Has every winter I make some kind of change to my truck & repair anything that is in need.
This winter I am doing repair to the doors where the old mirror mount holes where as didn't fill as I knew I should have & they where high lighting through the paint a little.
Ground out & welded up, than body filler, now have sanded out will spot primer today & wet sand the doors & front fenders out, remove the hood & do the same they.
Reshoot all & lay new flames heaver white pearl to match the bed.

 

Another part of this winter work is redoing the upholstery work I did on the door panels.
I got a 2nd set of door panels ( 4 Runner) & I'm doing the prework, there are small plastic mounting pins of which screws thread into, these hold the window switches plate to the door panel, & they break off over time!!
I cut to fit metal thread sleeves ( 6-24 fine thread ) & glue these in place of the plastic pins!

 

Test fitted the panels & reinforced the pins, wet sanded the doors & fenders will spot prime tomorrow than wet sand out again!

 

What kind of epoxy do you use for those mounting pins?

 

I use E-600 to glue in position & than Q-Bond around the base of them.
Q-Bond is a great product for repairing just about anything !

 

Got some more work done, all masked off & prime the areas of work, still have to remove the hood & mask to shoot the fenders!
Hope to start shooting the bottom areas & the top red areas this coming week,& get two coats of clear on than the flames & more clear.
Than prep & shoot the hood!

 

Can't wait to see the final result. What paint are you planning to use?

 

Omni from PPG base paint & Shop Line European Clear JCT200/ JH7210 hardener.
Start cutting with 400 wet paper thru 1500, polish out with 3M rubbing compound ,than polish with Mequiars Ultra Finish, & then Meguiars NXT wax.

 

Slinging paint, got the lower section shot with the Met. Charcoal , will shot the Met. Radent Red today & get a couple of coats of clear on tomorrow.

 

Got the red base & a couple of coats of clear shot, wet sanded out & got the flames laid out, tomorrow I'll put the mask /transfer paper on & shot the whit pearl.

 

Looking great! Love the dog flag too.

 

lookig good....woulda looked cool if you painted the bottom red and then did the top half grey. two tone

 

looks good ..
curious as to what windshield washer and rad overflow tank you have ?

 

They are over flow tanks from Billet Spealities, I machine out the bottom of one to fit in the window washer pump, the other is the radiator over flow.

 

120 mile drive up to Sacramento this morning & got my transfer paper, back & got all ready to shoot in the AM

 

thanks for the info ...
I'm looking for something to fit my Twin turbo 3.4L build ..

 

So now close on finishing up this paint work, got the hood based out, cleared & laid the flames on today.
Now wet sand out that work & shoot 4 or more coats of clear,wet sand again & than the polishing starts!

 

NICE! how is that aluminium Radiator holding up? i was thinking about getting the similar one from ebay, just was very unsure of the quality...

 

Mine is not like anything on e-bay, custom made by Griffin.
They claim theirs are all welded & than they coat over all seams with a epoxy of type.
I had a small leak after a year or so, they made me a new one,no problems& have had for a long time!
Costly!!!