RMAN808's Build

Yea that'd definitely come in handy. Too bad I have no access to ANY tools or gadgets. I'm just gonna sand em down the best I can.

 

Saturday:
Sprayed 2 of my stockies. Sanded, primed, painted with Rusto HP Enamel. Turn out like and pissed me off because I didn't know what went wrong I didn't go heavy in any spots but the finish turned out rough and powdery like the Rusto bedliner.





Sunday:
Sprayed the other 2 stockies. Sanded, NO primer, painted with Rusto HP Enamel. 3-4 light coats and walla





This picture shows the difference of the two. The two on the right have been sanded down a little in this pic. I need to sand it all the way down to the bare wheel again before hitting it with the enamel

 

Wow man. Who'd thunk it?

Thanks for being the guinea pig

 

Haha yea no prob I really like how it came out without the primer though

YOUR TURN NOW

 

Got pics of them done and on your truck?

 

No they probably won't be on for another couple weeks. Still gotta get that broken lug nut situation repaired and when that happens I'll have the shop mount up the stockies

Oh, and I still need to sand down the other two I messed up and respray em.

 

Did a few things today...

Got a chance to finish painting the stockies



Took off the bug deflector just to see how it looked w/o... Yea, I don't like the look so I put it back on I also have this golf ball sized ding




Cleaned the rust off my tow hitch/reciever and sprayed with Rusto bed coating to clean up the look and stop further rust (says the can)

Before:







After:

 

i dig it. some good TLC right there

 

what was the process of switching the lights from orange to white?

oh and expect text's to your cell in the next few days of pics of the center because ill most likely be headin to the junk yards on monday or tuesday

 

It's real simple. Here's a link for the dash take apart: http://www.customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=77

Once you get the cluster out, it's basically just a swap of the bulbs. IIRC the bulbs are #194 for the cluster and #74 for the AC panel (if you wanna do that too). Here's another link for the cluster/bulbs: http://www.customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=77

I got my LEDs from superbrightleds.com

And as for the center, I'll keep an eye out for your texts. Thanks a bunch again!

 

Set up an appointment to get my truck fixed and will have the stockies back on... THURSDAY

EDIT: Finally got it fixed and have the stock wheels back on!

 

Let's see some pics!

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...ma-today-1st-gen-edition-930.html#post5339882

 

- Got my tires flipped around to white letters out

- Ordered my ... and it should be here Wednesday

- Went to get a quote for some fab work

 

Gonna go center console-less for a few days until I rig up my new-to-me 01-04 cc Should be able to pick it up tomorrow or thursday. Then gotta paint it!

 

SCORE!!!

 

- Picked up my 01-04 center console yesterday
- Completely disassembled and cleaned it
- Rusto primered and bedlined the rusty metal pieces
- Vinyl dyed the console top piece flat black
- De-derped my grille; gonna rock it like this till I get a chance to paint it

 

Maybe I'm missing something but what are the benefits of the 01-04 center console?? How are they better? Does it just bolt right in place of the old one?

 

Yup just swap units. Hmm... it has actual functioning cupholders which add to the 2 on the shifter console (unless you drive stick), the height and width adds for a better arm rest, and comes with 2 compartments which allows for more space to store things

I'm currently trying to figure out how to make the lower cubby lockable

 

- Finally got a chance to touch up my wheels/wheel weights

- Also just ended up spraying all the lug nuts too! Now I can take buying new ones off my list for now

- And last, I painted the little chrome thing on the antenna screwy thingy.