What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice!

That looks like Cooper AT3’s on Pro wheels? What size tires? Did you already post this somewhere?

 

yikes Sorry to see that. It comes with Texas. I ain’t leavin.

 

Just got my TRD Pro rims back from powder coat. Pretty disappointed with their color match and sheen match on the center caps, but after applying vinyl to them it's harder to tell. For $2,100 you'd think they'd have tried a bit harder...

Side note: if anyone wants custom vinyl letters for their TRD rims, let me know, these fit very well (I stole the vector from some Toyota marketing materials.)

 

Installed my new Hooke Road tailgate panel today. Painless and quick install. Also used the original screws like Tacosrus did--no problemo. Also had to remove the two rubber bumpers. This panel fits really well, and has a textured finish. Really nice for $100 less than a similar Mountain Hatch panel. My butt felt real good on it.

 

damn, we barely got any rain here in north dallas. this place fucking sucks.

 

They look great, I didn't realize powder coating wheels coat that much.

 

$2100? I just got some done for $450 in Olympia. Does it have gold flakes in it or something? That's insane!

 

It might not cost that much, but options here are limited and this place "specializes" in wheels. These guys were more per wheel but said they'd color match the center caps which was cool --but turned out with subpar (IMO) results.

If I'd gone to a place that does nothing but powdercoat whatever all day every day I could've gotten away closer to $1,500. Since I'm ordering new gloss gray and black center caps off the internet to see what looks best, it's looking like I could've saved myself some money and gotten a better result. Oh well, live and learn (expensive lessons... constantly...)

 

Also, I can't wait to see what they look like on your truck.

 

Not today, but this past weekend went camping and set up a new Napier bed tent in my bed.

 

Ugh, now I'm feeling like more and more of a sucker...

It was five wheels and included media blast, but man was it expensive. Between the original cost of the rims, powder coat, and tires these are gonna end up being like 65% the cost of a supercharger.

Me either, my dude. They're gonna end up on a Voodoo truck, but I've gotta wait til' ~September for the OME BP51 to show up so it can accept chunkier tires.

 

Not an active "did today" but managed to jostle my stage 2 plate loose... looks like I'm opening the headlights up this weekend

 

It's getting there. Front end is done.
C4 Fab Hybrid/bull bar front bumper with their frame supports, Hawse license plate holder, Baja Designs Sport fogs lights and Smittybuilt X2O Comp 10k lbs winch which needed zero modification to fit this bumper. I hear that's not always the case. I did all the prep work, primer and paint myself which came out better than expected.

Not only do I like this setup, C4 came by the house to help me remove the bumper, mount the winch and reinstall the bumper. Big cheers to Eric and Brian at C4 Fab for the outstanding customer service. The guys at Smittybuilt and BD were pretty helpful in answering all my questions too.

It's taken awhile to wrap up the project but it's been well worth the wait. Local trails open 5/15, I've loaded up the Avenza Maps and I've met the good people from the area 4x4 clubs. It won't be long now.

 

San Antonio has a couple of folks and they are coming to Irving Saturday, May 8th. I am signed up to get this done.

 

Yes the Coopers. They are 265/75-16. Really like them so far.

 

Alright guys, if you have experience with powder coat I could really use your help here. I was just able to go through all the wheels and honestly the quality seems incredibly poor. The back side of every wheel is marred like they were set on gravel, and one is even so bad the metal itself has been GOUGED.

The street-facing side of each wheel looks fine, although I'm not 100% convinced they sandblasted these because the coating seems very thick and I can easily pick out the single bronze wheel I provided from the other four gray that were provided (the color shows through a chipped area.)

Google Drive link with all images

• Bronze showing through wheel:
  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RAMHkNFQD8YnjLUxFA74yZW49xEJwyzz/view?usp=sharing
  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RW0lpZyB2jeTXYV-08sgBv4cZb4HNDMN/view?usp=sharing
    
  • Shouldn't it be bare metal and not showing the original color if it were sandblasted?

• GOUGED wheel where alloy is damaged:
  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S2W8kDjQrXSd6VVL5coQaDMpsXsI8D5M/view?usp=sharing

These were BRAND NEW when brought for powdercoat, transported in the OEM boxes both directions, and have only been out inside my house, on carpet/cardboard to investigate.

Is this a valid complaint I've got or am I being too picky?

Want to hear from someone in the know before I go showing my ass at this shop trying to get a refund or partial refund so I can go elsewhere. But also they damaged a brand new rim --doesn't matter that it's not street facing, the thing was brand new...

 

Hit 4K miles, hit the only dirt road in Carlsbad for some pics after dropping the kids off at school, and went surfing.

 

F... those fools. You should contact your credit card company and dispute the charge. I would fight hard to get your money back. I would even file a small claims suit for the actual cost of your new wheels. Contact your credit card ASAP and get your money back.

 

If your advice is echoed I will contact tomorrow and ask for a full refund and would be willing to eat the marred rim since that is a simple cheap repair. If they refuse, I will attempt to have my bank cancel payment --however I paid via debit so I may be SOL...

 

I’m not an expert but I times that advise 10 fold. I can’t even believe they returned those to you like that.