Painting my 1st Gen

Don't ever rhino line a truck! Everyone seems to think its a great idea but Im gonna tell you that it straight up sucks. You are better with rustoleum spray paint. I had real bad clear coat fading and rust on my hood and roof and I thought it would be a good to test it. Bad idea. You can't clean it cause it ruins any sponge that touches it, mud literally sticks to it and in it and you can't get it off and the worst part is, you have to sand down to the metal to get it off. Sucks! just mho

ex tampa res as well!

 

This guy did it to his Tacoma (similar to yours OP):



This guy gives a review after having his on for 1yr:

 

For an 80's - 90's straight up trail truck its not a horrible idea if you don't ever clean the thing. But for a daily, nah.

 

Subing to this to watch. You are a bravery man than me!

 

Yeah, Im not going to do liner. I have all the ordered, shipped and ready to go. Thanks for all the responses.

Any ideas on the weather stripping for the windshield?

 

Easiest thing to do is have the whole thing replaced. I was charged $270 at a local shop and they swapped the cracked windshield and redid the strips and they sanded some hidden rust out and primed it. That alone was worth it. It would have just kept on getting worse. From now on ill do the swap on any 1st gen cracked or not that I have.

 

Just remember whatever you do, when you change color it will always be noticeable in all the jambs and engine compartment.

 

Man, that chevy has like a 10k raptor paint job. Not comparable and still same issues. I think the fact that mine is black makes me hate it more. Most mud is tan or brown. I have mud from 2019 on the hood of my beater still. lol

 

hes going with army green color in base clear i thought.

 

Lighter fluid is the same as bug and tar remover...

 

So raptor is a pain in the ass to clean? That seems to be my take from all this.

 

This is thinking out the box.

Hairspray (this still a thing) and a lighter. Insta torch.

 

Yes, Im doing Toyota Army Green (6V7) base and a 2k clear.

 

Ill be doing all the jams, but you are right, I won't be able to do the engine compartment.

 

In for the ride!

https://youtu.be/Auvf7DDw5z0

 

Idk, don't have it but it looks the same as what I have. All that liner paint is a bitch to clean mud out of.

 

One of the main reasons I got a black truck is even if I one day rattle canned it everything is still going to be black.

 

That’s going to look so good. I love the army green and quicksand colors.

 

semi gloss black rustoleum is on standby for me too. lol

 

I did my truck in Raptor, color matched to the original Lunar Mist. Been over a year ago. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I did use reducer in my Raptor, which gave it a smoother finish. No issues getting mud off. Actually, just as easy as regular paint. No brush pinstrips!!! See my build thread below for more detail and pictures.