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Re: bamachem's Black 99 4WD Limited
for those interested, here's some pics of my new BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17 (32" x 10").
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Re: bamachem's Black 99 4WD Limited
From the day that I bought this truck, I have intended on painting the bronze trim to black. Well, I finally got around to doing it!
It was OK, but that bronze crap just never looked right.
Since Toyota Black paints are non-metallic and don't require a clear-coat, I went with Sherwin Williams single-stage urethane enamel auto paint, and used a HPLV gravity fed gun on a small compressor. Shot it at 40 psig with the feed and airflow turned WAY down so that it was almost like a heavy airbrush.
Getting started with the masking...
Covered in Plastic:
Starting to sand:
All wiped down and ready for some color!
Getting there...
Oh yeah...
Ahhhh, Much better!
That was Friday night, in the span of about 3-hours total time. I let it bake in the sun all day on Saturday, then I brought it back in the garage, wet-sanded it all back down w/ some 1000-grit, then I shot a very-thin final color coat.
I still have to order some new fender flare gaskets from the dealer. I can't believe how much better it looks as all-black rather than the factory two-tone. It also helps to have that tag surround to be body-matched as well.
That's the way the black 3rd Gen Limited should have come from the factory!
More pics to come of the final product!
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