Just some updates, Ive since sanded and painted the wheels, I put 3 coats of gloss white enamal on the back sides and 4 coats of satin white on the fronts.... New tires, Yokohoma Geolander AT/S in LT235/75-15 or 30x9.50.... She also got new belts and all new gear lube in the diffs, trans and transfer

 

That looks reeeaaallly nice. Good work.

 

The new tires and clean wheels made a big difference from this huh!

 

Wow, yeah, and huge difference. Little things can make a really big difference on these things. I don't have too much rust...but the little bit I have really makes it look a lot crappier than it could. I'll get to it someday.

 

that looks AWESOME...now do the same thing to your front hub lock assemblies...the little things make such a huge difference! NICE WORK!!!

 

Nice work!! What type of paint did you use? Krylon white?? I love your rig, keep up the resto work. t

 

That thing is sweet!

 

Thanks! I used RustOleum red primer for rusty metal then RustOleum gloss white on the back sides and satin on the fronts after power washed the wheels at 2500 psi and sanded the crap out of them. Im thinking about hitting the frame soon too, I want to rig up something to my compressor and blow the dirt and debris out of the frame rails first though, any suggestions?

 

thanks for the info..so that's a satin finish I'm seeing, right? and what grit sand, 400?..You should be able to access your frame from the rear, after taking off the bumper. Yea I had my entire undercarriage restored.. Actually it wasn't that greasy, just a ton of road dirt..painted it with por-15..

 

She's looking good man!!! I bet your glad you snagged it up now!!

 

I used 80 grit on the rust then 200 to smooth it all out and to smooth out the intentional runs I put in the primer where the rust had left minor pits to fill them in... The satin white looks good in my opinion, I was going to go with gloss white but Paul Best the historian on the Trekker site informed me that the stock finish was more satin than gloss, Im glad now that I dindt go gloss on the outside, the backs are very shiny and smooth but the satin looks good!

 

I am! Its a blast to drive, Ive had a lot of people give me thumbs up, though I get that occasionally from other Toyota people in my 88 for some reason.. I had an old guy walk over to me at a gas station and tell me about his old Trailblazer that he had, he thought thats what mine was from a distance, he said that he hasnt seen one in over 15 years!

 

Thats a sweet ride brutha' .....



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