Enough to piss me off.
- Thread starter laureena23
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kammando808
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Just buy a new one and plasti dip it all, I think it would look a lot better since you have black wheels, just saying.........
ChildrenOfBodom
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what ever happened to that 2wd white 4runner you used to have?
Dan M.
New member
Get your color code off the vin patch on your door and go to paintscratch.com. I repainted my front bumper with a spray can I ordered from them, and it matches really well. And most of the auto parts stores carry color matches by dupli color in spray cans, but they don't carry a whole lot of options.Crazy timing. I just received mine in the mail yesterday. After searching on ebay for almost a year, I decided to bite the bullet and get an OEM one.
Passenger side front bumper flare for limited 4runner (1998)
Part Number: 5210235901
$57.24 from camelbacktoyota.com
If you get a used one it will most likely be painted already. Now I need to figure out how to get a close match with a rattle can. Any one have any ideas?
I'll take some pictures when I install mine.
laureena23
New member
I traded it in for a 2005 Cummins which my husband has now.
We did look for the part but couldn't find it anywhere.
paddlenbike
Member
As Dan M said, go the "paint code in a can" route. There are a few places in my area that custom mix paint based on the paint code of your truck...mine is paint code 181 for the silver flares, but yours may vary.
The new Toyota piece comes primed. Give it three coats and let it dry for a couple of days. Wet sand with very fine sand paper to remove the orange peel from your built-up layers, then hit with a couple of coats of clear. Done.
The new Toyota piece comes primed. Give it three coats and let it dry for a couple of days. Wet sand with very fine sand paper to remove the orange peel from your built-up layers, then hit with a couple of coats of clear. Done.
I just ordered from Paintscratch.com. I have a colored bumper and had to replace a metal end piece. My part was metal so I just ordered the paint and clear. In all it turned out really nice and I'm waiting the 30 days they suggest prior to polishing.
Your piece is plastic so I'd buy the kit, it's possible to piece it out and get just the supplies you need. Read ALL the directions and take your time. There are directions on the cans as well as their website. The website does mention that you will get orange peel so allow extra time to handle that.
You've got a light color so matching won't be too much of a problem. If your fender flares need touching up as well paint those to reduce the mis matching. at the least paint the small bumper piece on your drivers side.
FWIW one can of paint will cover both little bumper pieces. I'd buy two cans of paint if you're doing the entire flare, just so you have enough. I feel I barely had enough with one can to cover my bumper end.
Lot's of orange peel after 3-4 coats of paint and 2-3 of clear. I did wet sand prior to final coat but not before paint. Wet sanding and rubbing compound knocked this down a ton.
Your piece is plastic so I'd buy the kit, it's possible to piece it out and get just the supplies you need. Read ALL the directions and take your time. There are directions on the cans as well as their website. The website does mention that you will get orange peel so allow extra time to handle that.
You've got a light color so matching won't be too much of a problem. If your fender flares need touching up as well paint those to reduce the mis matching. at the least paint the small bumper piece on your drivers side.
FWIW one can of paint will cover both little bumper pieces. I'd buy two cans of paint if you're doing the entire flare, just so you have enough. I feel I barely had enough with one can to cover my bumper end.
Lot's of orange peel after 3-4 coats of paint and 2-3 of clear. I did wet sand prior to final coat but not before paint. Wet sanding and rubbing compound knocked this down a ton.
piecesparts
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A rant is a rant and at times a deserved rant. Those that dribble on your rant don't deserve the right to get upset over anything. You have a right just as they do, so go forward with the rant and do the rant justice by ranting on with fervor and tenacity.
That being stated, if I had ripped off a piece on my truck I would be mad, but if someone else ripped a piece of of my truck, I would probably be furious. That is the way life is.
I would look for a replacement piece and go with the mixed can of paint to get it back together and looking better. As for the work to upgrade, IF you don't do it soon, you will rip somethng else off and then the rant thing starts all over again. It is just a fact of life.
As you can see, by my avatar, I do like a good paint job.
Stand back for the Rant!
That being stated, if I had ripped off a piece on my truck I would be mad, but if someone else ripped a piece of of my truck, I would probably be furious. That is the way life is.
I would look for a replacement piece and go with the mixed can of paint to get it back together and looking better. As for the work to upgrade, IF you don't do it soon, you will rip somethng else off and then the rant thing starts all over again. It is just a fact of life.
As you can see, by my avatar, I do like a good paint job.
Stand back for the Rant!
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Dirtyfingers
Senior Member
Dude haven't you seen my build? I've been rocking a wooden bumper for the past several months, it's simple. S**t happens man. Roll with the punches and try to figure stuff out. Go to junk yards, source parts out, hell, ask deathcouger for parts he has everything. There's a way to do things without getting upset at people trying to give you good advice. At least we say something to you instead of just not saying anything at all.
VolcanoT4R
New member
So this happened today.
For months I've been needing to handle the rubbing issue with my tires. Well, let me blame it on my husband because he has been putting it off.
Father in law used the Runner to go down the road and when he came back I noticed the front flare missing on the passenger side.
After the week I'm having (and its only Tuesday) this is the one little thing that is setting me over the edge
So, what is it that pissed u off? The fact that u chose a tire size that created the rubbing issue? That your husband didn't get it fixed before the trim got ripped off? Or that someone else was driving it when it got ripped off?
My first suggestion would be to use it as leverage with your husband and/or father-in-law to get an aftermarket bumper...fixes rubbing issue and broken bumper. If that's not an option, then you can source the part and get the bumper fixed (and just wait for it to get ripped off again). Or, since it has nothing to do with the functionality of your runner, leave it as is and laugh about it.
Good luck with repairs. Hope u get it resolved to your satisfaction quickly.
BrianSD_42
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I'm surprised this thread is still going. Seriously get over it.
