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Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by dud122, May 5, 2009.

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  1. May 17, 2009 at 4:52 AM
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    dud122

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    dud122 [OP] rabble rabble rabble

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    well i dropped my camera and its not working now so i gotta wait for my gf to come home so i can find hers.....
     
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  2. May 17, 2009 at 5:18 AM
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    that sux!
     
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  3. May 17, 2009 at 5:20 AM
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    i guess i can camera phone it up for a bit.... updated pics in a min...
     
    dud122, May 17, 2009
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  4. May 17, 2009 at 5:30 AM
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    dud122 [OP] rabble rabble rabble

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    here is the middle one painted flat black. i added some bondo to the sides to cover up some flaws like you see on the bar on the right.... now i will be doing this to all of them.

    grill_8616f9cf16db679571522b7dab093e9ab07715f2.jpg
     
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  5. May 17, 2009 at 6:19 AM
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    its looking good!
     
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  6. May 17, 2009 at 6:23 AM
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    thanks.... tomorrow will be the big day... i'll have to take off and starting cutting into the good grill
     
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  7. May 17, 2009 at 6:28 AM
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    best of luck!
     
    devilsalmostfree, May 17, 2009
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  8. May 17, 2009 at 8:27 AM
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    looks great man.
     
    gatorboyy13, May 17, 2009
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  9. May 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM
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    almost done....

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  10. May 18, 2009 at 3:27 PM
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    Lookin good! I see you got the grille out, hope it didn't give you too much trouble.
     
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  11. May 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM
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    Startin to look good!
     
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  12. May 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM
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    i think there might have been a tab you over looked... i was able to get it all out with no broken pieces or plyers...

    but once i knew that i had to pull hard to get things out i realized i wasn't breaking anything and it went pretty smooth


    thanks again for the help!
     
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  13. May 18, 2009 at 3:48 PM
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    No problem, sorry if I missed one, but I'm glad it worked out for you.
     
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  14. May 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM
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    i meant a part of the tabs... something worked out that made it a lot easier than i thought it would be
     
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  15. May 18, 2009 at 7:20 PM
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    Lookin good.
     
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  16. May 19, 2009 at 4:25 AM
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    are yo planning on painting the surround black too?
     
    gatorboyy13, May 19, 2009
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  17. May 19, 2009 at 12:51 PM
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    yes
     
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  18. May 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM
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    ok ya i love that look!
     
    gatorboyy13, May 19, 2009
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  19. May 27, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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    here it comes

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  20. May 27, 2009 at 8:30 PM
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    nice job dude, rep.
     
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