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Painted air dam

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Dallas_Zero, Oct 27, 2018.

  1. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:18 AM
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    SDTaco4x4

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    Looks well done. I guess I'm lucky - mine came body colored. lol
     
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  2. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:18 AM
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    Curious. I ran over an actual God's-honest peasant with mine. He came out of nowhere.
     
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  3. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:37 AM
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    Yes. Color matching on trucks o_O
     
  4. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:46 AM
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    Please clarify when you say "even worse". Are you saying it makes the air dam look worse or...........the OP's truck? If it's the former, I get it. Cold, but I get it. If it's the latter, that's just plain mean.

    Fucking millennials. A beard is a beard. Now we have to call them neck beards, cheek beards and chin beards?

    That's Camry. With a capital C. Don't ever do that again.
     
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  5. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:51 AM
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    Neckbeard has been a derogatory term since at least the 90s.
     
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  6. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:55 AM
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    IT'S ALL BEARD!

    [​IMG]
     
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  7. Oct 29, 2018 at 6:57 AM
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    i like how you think. but now i see it done-nope. too much red. take it off. thanks for showing:thumbsup::thumbsup:
     
  8. Oct 29, 2018 at 7:24 AM
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    Had a Turkey leap out of the weeds and just miss the windshield, but he bounced off the roof!
     
  9. Oct 29, 2018 at 7:34 AM
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    skiploder

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    You thought I meant one of these:

    [​IMG]

    But I meant one of these:

    images_bb88e77f3fc60bf95bd8cbee48f204a20d21398a.jpg
     
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  10. Oct 29, 2018 at 7:36 AM
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    Smoothens out the look of the the truck. Would do the bumper too. As another has said I don't have the problem because my truck is black.
     
  11. Oct 29, 2018 at 7:56 AM
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    Both, in this case you can’t have one without the other
     
  12. Oct 29, 2018 at 8:11 AM
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    A few minor things...
    Did you do any clear coat on it?
     
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  13. Oct 29, 2018 at 8:18 AM
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    SCJeffro

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    I like the originality of the idea. :thumbsup:

    That said, I personally don't like chin spoilers or air dams on trucks myself. So for me personally, I would remove it but you did a good job on the color match.
     
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  14. Oct 29, 2018 at 8:50 AM
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    Yes 2 coats
     
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  15. Oct 29, 2018 at 9:43 AM
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    very nice...
     

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