What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I know a guy that done his double cab fire belly Orange and I wanna say it took 3 gallons and he had a good bit left but he didn't like it cause it stained

 

I just went to maaco for an estimate for my hood. They said $350 just for that. I know they do great work if you are willing to shell some money!

 

Tell her is for safety reasons. LOL

 

Body is fairly straight... just this crap

 

those are surface scratches, once you start sanding they will basically disappear.

Again make sure the surrounding areas are as flat when you prep and it will look fine when painted over.

 

damn 5 cans just for the hood?! that definitely seems a little excessive. maybe one can primer, 1-2 cans paint, 1-2 cans varnish..

i don't really know either but 4 gallons just seems like a lot of paint lol.

thats good to know, didn't realize plasti dip stained..

thanks for the advice, yep prep is like 85% of the work. might even take more than a full day to prep, i have a bit of bondo work to do for my bed bob.

Im going to put string in all of the weather stripping that i can't remove (windshield and rear window) and take off as much trim as i can (mirrors, maybe door handles, weather stripping, small windows, door panels, side lights etc). Also am going to remove the hood and hang it vertically to paint it as I've heard it is very hard to get an even coat on it when it is on the truck.

 

gravity fights you on the hood, plus its hard at the angle it is.

 

I know thats what I said. I think I am just gonna spend $30 on ebay and get some matte black vinyl and just wrap it. Seems to be the cheapest/cleanest/fastest way to do it (for my situation at least)

 

My hood and roof are vinyl wrapped, its been 5 years but holy crap is it beat up.

 

the only part of my truck with factory paint in my cab.. and its scratched and dented from bushes and assholes in parking lots.

I am 3-4 diff shades of black at the moment.

 

350 Just for a hood....

 

I asked in the OME thread but figured I would ask here.
Would I be better off with 882's or 883's for my DC V6 4x4?
I might be getting a relentless plate bumper (No winch for now, would like one in the future) and want 2-2.5'' of lift.

 

Guess it was 4 gallons. Thunderone did it. Looks great.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...a-today-1st-gen-edition-3681.html#post9884031

 

Haha oh yeah? I probably wont have the truck in 5 years so it will be the next guys problme

I know... and that was just for basic filling rock chips sanding, base coat and clear coat. There are 2 levels higher that I could've chosen too

 

Yeah my factory roof had the white paint showing from the primer underneath from years of windshield wiper fluid run off.

the hood was just pock marked like a 16 year old that loves pizza bagels...

 

Haha I can only imagine. Damn, I should probably check my roof out... that runoff is ridiculous. I can see it run down my back window after I use it.

 

Not so worried about the scratches but if you look closely everywhere it looks like its wet or has a texture to it.

 

typical.

Its just the clear coat that was never properly treated.

You can buff a lot of that out but it takes a professional with certain tools typically. very easy to burn the paint.

 

I love the way it looks but for some reason cant get over the fact it can simply peel off....

 

Yeah I would feel like I would be scared to rub against it or brush up against a branch