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Painting the Toyota in the grill

Discussion in 'Texas' started by bswilliams24, Sep 16, 2018.

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Sep 16, 2018 at 8:42 AM

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I have the ‘18 pro and I want to paint the Toyota in the grill red to match the red on wheels and red in the PRO badge has anyone done this or attempted this?

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I painted mine, the taping is very tedious, but as long as you scuff it up a bit and use quality paint and primer it’ll last. I’ve had mine done for a year and no issues.

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Sep 16, 2018 at 8:57 AM

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Thanks! I’ll ha a to give it a shot!

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How about decals.
https://importequipment.com/

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2nd gen here but same basic premise, even red like you wanted. As mentioned before, taping is extremely tedious.. took me probably 2 hours to tape it all off but i am very ocd.

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