What have you used to paint the limited cladding? I'm thinking about painting all the Millennium silver cladding some shade of black. Right now my grill and fat lip or chin are black plastidip but I'm concerned with plastidip longevity on the entirety of the cladding. By far the biggest plus of dipping is that I can (relatively) easily revert back to stock.
Painting limited cladding
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I did mine (white runner with silver cladding) as black spray on bedliner. I used duplicolor. I tried various black rattler can paints, as well as the rustoleum bedliner and liked the duplicolor best. I'll take pics once the sun comes up. Been about a year and has held up well
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StreetCreeper
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Y'alls crazy painting your white and silver trucks. I think the white/silver combo is classic 4Runner and any change to the trim color is a step down.
I'm weird though...
I'm weird though...
thinblue148
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I have been considering doing this to my thundercloud also. Looks good and protects it.
runnyrunnerton
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Ill just leave this right here...
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-g...-cladding-removal-re-install.html#post1391290
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-g...-cladding-removal-re-install.html#post1391290
I'm diggin' the all white, looks great! However, it seems to be a huge PITA to take all the cladding off. Wonder how tough it would be to paint with the cladding still on, hmmm. I'd need to paint the bumpers too...
runnyrunnerton
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It is a huge PITA. It depends on your expectations. I want the paint to wrap around the edges of the cladding and prevent flaking and cracking. I didn't want to do it again, or worse, do it once and have it look like crap 6 months later. HOWEVER, if I was painting them with a gloss rattle can black that could be touched up in a few minutes, i wouldn't take them off. I will take mine off one more time when I finally decide to park and strip this guy down, redo all the interior, sound deaden and color change to Super White.
Yeah, to each his own. I'd prefer all solid white, but the silver front bumper had 1000 rust spots on it. Couldn't paint match it myself, and I personally like the black plastic look better. I don't like the 90s look white/silver, but I don't ever plan on selling it, so my opinion is the only one that matters.
I bet most buyers would prefer running boards top, but we all know how those on this forum feel
StreetCreeper
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Yeah, to each his own. I'd prefer all solid white, but the silver front bumper had 1000 rust spots on it. Couldn't paint match it myself, and I personally like the black plastic look better. I don't like the 90s look white/silver, but I don't ever plan on selling it, so my opinion is the only one that matters.
I bet most buyers would prefer running boards top, but we all know how those on this forum feel
Indeed! Your opinion is what matters. I was just given you guys a hard time.
As for painting them while they are still on the truck, I know there are guys on the forum who have done it and it looked good if I recall.
I plan to redo my own trim in silver, since 20 years of sun has taken its toll on the original paint. I'm much too lazy to pull all that crap off too — so I'll be doing them on the truck whenever I get to feeling ambitious. If it looks crappy then oh well, I mean, I like a clean truck, but I don't stress over little cosmetic stuff. The mere fact that my truck is still on the road with original engine / tranny and not looking like a heap of crap — is good enough for me.
s20004runner
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In regards to taking off the cladding, this isn't just a matter of laziness or time saving.
If not done 100% perfect, you can break the clip mounts (Note: clip MOUNTS, not clips) on the trim-side (Not body-side), and you are basically screwed at that point for that panel even if 1 of them is broken, it clips on less to the door than it should.
I have a panel in this situation and I bought some 3M VHB tape (Which is used for commercial purposes such as holding skyscraper glass windows in place) but I haven't put on the panel yet. Lazy like [MENTION=115590]StreetCreeper[/MENTION].
If not done 100% perfect, you can break the clip mounts (Note: clip MOUNTS, not clips) on the trim-side (Not body-side), and you are basically screwed at that point for that panel even if 1 of them is broken, it clips on less to the door than it should.
I have a panel in this situation and I bought some 3M VHB tape (Which is used for commercial purposes such as holding skyscraper glass windows in place) but I haven't put on the panel yet. Lazy like [MENTION=115590]StreetCreeper[/MENTION].
Scramble
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I'm in the printing business & we use VHB tape for permanently hanging signs. It's like $75 a roll (1" X 150") & much much stronger than the 3M double sided foam tape that most people here use. Good choice! But it will never come off if you want it to.
Word. I discovered it through some research online, a particular strength that I have, haha.
I might be willing to try the double sided first (I have that stuff too).
My reasoning is well, if I use VHB and accidentally mount it kinda sloppy, I will never be able to correct it, lol!
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