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UPDATE** 6/3/2013 Okay so I went to the store and bought some vehicle cleaning supplies and found something that works miracles! Other than rubbing the truck all day, I checked the frame and welds, looked for any rust underneath, took a closer look at where the leak in the motor is coming from, pretty much just layed under it for an hour checking everything after I cleaned it again. And on a side note don't give me now crap about her not being muddy she will be soon, right now though since I'm doing on this work and detailing she is my pretty little pavement princess!
Here is the miracle cleaner itself, think it ran me around 10$ at the store they just started selling it. Now honestly to begin with I didn't think it would do much of anything as most things advertised on tv don't but I was shocked with the results. (Just so you guys know all pictures taken were taken 2 hours after application)
Here is my truck after rubbing the whole thing down detail doctor, as you can tell the truck looks great if you look at my previous pictures even after waxing the truck, the bed and spots on fenders, hood, and roof were all still faded. After this it seems as if the paint seems a hell of a lot better and you almost can't tell where the clear coat peeled and where it was fading.
It even cleaned up the plastics and all rubbers in cab.
Cleaned up my plastic toolbox a bunch, scroll up to previous pictures of the toolbox and it wasn't nearly as clean.
Cleaned the plastics and hoses under the hood too.
Took some pictures of the undercarriage seems in damn good shape, transfer case and trans appear rebuilt or at least have new seals, has newer KYB Exel-G gas shocks, appears that a PO added an extra leaf. I still believe the valve cover gaskets are leaking although I just torqued the bolts down a little tighter, not to bad of a leak only appears to happen after truck has been up to reg. temp and then probably leaves about a quarter size drip on ground. Also if in one of these pictures there seems to be rust it isn't, just some old dried up crappy dirt used a wire brush and a flat head to check for any rust and soft spots.
Sorry about all the pictures guys, I just want you all to be able to see what I'm seeing so it's ya'll are right here working on her with me.
Last edited by GrizzlyGreenKid; 06-03-2013 at 07:52 PM.
Looks good man, i started painting my truck today doing a similar paint scheme as you want too in the future but with flat black paint and rocker guard
Looks good man, i started painting my truck today doing a similar paint scheme as you want too in the future but with flat black paint and rocker guard
Sweet bro can't wait to see it done dude, post some pics on your forum and I'll check it out man.
Nice Job cleaning everything, looks better! looks like you might have a ball joint puking its guts out in one those pictures. Might ant to check that out before to long. Keep up the great work!
Nice Job cleaning everything, looks better! looks like you might have a ball joint puking its guts out in one those pictures. Might ant to check that out before to long. Keep up the great work!
Thanks man, and yeah I know it's puking hahah. I need to get a ball joint and new cv for that side here shortly.
UPDATE** 6/4/2013 Got a new bedliner. Its just layed in there right now have bolted it or nothing. But its nice and it was free out of my cousins 3rd gen
UPDATE** 6/5/2013 So decided to check all my fuses and all that to do only to find some rust in the floors (not bad but still rust) and some beautiful wiring by the POhe must have been an electrician lol...definitely not.
My bro took a picture of my not so happy face look, not to mention when I re-hooked the battery after checking/replacing some fuses it decided it wanted to take a ˟˟˟˟ jumped it multiple times and checked the alternator and the battery is toast. Looks like I'm getting a new battery and ripping out the interior this weekend or early next week to fix the rust issue.
Last edited by GrizzlyGreenKid; 06-05-2013 at 07:57 PM.
Well it's been forever since I updated this. I no longer have the truck, it was totaled by my girlfriends step dads Tacoma lol (long story) I bought it back from the insurance company and repaired it, sold it and have had many other Toyota's since then I'll post them in order.
The day I was supposed to sell it for 5 grand it jumped timing and spun the 2nd and 3rd main bearing, (I was selling it to put a down payment on a Tacoma) ˟˟˟˟ happens had to take care of my family so I had to off it unfortunately.
06-03-2013, 07:36 PM
