What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

This looks and sounds so familiar. I did my upgrade back in May. Curious, did you buy a pre made kit or did you fabricate one? I went with the JeepCables.com kit.

 

Oven cleaner on the headlight chrome.

It wipes right off with a grey Scotchbite.

I had to peel it off the grille shell because its way thicker.

 

I had no idea oven cleaner would do that, good to know!

 

Yep.

Oven cleaner will typically eat right through the plastic chrome “plating”.

Bleach will too usually.

It’s not strong enough to eat through the plating on the grille shell though for some reason.

Industrial degreaser like Zep allegedly will though but I’ve never tried it.

 

is that a rattle can pain job? what brand did you use?

 

$7 Dupli-Color EBTY16177 Perfect Match Automotive Spray Paint – Toyota Classic Silver Mica, 1F7 – 8 oz. Aerosol Can

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00407VE7M?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Here’s a shot of a previous grille I did with the same paint.

 

i didnt know you could spray 2k clear over duplicolor. is there a certain amount of time you let it harden before doing the clear? any other steps between that?

 

From my research, seems like a week is “usually” safe.

I may scratch the 2k clear idea though and just do a normal 1k just because I know it won’t get wonky on me.

 

I've used 2k over Dupli color with no issues before.

 

How long did you let it cure before the 2k clear?

 

hmmm, its been a while. I want to say i just let it flash per the instructions on the can.

On another spot I did let it set almost a full 24 hours before i cleared with the 2k. These were both on spots not directly in weather, one was a door jam and the other was the engine bay.

 

Jeep cables.

The fuse box took me a lot longer than I expected! Starting up the first time was a heart in mouth experience haha

 

Installed a new tailgate handle. My Pop & Lock was discolored very badly.



also installed the anti-theft device from SaBellCo



Yes. My truck needs a bath, I know.

 

I guess it’s no problem. I just thought the 2k clear had to be used with the same paint. I just came across this video where this guy did a phenomenal job with 2k clear over rustoleum

https://youtu.be/O-CINa1nfjE


Long video, but end result is at around the 44 min mark

 

Replaced my worn steering with a new one, old wheel that was similar lasted a long time! Really like the gloss accents.



Wish every steering wheel swap was as easy as a Toyota

 

I had no warning on the fuse box portion and nearly called it quits several times trying to figure it out. Thank god for Tacoma World, I finally figured out how to pull it apart. Then it was a mad rush to get the truck working again.

 

Bezels and bowls are painted





Ended up doing em in trim black.

I’ll start reassembling them tomorrow

 

Our experiences were identical.

My girlfriend was definitely not in team Tacoma that day.

 

Had to make a new fuse block mount for the new Tundra master cylinder

 

That’s clean.