads, the calcium stuff actually intensifies the effects of the salt.... thanx a lot Gov. Baldacci!!
Sep 17, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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Sep 17, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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