Arctic Edition Stormtrooper

Alright folks, welcome to what will be an interesting journey. This will eventually be a rig I can do some off-roading in. Some work will be done myself, other work will be one by others with way more skill than I currently have.

Truck:
Make: Toyota
Model: Tacoma Access Cab
Year: 2010
Color: Super White

Options:
4.0L V6 Automatic
TRD Off-road
SR5

Current Mods:
Tonneau
OEM Seat Covers
Weathertech Mats
Shackle Hitch
Black Badges
White Gage Rings
Stormtrooper shift knob

Future:
3" Lift
33" Tires
HomerTaco grill
Bumper upgrade?
High lift mount?
Rock sliders - in the works thanks to av8er2012
BHLM
BTLM
White accents throughout the interior
Stormtrooper decal
Custom bedside stickers - thanks chipnoreo!

 

Just got done with blacking out my badges today with plasti-dip. Turned out pretty decent considering the temp was near 28 F when I finished. There's a couple spots I'm not happy with that I'll revisit this summer when weather is nicer for this sort of work.





Note: While 6" of tape might be fine to catch overspray when spraying directly, it is not sufficient for any angles... I found spatter after the first attempted coat on the toneau badge...that wasn't fun to remove, I'll take the badge off at a late date.

 

Welcome to the club

 

Thanks, I look forward to meeting others !

 

Am I making you a shifter knob?

 

I don't know...I found it on eBay. I had no clue you made them.

Probably not then. I'll have to take a look at yours when the sliders arrive.

 

Do up hand paint them all?

 

Nope. I just assemble. Should have another dozen here next week. They're selling pretty well. 3 I need to ship out SOON. Ran into some adhesion problems but remedied them. Rock solid now.

 

Damn, I wish I had known that yesterday. If my ordered item is not up to my quality you're the first to know about it!

Heck I may return it just to support local.

 

Just did this the other day.

 

Postman delivered a treat today.

 

Good start

annddd subbed.

I'll be watching you

 

Now I'm paranoid...

 

Does anybody know the build link to take the dark apart to do the garage rings and to remove the vents cause I wanna paint them

 

Go to my build (see my sig below)

I have the link on page 3 i think

 

Yup exactly what I needed ty

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/242184-dash-rings-mods.html

There ya go. Those screws or whatever on the upper dash (more like drywall anchors imo) were a little bit of a pain to get out. And there's a couple well hidden tabs on the rings.