luxes build

What brand was the first grill gaurd?

 

warn transformer brush guard

 

Do you still have it?

 

no
i gave it to my dad and its on his truck now

i tried to sell it for the longest time but no one was interested

 

Trucks lookin' good with my old bumper!

 

looks a lot better on my piece if shit anyway

 

Just needs new shoes

 

new mall crawlin wheels and tires

 

so now that huntin season is officially over in sc i need something to keep me busy and i was getting tired of looking at all of the dents, scratches, and years of abuse the old tacos been showing, so i decided it was time to fix it

here are all of the major dents and scratches i know about on the taco

everything circled on the tailgate is a dent


fender dents
(light doesn't line up but im pretty sure its because the whole fender is out of whack)



this one too







and yes that is from a bullet my stupidity



and another....



door and cab

(looks bad but it actually fixed the rattle i had)









(im not sure how the dent happened but the crack is bondo......)



accually just found this scratch going over the truck while taking these pics



faded and scratched up top



(gluches)





bed

(gluches)





(trailer...both of them)

 

Dude i hate you... I have always wanted to change my grille, lights, and hood to a 01-04 and now that i see someone who did it sounds like the SAS will be on the back burner now...

 

well if it makes you feel better we both have 98s and we both have the same first names

 

theres gotta be a story for the bullet dents.

 

possibly.......

 

yea i noticed that . so does that mean if i bring my truck over you can do the front swap to the newer grille and hood

 

yea sure you buy the stuff and bring it over and ill put it on for ya

 

sweet!!! when should i come by?

 

Whenever just bring beer

 

Haha it is a little too far to drive

 

and so it begins.........



this bitch was heavy





this was sorta painful



after sanding and sanding and even more sanding (remember dents are circled)








^ it looked like a sloth



bondo and welding?????? under the red paint????? dafuq????? this truck apperently has had this panel replaced....wtf carfax you didn't tell me that?????





I HATE SANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







one side down



other side






just a little bit of overspray



this side done!!!!!!!



im not soo sure about the red skid



tryin to line up the fenders the best i can with the corner lamps



not too shabby if i do say so myself



front end painting