What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

Welded the front flare holes shut too. I made the decision to bedline my entire truck, but not in the traditional way. I’m choosing white, and “smooth”. The white will allow me to not have to do door jambs, under the hood, etc and if I don’t do a perfect job, it’ll be unnoticeable. It’ll be subtle yet super durable.







this is what smooth bed liner looks like

 

Can’t wait to see the results!

 

You and me both! At the rate this project is going, I expect to be 100% finished by the end of May. I’m just slowly chipping away at it.

 

Still have the plugs you made ? I’m too lazy to make my own

 

No, those got destroyed. They were pretty brittle and just disintegrated when removing them.

 

Looks way better than the heavy textured stuff.

 

Thanks, I agree. I’ve never been a fan of that stuff on an entire vehicle. Looks cheap to me.

 

I wrecked the shit out my old truck and no issues. Seats never moved lol I don’t tighten much with an impact just bc I want to be able to wrench them off.

 

I completely agree. Makes vehicles look like they belong in a demo derby imo. What manufacturer are you going with for that smooth finish?

 

That doesn't look like it was fun. Was everyone alright?

Was the cab lifted from the accident or from being lifted by something to get it into where you want it?

 

Curious how you welded them up? Interested

 

Durabak. It’s who I used when I bed lined my floor in lieu of carpet. It’s a more expensive product at $150 a gallon but it is High quality stuff.

I would outline the hole with a series of tack welds. That would thicken it up a bit. Then I could tack onto the tacks with ease until the hole was shut. Each one took about 4 min and there’s 9 per corner.

 

Just tacks? I would have never guessed that lol

 

Yep, turn the welder way down and just tack away and then grind smooth. Then I’ll go over it with body filler and sand it so it’s perfectly smooth, like I did in the rear.

 

It had a spacer lift on it 3inch body lift and 2 inch spacer lift. I bought it when I was young and dump and didn’t do my research. The cab is off from it rolling. I was good. Spent like 4 hrs in hospital getting stitches and waddled my ass out the place.

 

It seems like the body lift was the weakest link.

Is this why the some members on TW don't like body lift? The potential for thing to go wrong.

 

I've had good results with Raptor Liner and getting it even smoother than the finish pictured. You may want a little texture to hide body imperfections, but if you want it smoother, there's a lot of info out there on how to do it. I used a cheap Harbor Freight gun (the $10 one), drilled the nozzle out to 7/16" and played with the air pressure on some cardboard until I got the finish I was after. My bumpers and sliders are coated in the stuff and finished with a smooth, durable and easy to clean coating. Dead bug guts just vaporize off of my front bumper with a pressure washer and the sliders are easily re-coated when they get scraped up. Good luck!

EDIT: Oops didn't see you're using Durabak. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

 

Threw on a coat of sealant. My 2008 clearcoat is def in the early stages of failing. Truck will be parked outside for the entire summer here in AZ so by Christmas, my hood/roof will probably be patchy and white.

 

Seeing your antenna poke through your fender gave me an idea. I never ever use my radio and don't even have an antenna on the truck. I'm going to remove the base and patch the sheet metal.

 

You are a bondo bandit, a metal-filling madman. Please don’t stop