from small crash to new!!

well about a month ago my wife hit a cement cone at taco bell and pretty much did a good amount of damage to the bumper/rear fender

there were alot of people on the forum with a rear bumper but im low on cash atm so i had to just repair it

anyways pictures tell the story better

tools:
bondo
liner-x
lots o sanding!!



original crash ^^



just used a normal white paint as a temp fix will go to toyota and get the right color later ^^





and while i had the liner-x i was thinking for a long while to get a bug deflector but seeing as i have no cash flow as of right now its my solution

i want to see how time deters this liner cause if its good i plan on doing my whole front grill and bumper with this stuff and prolly going to do another coat on the hood but meh it works for now

anyways tell me what you guys think
Peace

 

you did a good job on the repair. but other than the hood looking a little awkward it looks great

 

thats definitely the plan i hardly even used maybe a quarter of the paint so i have plenty to do the rest just not enough time

 

Damn good job on the repairs, IMO.
I for one like the liner on the hood. I might do that myself, there's a crapload of chips in the paint.

 

ya i bought this truck originally with 280k miles from an asian dude in san francisco and he said the trucks mostly mileage is from driving from san fran to sacramento to stockton all its life

imo the car runs great and ive had it checked out maintenance wise plenty of times as of right now im at 291k miles and still running strong

but u wouldnt believe the amount of paint chip the front of the car has i had to liner 8 inches because thats where most the chips were at

in due time ill liner all the front and install my fog lights for this upcoming winter

btw what do you guys recommend on fog lights should i put em next to the headlights or on the hole next to the turn signals are at the bottom of the bumper im kinda stuck on where to put em

dont know if next to headlights are more functional or below the bumper

 

Looks good!
If that ever happens again, give me a holla..I got a spare bumper I'll toss your way for some lunch or something..
Only if it ever gets the Taco curse again though!!

Fog lights are more functional at bumper height.

 

You did a great job there!!

 

Nice repair. What about using the white paint for the back corner on the hood over the lin-x? Then leaving lin-x black on the bumper/grill. Either way, the hood is still better than freckle face chippy chippy.

 

you did a damn good job on the bondo!

 

haha i was thinking that the line x in the sun would fade in the california sun but i didnt think about painting the line-x white i have some enamel paint i was thinking about using but i might just paint it white now im not sure we will see

 

lesson learned: don't let the wife drive the truck...

 

this is why women should not be allowed to drive a truck.

 

alright so i just installed my fender flares and they came out awsome (thanks CdnSldr)

so heres the photos



FENDER FLARES!!!! yay ^^



oh and if anyone ever says to use shoe polish on your front plastic bumper do it it looks great afterwards instead of having to paint much hahah ^^

 

fixed it

 

well until i get some more sofisticated mods going on i thought id install what i have and these reverse LEDs are fugging awsome

some before and after and a link to where i got em for the cheap + free shipping cant beat that haha

wut u guys think??

i believe they are more directional cause i have the plastic grey thing need to see if taking them out makes it better but meh much improved imo







http://www.dealextreme.com/p/1156-1w-6500k-85-lumen-19-led-car-white-light-bulbs-pair-dc-12v-51375

until later when i get some better mods going (no time as of now)
Peace

 

The back looks good,the front looks like poop. Don't they make white bedliners in a can?

 

dunno i bet u can just mix white paint with it i could always spray it down later but i like the uniqueness i guess

dont have any pictures of the chippy chip the hood has i was lucky it wasnt all rusted haha

 

yay new update the good always first



now for the bad.....





turns out that for my first actual accident even minor is in the same spot i actually repaired already.... so i guess im going to get the insurance money and repair it EVEN BETTER!!!

it was the womans fault so well see how my tacoma comes out of it

ill post the pics of her damage after i finish with insurance

 

well right before it started raining i got one of my projects finished "tinting my taillites"

and heres the results for my first time and just doing the emblem by eye it came out pretty damn good imo

tools used

lots o blue tape
utility knife
tsp
nightshade vht black tint
and some clear gloss spray

 

just did deckplate

didnt screw it in cause im testing it out first then im gonna create a mesh so no rodents get in my airbox