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Blackened MountainMan
I finished blacking out the bezel (removed it), the mirrors (just masked it), the handles (just masked it), and the rear emblems (removed them, and re-arranged them); I also changed the front TOYOTA to yellow, and added the FJ Trail Log to the rear (I actually messed up on the trail decals a little and will be redoing them but they aren’t so bad that I can’t post a pic anyway... I love the way it all turned out... as you can see I left the bumper with the silver, I like them matching the wheels.
HERE ARE THE PICS:
the black paint used was
Dupli-Color Truck Van SUV
to re-attach the emblems use
3M Auto Emblem Glue
I had
Abra auto body do the yellow TOYOTA for $30
and the lettering i got from
Lettering from GreatLettering.com
NOTES:
* mask off everything dilligently, dont get lazy
* paint with many light coats, avoid runs, dont rush
* dental floss is a nice trick to remove the emblems
* remove the top 2 screws and top 2 black plastic fasteners on the bezel then pull straight out - all those other white guys on the bottom will pop out w/o breaking
* if you get the lettering, it is cheaper to get 1 sticker with 4 lines of text than 4 stickers with 1 line of text
thanks to those who helped with all the pointers as seen in this thread
Painting the Emblems
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Last edited by MountainMan : 04-03-2008 at 01:47 PM .
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
Very very nice, my friend. Rep for you!!
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
Gorgeous!!!
Now,
that's the way the FJ's should've come from the factory to begin with!! Good job, MountainMan.
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
thank you both!
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
Wow, That looks great! Very nice job. Hummm I may have to do my bezel too....Looks great buddy
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
gotta do that to my mirrors !!
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
thanks ShadowW, & agosser
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
That looks sweet!
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
looks excellent! need to do mine now....
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Re: Blackened MountainMan
Looks great MountainMan.
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