I love this truck...have added quite a bit more diamond plating, gauges, and tach.......here are some pics. We were going to sell it......but, decided to keep it.







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Redid the B pillar emblems......



Love the storage.... and the 10" kickers THUMP

 

Other than the obnoxiously large 4WD emblem, looks great! Good work!

 

Whoah, small small world!!!! I was just in your city for work and I went to eat at that Katys Pantry place and I saw your truck from across the street. That thing definitely stand out!

 

Thats funny.....should have seen the obnoxiously large safari type zebra stripes that were there....I agree just haven't done anything about them yet...they were temporary sort of like a Nightmare tattoo cover up....

 

WOW..didn't see that one coming......it is a small world. Hope you enjoyed our fair, busy, oil field booming city. Good choice on place to eat....if your back around give me a PM and maybe we can find another good spot in Enid to eat.

 

If such an even occurs Ill be sure to do so! Its not a bad place by any means, people are far more polite and courteous than so cal.

 

#1 rule for owning a Toyota you NEVER sell your toyota.
I like how u did the dash looks great
Whatd you use to cut it? Looks super clean compared to the cuts i did on my door pannel

 

I would simply make a template and then trace it to the diamond plate...then I used a fine toothed jig saw to make the cuts..the KEY is you HAVE to use WD-40 or something to keep the cuttings from plugging the blade and sticking it...I just spray a line of lube on the line I'm going to cut and if it doesn't cut easily and smoothly your not keeping it lubed enough....messy, but works awesome.
Then I used a belt sander to finish the edges and just bent the shapes by hand.
I even made the diamond plate around the TACH..... used a piece of steel to bend it around..there is a slit in the bottom of it that I used to spread and slide it over the tach housing.

Here are a few more pics of the custom diamond plate...

 

Your 4wd lettering looks like it was ment to have a drop-shadow effect, replace the pin striping and it should pop again. Unless of course you pulled the stripes off, In that case get it custom airbrushed with a grafitti style in place of the drop shadow.

I'd of bet that plate was cut with a good hydraulic shear and bent in a break 'till you mentioned if was jigsawed and I went back and noticed the fine details.

A black border on the dash plates would really make them pop aswell, black powder coat of even some fabric piping.

Does your deking over the draws lift up? We used something similar on a farm truck but couldn't keep tools in the drawers from ratting into a funny spot that locked the drawers shut so had to add a hinge.