Fix or Sell? Frame rust but good truck.

ztwatson · Jan 21, 2023

What grit sand paper did you use? Looks great.

1schoir · Jan 21, 2023

Very inspiring rebuild! Can't do much better than POR-15 and Eastwood Internal Frame Coating to keep away the rust.

danlor76 · Jan 29, 2023

Used a bed liner for the topper after fixing corner fiberglass and new screen with interior LED lighting and replacement high mount brake light.

ztwatson · Jan 30, 2023

That's a killer looking tacoma. Nice work saving it.

calhoun34 · Jan 31, 2023

Great write-up. This should last a long time now.

TragicBronson · Jan 31, 2023

danlor76[OP] said: ↑

Wet sand, clean, two coats automotive primer, wet sand, clean, two light coats of Dupli-Color Wheel Paint in bronze, wet sand, clean then three coats with the last coat the heaviest. One can per wheel. Had to use a Dremel with a “scotch pad” wheel on the center caps to get the loose paint off without using a paint stripper and to get in the logo indentations. Bought black lugs instead of messing with painting the old ones. We were going to leave the caps off because it still looked pretty good with black hub wheel bearing covers but uses the caps because we put all the work into them lol. We used index cards lined up around the rim to protect tires (off the truck) and a rolled up index card around the stem. We didn’t use a clear coat so we’ll see if the multiple coats stand up.
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I'm totally going to do this on my identical rims - dang that looks clean.

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