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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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One more of the color:

Candid shot of me puttin clear on:


All done!

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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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Also painted the topper and started putting her all back together!





Just need some trail armor and some new rubber door gaskets and need to finish up the rear gate....
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 07:47 PM
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Looks amazing man! Great work!
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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YEAH it does look amazing...now come over and help me with mine, I lost all motivation!!!!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:12 AM
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Thanks everyone! She sure has come a long way! Took her around the block and she drives pretty straight for the most part! Can't wait to get her on the road!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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Definatly armor after all that time on paint&body. Looks great !
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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when i first saw you had that color a few months ago i wasnt sure if i liked it or not but now that its all on the with the black parts WOOOOWW!!! does that look amazazing!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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I thought it was a little bright too! But the black definately tones it down, I ordered some black wheels an I'm having a local guy put on the sr5 stripes... More pics on the way!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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Love the color!
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 03:08 AM
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I just recently painted one and didnt do the jams and such as you did. But I do know how much effort it took to do all that you did and it is a workout. Great job. It is looking great and doing it yourself is really rewarding.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Thanks again terry! got my front windshield resealed with a new gasket instead of the chrome.... Thursday im getting the SR5 stripes installed.. Ill post up some pics...
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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Looks awesome. Great work my friend.
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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Thanks pitbul! Hopefully today she will be gettin her stripes put back on! I'll post some pics if it does!
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 08:15 AM
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Love the color!
+1... turned out awesome! Can't wait to see it with the stripes!
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Sweet ride and the color look super. I'll be watching this one.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Well sorry guys, the stripe guy keeps bailing on me so I dont have any pictures. Gonna order some stuff tonight. I was hoping I could get some advice on lifting my runner... After doing some searching and asking some local yota people, I think Ive come to a conclusion.. Heres what I would like to do.. Im thinking about getting the trail-gear 3" classic lift for the front and putting chevy 63's in the rear... One other thing I was looking at was possibly boomerang shackles... not sure on the shackles though but the lift im almost %80 percent on... Let me know what ya guys think!!!
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 07:32 AM
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beautiful truck, good work! everyone's got there own opinion on lifts, so all i can offer is my own: the chevy rears are a good cheap option but if i were to do it again i would get some alcan's. they're based out of colorado and seem to give a great ride at a good price. they also have an option for orbit-eye's if you want some serous flex. if you do go with the chevy's though i'd recommend buying some new replacement packs. i bought some out of a junkyard and they don't have much arc left in them. And for the front, i am VERY happy with my "ruf" springs.

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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 08:00 PM
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Well if it wasn't enough spending a better part of 2011 building this 85, that Ive decided to put her under the knife again.. All I can say is 3RZ... she is all prepped and Ill be putting her in this weekend,,,,,
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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Nice. Please post pics.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 08:46 AM
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Sweet rig!!! I like the gauge cluster color change.
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