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Painting the grille

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Chris(NJ), Oct 7, 2010.

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  1. Sep 20, 2011 at 3:25 AM
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    Priddle

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    Priddle And now for something completely different....

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    Nice!! I really like that!
     
    Priddle, Sep 20, 2011
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  2. Sep 22, 2011 at 8:32 AM
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    Chris(NJ)

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    looks good jerret
     
    Chris(NJ), Sep 22, 2011
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  3. Sep 22, 2011 at 8:51 AM
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    wow^^ looks really good. Just did mine with the duplicolor indigo ink and 3 coats of gloss clear and its not that shiney.
     
    06SR5canada, Sep 22, 2011
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  4. Sep 26, 2011 at 11:32 AM
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    jerret: How much did you wet sand, and in between which coats? That looks fantastic.
     
    evilx, Sep 26, 2011
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  5. Sep 30, 2011 at 2:44 PM
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  6. Oct 1, 2011 at 8:41 PM
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    amazing job, not only on getting the perfect color matching paint, but on the process itself and having it look flawless
     
    Ivan, Oct 1, 2011
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  7. Feb 26, 2012 at 5:52 PM
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    wow im definitely gonna have to do this to mine
     
    tacoma92, Feb 26, 2012
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  8. Mar 12, 2012 at 11:35 AM
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  9. Jun 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM
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    Sub'd Might be doing this mod this weekend!
     
    Bengland25, Jun 14, 2012
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  10. Jun 16, 2012 at 7:47 AM
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    Chris (NJ), GREAT job! How is the dupli color grill job holding up after almost 2 years? This is exactly what my plan is for my black 2012 but I was hoping to find a good success story from someone and how well it held up.

    I'm guessing that all is good or you might have posted that the paint started peeling or something.

    Looks amazing!
     
    geoff7877, Jun 16, 2012
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  11. Jun 19, 2012 at 2:07 PM
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    Thanks! Paint is still in excellent condition. I have one stone chip that I beleive would've damaged even a stock piece. Zero complaints. Very happy I did it this way :)
     
    Chris(NJ), Jun 19, 2012
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  12. Jun 19, 2012 at 2:16 PM
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    dont do it with Dupli color...


    Shout out to all the Super white tacoma owners. The DUPLI COLOR SUPER WHITE DOES NOT MATCH.

    The white is like yellow and i went through 3 cans at 2 different stores because i thought i had bad cans. looks like crap and sticks out like a sore thumb.

    instead go with Krylon fusion white in gloss. perfect match and only cost 4$ at walmart i used one whole can and never had a problem.
     
    Hydrolai, Jun 19, 2012
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  13. Jun 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM
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    Mitch Somebody call for a Wambulance?

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    Is "Red Pearl" the same as Radiant Red? DupliColor doesn't have a Radiant Red and according to page 85 of the DupliColor guide they don't list a Radiant Red either. Just Red Pearl and Barcelona Red
     
    Mitch, Jun 22, 2012
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  14. Jul 17, 2012 at 5:18 PM
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    Wow!
    Thanks for that write-up.

    I'm about to paint my "chrome" grill Superwhite to match the body.

    Would using Krylon Fusion suffice instead of Adhesion Promotor? (isn't that what's in it?)

    I picked up both the Krylon Fusion in white and Duplicolor Superwhite at my local ORielly's.

    (Reps to you)
     
    canoeski, Jul 17, 2012
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  15. Jul 17, 2012 at 10:21 PM
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  16. Jul 18, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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    i would just buy the dupli color adhesion promoter. its pricey but it turns out correctly which is important
     
    schiz94, Jul 18, 2012
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  17. Sep 1, 2012 at 11:04 PM
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    Rackuhn Wait, What?

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    Nice write up, I did this a few weeks ago. Sorry for the crappy phone pic.

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    Rackuhn, Sep 1, 2012
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  18. Sep 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM
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    what about just repainting a grill the same color? the reason i ask is i bought a magnetic gray grill offline and it came super faded. would you guys take the same steps or just paint over it?
     
    georgia taco, Sep 13, 2012
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  19. Sep 14, 2012 at 5:22 AM
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    Give it a good sanding to get rid of any smooth, shiny paint. Then clean, prime, paint and clear coat. No need to sand all the paint off.
     
    ImpulseRed008, Sep 14, 2012
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  20. Sep 14, 2012 at 12:05 PM
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    Could try and buff it first :notsure:
     
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