TacoZim's LONG TRAVEL No Longer Voodoo Blue "Rescue6" Build Thread

Not sure if anyone who gives a shit in my build thread lives in the Bay Area, but a buddy of mine is letting me double park in his booth and cause ruckus during this big bitch of a meet. Bold move, Cotton.

 

soon! gotta 7 day camping/fishing trip coming up next month. Just got this OME kit on.

 

By far, the hardest piece of this whole shit show. But luckily I messaged a wrap shop on Instagram and they gave a tip how to stretch it around that curve to the back of the camper and sure enough, we knocked it out no problems.





Just have to do the overlay at the back window area and put it back together and we’re dunzo

 

Congrats on the progress, looks good from my house

Are you able to divulge the tip or is it proprietary information?

 

Massaged it with the testicles.


















But really, looks dope. Bet all that hard work feels pretty rewarding when you look out and see that burple beauty

 

Yeah, I was thinking I’d get something like that...It’s why I used ‘divulge’ instead of ‘share’

 

Hahaha thanks dude!

When you get to that curve and you start getting fingers (wrinkles), you’re supposed to lift up the wrap past the point of the fingers, heat gun, and then stretch it as far as you can and smooth it out. When you hit fingers again, lift just slightly past them and heat gun again. And repeat. Also the key is to have like a foot minimum of excess so all of the wrinkles have somewhere to go past where you finish on the piece you’re working.

I’m so done with this wrapping shit. I want my truck out back together already lol









Blurple.

 

*Pic Heavy!!*

After seeing several different members wrap their trucks, I figured ahh what the hell. Lets give this a shot. After discussing it, researching, and Youtubing videos with my girlfriend for 2 months straight. I finally caved and bought 65' of Avery Dennison Gloss Blue vinyl wrap off Ebay during the 15% off everything deal. At the same time I decided to take care of several small things while the truck was taken apart.

First day included washing the truck and stripping it down to bare bones



This included, bumpers, lights, mirrors, roof rack, flares, door handles, window weather stripping, bed rail covers, tailgate, camper shell, etc.



After the truck was completely taken apart, we started with an easy piece: The tailgate.

Before wrapping each piece, we alcohol prepped and clay barred and then alcoholed again. 70% solution was recommended.





It took the tailgate, roof, and hood before a lightbulb went off for us and we got the hang of it.












The doors were my favorite part I think



It's the little things.



While the caps were off, I figured I'd address the leaking issue coming from the bed rail caps. Thanks to @jberry813 and @JimBob for the idea. Using Butyl tape and Aluminum tape to cover the holes on the bedsides.







After that was done on both sides, it was time to wrap the bedside. We first thought about how we'd wrap it around into the dead space between the cab and the bed. We concluded that an inlay on the inside of the bed would be the best bet followed by the bedisde wrap piece serving as the overlay. In in the pic, you can see the knifeless tape over the inlay which was a cool way to do precision cuts without the need for an actual blade.





After the bedsides were knocked out, it was time for the grille. This was a tricky piece because of the area where side black accent pieces sit. The curves of the grille make it diffucult for the wrap to stay with the tension. And Inlay would have been a good idea but we didnt realize it til after the wrap was already on. We seperated the grille surround from the black piece using dremel and the right amount of force.



To attach it back together I used some plastic cement stuff from O'Reilly and it held pretty good.



Finally it was time for the cab. We decided to do each door by itself so we had enough to wrap around the edge for a better look when the doors are open. So by doing that, we seriously underestimated how much wrap we had left. We went to pull enough wrap for the first side of the wrap and sure enough, we ran out. At 101" left, we somehow made it work for both sides of the cab. We ended up using scraps to do the bottom edge of the wrap as an inlay, and then using the big sheet for the top of the cab and down the rear back to meet the inlay and serve as an overlay.





I then came across this vinyl tape called Mold n Hold that looks and feels like a weather stripping that is used to break up the change in color in vinyl wraps and used that all around the door seams.

Before


After


Door Shut


My original inspiration was the new TRD Pro's in Voodoo Blue, so I figured I might as well go Matte Black for the flares as well. Ordered I believe 7' of material and we barely made it work. Made sure I didnt break any of the OEM clips when removing too!

Flares laid out over the vinyl





Also decided to replace the old OEM headlights with BH Depo housings off Amazon.



Managed to snag TRD Sport Blink Blink mirrors of Facebook for $80! Snipped the old OEM harnesses on the mirror and in my door and replaced with my own harnesses and then ran the wires into the cab and spliced into the blinker wire.





Was in a rush to get the truck back together in time for my buddy's truck meet he was hosting, so the camper had to wait until the rest of the vinyl wrap came in. Finished the night before the meet and on 3 hours of sleep, the truck finally saw sunlight for the first time.



Posted up next to @MJonaGS32



Now, finally after a week we started on the camper. Hands down, the WORST piece of this entire project right next to the cab.

Front piece/ window got the inlay, and then both sides would meet in the middle, wrap around the front and overlay the existing piece.









Almost done! Standby for finished product Before/After.

 

you got brass balls...

 

Thanks duder!

 

This thread is so awesome! I just stumbled on it and read through it all. Had to make an account to let you know this is very inspirational, your Tacoma looks amazing! Keep up the good work

 

Dude that’s awesome. Honored to be your first post on the forum Thank you for the kind words! Have a good weekend!

 

Camper is on, truck is fully put back together and it’s sunny out

 

Turned out awesome ! Looks great, kudos for tackling it on your own !

 

That blue is making me green with envy BTW how do you get notified about those ebay sales? I was trying to find info on when the sales happen but all my google searches end up full of clickbait.

 

This looks freakin’ amazing. Very inspiring, I’ve wondered about doing this myself, looks like a lot of work, well done.

 

Thanks! Definitely wasn’t easy.

No notifications, you just have to keep checking. They do it randomly! Although I know there’s a thread on here that members usually throw a heads up whenever they happen!

It is a lot of work, but once you finally drive it out of the shop when it’s all done and put back together, totally worth it!

 

Posted up at Basecamp!

 

The longbed club is only dreamed of by most of these guys, can’t be beat !

 

Well, Total Chaos was on the ball with this order. Just waiting on my set of Kings to come in! Hopefully they’re here by my install window next Monday