want to murder out my truck and im doing this first...any suggestions?

I wanted to spray paint black the part that the arrow is pointing to. Is that the way to go, any recomdations on the type of spray paint i can use like powder coat black?

 

Why dont you try and trade someone for a black one.

 

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ill try..will it look better if it is already black and not painted.
whats the name of the part isn't it separate from the grill

 

plasti-dip?

 

grill surround

 

You need to get a plastic adhesion primer first. Put 3 light coats 1st with plenty of drying time. Then you can paint the color of your choice!

 

I plasti-dipped mine, I still need to go over it with a few more coats but I like it.

 

Why is blacking out a vehicle referred to as "murdered out"?

 

Murdered out really means painting everything flat black, people just use both for the meaning.

 

don't use plastidip, use real paint

 

I actually wanted to change everything thats chrome to the same color of the paint job, which is black sand pearl i think. the I saw plasti dip, it looked clean

 

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i just got done blacking out my whole truck, including new paint job (someone keyed it) magic eraser on the fender flares to go back to original look (awesome) new grill and corner lights from partsgeek.com (like 40 bucks shipped and got them in 3 days) and painted from and back bumpers that were chrome by sanding with 300 grit prime, paint (factory black) and then clear coat... it looks awesome and not that hard to do

 

x2, do it right. Krylon fusion works well for plastic parts.

 

You can't powder coat plastic....

 

you can get a black grille from here for $25 plus shipping,
http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2002/toyota/tacoma/body_mechanical_-ar-_trim/grille_assembly.html

cheap enough to try it out and have a permanent black grille.

 

GREAT looking gen1!