What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Not what I did to my Tacoma because that was yesterday...but BECAUSE of what I did to my Tacoma yesterday...my legs don't work too well today. Guess painting my rims on the truck was too many deep knee bends for as out of shape I am. Now to take some Advil and lurk on TW...that clear coat will happen later on...maybe next weekend

 

But it was still worth all that work, right? Ahh, you just reminded me, when I get around to doing my wheel painting project I'll just take off one wheel at a time to work on and throw on the spare.

 

Yeah, if you have the facilities...it's probably best to remove one wheel at a time. Although, since I was painting all four at once (albiet ON the truck), the first one was pretty dry by the time I came back around on the first couple of coats.

 

And it was WELL worth it! I love how it looks I've got some rough patches (in the inside of each of the openings) where I didn't get the spray in directly, but I'm thinking I'll just sand a bit before I do the clear coat. I did put the center caps back on though...since it had cured since yesterday, I thought it was safe. I'll just have to be careful prying them off to do the clear coat on the rims.

Here's a couple more shots with the center caps on:


IMAG4686 by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr


hdr_00047_0-1-1 by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr

Sorry for the weirdness of that second one...it was my cell phone HDR app...it seems to make anything reflective look odd. But I do like how it rendered the wheels.

 

I still havent made up my mind if I'll paint mine and what color. I was thinking that bronze color would go good on black

 

I don't know, I'm loving this graphite color. I guess it would depend on the bronze shade...some are kinda light so they look more gold which I don't like myself. But check out these wheels similar to yours in graphite (call me biased )

http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/data/500/CIMG08841.JPG

 

Wash it first I hope.

 

How much U want for it

 

Definently make sure you wash it.cant wait to see hows it turns out

 

Good advice. Depending on what he's using to bedliner, most kits and places have a special wash that helps promote adhesion so I'm sure it will get done.

 

Snorkel

http://youtu.be/olF9ikmBQxE

 

fify

 

Not today but did calipers, high heat brake pads and rotors.

 

wut

 

link was broke for me

 

About to go exploring with it....Dam PM'd the Mack Office took longer than expected so the Taco gets nothing but "Play" time ..

Pix to come later today...

 

Wheels look great.

Worst case scenario, get one of those foam wedge brushed for $0.50 and a paper cup... spray the paint into the paper cup and brush it on in those weird spots. Should blend okay especially for being in a "hidden" spot

 

Next time you're here (with the truck) I'm definitely cleaning the inside of your truck. Good lord man. Hell even the Vibe needed some love.

btw - missing your temp knob?

 

Never ever look at mine haha

 

lol wait til you see the pics of what I've done to the cab

And I have the temp knob, fell off a couple months ago. Just haven't gotten around to putting it back on haha