[Speedy]

Looks nice and tight like it came that way. I'm gonna have some leather glue on hand for any edges that look like they wanna stick up.

How was the install? Mine's here and sitting in the tool box for when I move on to the interior.

[Speedy]

I'm gonna black out the badges. Searching around I've found a few I can buy blacked out, but mine are in good shape and I figure I can etch prime and paint them satin black.

How are folks reattaching them to the truck? I know 3M double sided tape but are you tediously carving it to match the badge, are some precut available, special machine at some place?

Also what about license plate molding? Mine's chrome and chrome's gotta go.

[JoeT4R]

Originally Posted by Speedy

I'm gonna black out the badges. Searching around I've found a few I can buy blacked out, but mine are in good shape and I figure I can etch prime and paint them satin black.

How are folks reattaching them to the truck? I know 3M double sided tape but are you tediously carving it to match the badge, are some precut available, special machine at some place?

Also what about license plate molding? Mine's chrome and chrome's gotta go.

So I will say this from experience, if your attention to detail and OCD can handle it, I'd recommend not removing the badges. For multiple reasons. I'd suggest the plasti-dip method and just tape off the sides from any potential over spray.

License plate molding can be replaced and is probably worth more of your time, especially with the age of it. I just had to replace mine earlier this year due to severe cracking. Mine was the grey one but I replaced it with a chrome one. It doesn't look too bad and I'm not big on chrome. The job can be a pain, though, but more than likely worth it if your bezel is cracked and everything.

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[RodrickHeffley]

Originally Posted by Speedy

Looks nice and tight like it came that way. I'm gonna have some leather glue on hand for any edges that look like they wanna stick up.

How was the install? Mine's here and sitting in the tool box for when I move on to the interior.

Took me a few hours, once I got the learning hurdle over with it got easier

[Speedy]

Originally Posted by JoeT4R

So I will say this from experience, if your attention to detail and OCD can handle it, I'd recommend not removing the badges. For multiple reasons. I'd suggest the plasti-dip method and just tape off the sides from any potential over spray.

License plate molding can be replaced and is probably worth more of your time, especially with the age of it. I just had to replace mine earlier this year due to severe cracking. Mine was the grey one but I replaced it with a chrome one. It doesn't look too bad and I'm not big on chrome. The job can be a pain, though, but more than likely worth it if your bezel is cracked and everything.

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If I end up getting it painted the badges will have to come off. I've been checking around and finding a place that'll do a full paint job is more difficult than I expected it to be. Most just wanna do repairs through insurance.

Originally Posted by RodrickHeffley

Took me a few hours, once I got the learning hurdle over with it got easier

Good to know. I've done one before but been a long time. My leather console cover is here as well, gonna try to knock these out here soon. I did run in to an unexpected problem. I checked the staples used for the console cover and they're 71 Series 3mm staples. That's a very specific staple that takes a specific staple gun. May require a trip to the upholsterer rather than spend money on a stapler I'll use one time.

[Speedy]

Here's the leather console cover I picked up. Got it from JF Customs on Ebay and they were fantastic. I was surprised how reasonable it was and it came from the U.K. Got here quick. I ordered a tan one at first but it was a little off on color so they sent me a sample set. None were close enough so I went with black with the tan stitching.

It's real leather. Comparing East Detailing "leather" steering wheel cover, it's close, but I think the East Detailing isn't REAL leather. Probably won't really matter, but worth mentioning. Also had a label on it with chineese writing which I wasn't expecting since they kinda act like these are custom made to order at East Detailing.

[HiluxSurf SSR-G]

Sorry, but may I know what is this for?

Originally Posted by Speedy

[GhostRing]

East Detailing uses "Eco-Leather" which is natural material, but possibly not animal. But for $60, I'm happy with it!
Take your time getting the ends of the spokes lined up well. There isn't a ton of material that tucks in near
the horn assembly. You may even want to use a dab of CA-type glue at the edges to keep things tidy.

[Speedy]

Originally Posted by HiluxSurf SSR-G

Sorry, but may I know what is this for?

Steering wheel cover.

Originally Posted by GhostRing

East Detailing uses "Eco-Leather" which is natural material, but possibly not animal. But for $60, I'm happy with it!
Take your time getting the ends of the spokes lined up well. There isn't a ton of material that tucks in near
the horn assembly. You may even want to use a dab of CA-type glue at the edges to keep things tidy.

There ya go, eco leather. Yeah for the price I'm not gonna complain and once it's on the steering wheel I'd have not known the difference.

I have glue on hand just for the edges around the horn.

[RodrickHeffley]

Originally Posted by Speedy

Steering wheel cover.



There ya go, eco leather. Yeah for the price I'm not gonna complain and once it's on the steering wheel I'd have not known the difference.

I have glue on hand just for the edges around the horn.

60 dollars seems a little absurd to me, I got mine from Aliexpress for 18$ with free shipping, sure it took three weeks to get here but i'd rather wait then spend more

[Speedy]

Originally Posted by RodrickHeffley

60 dollars seems a little absurd to me, I got mine from Aliexpress for 18$ with free shipping, sure it took three weeks to get here but i'd rather wait then spend more

I'll be honest if it was $18 I probably would have never gotten it figuring it was poor quality. Mine was actually $49. I thought it was actual leather when I bought it though. Shopping around the ones I found were all around $40 to $50 and this one had the best feedback

It was gonna be $350 to reskin the wheel at an upholstery shop so $49 was a steal for me.

If you got a link to the $18 one on Aliexpress and think it's the exact same one lemme know. I'll send it to East Detailing and ask them what's up

[96RedRunner]

Originally Posted by Speedy

Got it from JF Customs I ordered a tan one at first but it was a little off on color so they sent me a sample set. None were close enough.

Store says made of Italian leather, usually that good stuff! Mine is the darkest Oak color was that what you were looking for?

[Speedy]

Originally Posted by 96RedRunner

Store says made of Italian leather, usually that good stuff! Mine is the darkest Oak color was that what you were looking for?

Yes this cover is very high quality and definitely a nice leather. Their customer service was excellent. My interior is what's called "oak".

I actually have some extras if folks can use them. I ended up getting several colors to see which ones would match and decided on black in the end.

Here are the others I have and you can see the samples for color reference they sent me.

The light tan are pretty close. One of the darker ones is more brown and one a tad more red.

[Speedy]

@brillo_76 will probably tell me this is nothing based on what he sees, but this week I decided to pull the tow hitch to clean it up, remove the rust, and give it a repaint. Once I got it off, it led me to start disassembling all the undercarriage pieces, skid plates, etc to clean those up.

I was a bit surprised by the Z bracket that holds the hitch in place. I don't think my nuts on the Z bracket are actually welded, I think they're some kind of press fit. I got lucky none of the bolts broke and none of the nuts broke loose during disassembly. I'm loving Liquid Wrench.

Well, that led me to now planning to clean up the frame and chassis and giving it a coat of paint next. I'm gonna clean up some bolts and replace any that don't get to looking like new as well. In for a penny in for a pound they say.

Video in 3rd post.

[fourfive]

Originally Posted by Speedy

Love finding creative ways of positioning larger/awkward parts to make painting easier. Nice set up on your tow hitch.