What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Ill try that tomorrow then! what tool to i use to scrape it off after ive heated it? heres a pic on what it looks like

yuck

 

Use a rag and let the adhesive remover do the work so you minimize scratching.
You should smoke your corners and turn signals too! Blacking out my turn signals cleaned up my front end so much. Now they blend in with the bumper.

 

Spray paint your door handles.

Remove the badges entirely.

Get a 3M pinstripe/decal removing wheel and attach it to your drill. It's like an eraser for stickers and won't harm your paint.

 

Quick question... what would be the best way to prep an aluminum toolbox for bedliner? Also how bout a chrome bumper?

 

sand blast it that would be the best bet

 

yeah sand blasting would be the best but i am too impatient. i used rustoleum roll on bed liner and just slapped it on the tool box. its not the best looking up close but it doesnt bother me. it matches and ive thought about tinting my blinkers....not sure if i fully want to though

 

i like them i tried not to go to dark, but its held up an hasn't really faded

 

Yeah I may just scotchbrite them and go to town. The signal lenses just stand out way to much for me against the black bumper. I used 2 coats vht niteshade and 3 coats duplicolor clear. Came out amazing. Still light up bright orange too.

 

im thinking about doing the mod where you can switch the corner light hot wire with the blinker hot wire so it turns your blinkers to "fogs" and corners to blinkers. So im not sure if i want to tint them

 

Ready to pay this and get my bumper

 

Oh man that's gonna look sick. Did you go with a stinger, wrap around, or nothing?

 

Went with nothing

 

I had one little rock ding back in October that eventually cracked all the way across the middle of the windshield. Got a good price ($120 installed) through a bulk deal and the guy did a good job.

 

what tire/rim combo are you running?

 

Nice. I think no stinger looks clean. I saw the wrap arounds with the sharp bends in them and they actually look pretty mean.

 

That's call full guard. Wrap arounds if for rear bumpers haha then there is half guard like mine.

An Tim doesn't do stingers, does light hoops. Stingers go up above the hood

 

Meh close enough haha. Still got my point across even with my lack of terminology

 

Yea I know..

Was just bugging me personally haha.

 

Reminds me of this meme