New England B.S. Thread

i am hesitant on spraying my entire truck now..
Mainly because i found this "at-home" bodyman who has painted several co-workers vehicles for decades. It is not the best match but the durability of his work seems very good. He quote $1,100 to paint my bed tail gate and roof in Toyota raven black. 10L of the tintable raptor liner in bright white is $550 and the cheapest 10x17' portable garage ("paint booth") from harbor freight is $200. Factor in tape, sanding pads, adhesion promoter, etc and i will be almost $1,000 into a raptor liner job.

i quickly referenced the U-pol youtube page and practiced on a piece of plywood. i tried 40 to 60 psi and settled on 55 psi for most of it. I dialed the brass nozzle almost all the way out. I'm embarrassed to say that i finished spraying it in the dark.

 

That seems steep for 10L of Raptor. We only had $200-ish worth of Raptor tintable to do my GF's entire FJ, and that left behind like 6 unused bottles.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...eral-information-thread.687512/#post-24267251

 

What are you doing the liner for? looks or protection? If I wanted to change the color I'd look at a whole vinyl wrap too. For a tacoma probably a bit more expensive but also not adding the weight of the liner to your truck.

 

I have like 3-4l left from my kit, it’s tintable as well. If you want it and the Hardener I have left for it I’ll send it to you for the cost of shipping. If you want a black with metallic flakes I can send the tint I have leftover too

 

See my old thread
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/would-i-regret-bed-lining-my-truck.665062/

I appreciate the offer but isn’t there a 6 month shelf life?

I have passed my good weather window where I would consider spraying my entire truck until next spring

 

A decent vinyl wrap is expensive though and, I guess depending on your skill set, not overly DIY friendly. I’d plasti dip the whole vehicle before I tried to wrap it. The new dip kits seem to hold up decently well and are easily removed if you need to.

 

I'm interested... PM sent

 

I’m guessing the new bed will be black with metallic flake

 

He would do rainbow flakes if it were free!!!

 

It is tintable, so I still have a bunch of plain black pigment to add to it.

I just have a LOT of stuff to line on the truck.

 

On a car is like 2k, truck probably more. They're DIY-ish, they're not terribly difficult but they're time consuming.

Derp works too. I did my wheels a few weeks ago and it feels stronger than I expected it to, I'd consider doing a whole vehicle that way.

 

It really isn’t bad, you can see it in this photo.

 

R3s or a studded one?

I'm excited for the first storm. I get to play with 4 Auto in the snow AND get to see how good Nokian tires really are.

 

Hakka 8 studdable, no studs.

 

Which site did you order from?

 

Discount Tire. I was between them and Tire Rack. Tire Rack had the Conti Vikings, that were rated pretty well, but the Hakkapelita's just have a better, long standing reputation of being awesome. The money was very close between the 2, like inside of $20.

 

You run some dryer vent tubing through the back window to heat the truck?

 

I actually shoot it out the back for xtra boost

 

Someone talk me out of this bad decision:

https://providence.craigslist.org/atq/d/middleboro-suzuki/7202470439.html