Well, I was 16 when I started this project a Junior in Highschool. I had an Auto Class at my school which was were I learned alot about bodywork. My dad had a badly repainted 1986 Toyota standard pickup.. It was really boring without any Boss upgrades... so I decided to sand it down.. shave some stuff and rebuild the motor by the time I turned 18 and got my drivers liscense. Little did I know how much I really wanted to do...

 

So I decided to try to mini truck it as best as I could without sanding it or doing body work on it.



How do you post pictures on the page itself ?.... better pics that way!!

 

good looking truck.


to post on the page put of the link..

 

Nice looking project. What are the spec's on it now and your plans for it. I like the the old school toyota logo in the grill.

 

what grill is that, and where do I get one???

 

Nice little truck. So whats the plans for it now? Any more pics?

 

OH. Thanks brother... well as you can see there wasnt much more I could do to the truck without body work... or paint... and most importantly money...but that being said I decided to sand it down and see how far I can get it. The first thing that really got me torqued was that awful body stripping on the body line and the oversized mirrors.... so zipp... there gone

And as for the grille my old man had it on his 83 toy.. not sure where he got it...

 

Well as I progressed to see how the other door was I find it... BONDO. heavy and it was wayyy to thick to leave.. obviously some dumb ass who owned this truck before was too cheap to buy a new door for $40 at the pick n pull but decided to spent $30 on 2 gallons of bondo to "repair" the door. but I digress. So new door for me...






and the first time I went to primer the thing it happend to be windy and as I was pulling it out of the paintbooth the door swang shut and destroyed the passenger fender as well.. so new door and fender

 

Here ... after 4 months of sanding with a tiny compressor and free sandpaper from my school... cough cough.. Im finally ready for primer!!

 

After a full day of primering at my high school...pretty good for my first time painting.. and if your wondering why some of its pink and grey primer.. its cause it was really hot that day and I had evercoat grey primer and my teacher mixed the primer wayyyy to lean way too much hardner in fact 2x what it said... so it dried inside the paint hopper.. so he gave me some of his ppg pink epoxy primer..

 

Well I didnt like the ugly bed on these 2WD models so down the street this guy had the 4wd SR5 bed.. it actually came off a turbo Toyota

 

So 1 1/2 later Im 17 and I'm this far.. ready for my second primer job... Ive gotten an SR5 bed, solid rear window, grille, roll pan, sub, celica seats, I rebuilt motor, new door and fender, cb radio (for rally racing ,SR5 Gauge Cluster, 5 speed, Lockrite-3.90 geras, and other things I dont remember... AND NOW IM IN A DEBACLE... DECIDING COLOR.... PEARL WHITE DIAMOND METALLIC.... OR GUNMETAL GREY METALLIC.. ANY HELP?

 

White for sure. Pain the keep clean but looks nice when it is.

 

white does look good, but the gun metal sounds kool..got any pics of the colors on other cars/trucks?

 

Here are the colors Im stuck on........





OR ....

 

I would say the second pic, the other one is to grey but if you like grey more then white then the first one. Well what one just jumps out at you? go with that one?

 

wow, that is a hard choice! im sorta feelin the gunmetal more, but the white does have a very nice look. i think it comes down to how much u want to keep the paint clean..as in white shows alot, the gunmetal probly wont show as much..

 

be badass, pearl white.


Hey, I roll with two white 350Z's, a white G35, a white S2000... and i'm the bright red truck


We get the most comments when we roll together. someone asked my friend who's cars these were.... and the truck sticks out... lol

 

good ****en job man, when i was your age always wanted to make moves but didnt have the fund$!