So I bought a truck for my daughter…..

[Turblue]

So finally got it done. The welding was definitely frustrating. Had to cut out more as the rust made the metal thin underneath and the welds would drop out in certain spot. it was a lot of screwing around.

I used a 6” nylon cup brush on a 7” polisher and red scotch brite by hand on the tight areas. I would say you probably don’t need the cup brush.

Degreased used upol acid etch primer on the bare spots and grip 4 where I couldn’t sand properly……sprayed 2 coats of the raptor liner. That part was easy.

 

[SHREK1]

Looks like you know what your doing

 

[Turblue]

Thanks…I wish that I had a bit more experience with it prior , but turned out all right. If there’s a next time should be easier.

 

[Turblue]

Well box back on. Powder coated the rear rotors quick.

 

[sc800]

Great work Shawn! You are one handy guy!

 

[smokinD]

Nice work, truck is gonna need some weight in the box for winter driving IMO looks fairly light weight.

 

[2kDoo]

you didnt buy....YOU BUILT

thats awesome !!!!! Bodylift and some 33s?

 

[Turblue]

These turned out great!!! I ended up not doing them myself . I don’t have a dip tank and aircraft stripper wasn’t cutting the mustard….so found a new guy in the hat to do them…he had a dip tank.

Cody at Underdog coatings did a bang up job.
https://m.facebook.com/underdogpowdercoating/

Amazon for the black centre caps.

 

[ferniesnow]

Wow.......awesome job Shawn.

 

[Lem Lamb]

The brake drums and calipers are suppose too be a bright glosy red with white brembo lettering...

And stainless steel brake lines with a nice blue wire mesh rings too prevent the wires from fraying...

They say it looks wicked and adds that look behind those beautiful wheels...

That's awesomeness

 

[Turblue]

The brake drums and calipers are suppose too be a bright glosy red with white brembo lettering...

And stainless steel brake lines with a nice blue wire mesh rings too prevent the wires from fraying...

They say it looks wicked and adds that look behind those beautiful wheels...

That's awesomeness

Lol. I thought I should go red but came to my senses.

 

[SHREK1]

Very nice, awesome project, did that with my son when he was 15, bought it and we worked on it together for a year and he was sure proud of it. Good quality time together

 

[Turblue]

Yeah hopefully she picks up some stuff along the way. After we get the wheels installed, then it’s oil change time. I say to both my kids , I don’t care if you don’t want to do any work yourself down the road, but you need to understand what your paying for.

 

[SHREK1]

Yup, one thing i beat into my kids was learn how to do stuff and learn how to work, they will alway have a roof over their head and food to eat

 

[Cableguy]

great project
i made my daughter help with her tacoma when bought 10 years ago
now she does her own oil changes and tire swaps super proud of her

 

[Turblue]

Well finished for now. Need to do a bit of color match raptor liner on the rockers and front bumper.

 

[TylerG]

that's a beautiful little truck! Nice job on all the work Turblue

 

[Turblue]

Thanks. Pretty rare to see a regular cab.

 

[lilduke]

Looks better than new. Good job!"

 

[Summitric]

Well done... looks great. Congrats to the daughter