SMSmitty's 87 SR5 Build

[SMSmitty]

Yeah. I had always heard that. I was hoping your experience was going to prove the experts wrong. I've has a succession of electric random orbital sanders that do great. I usually hook the dust port to a wet/dry vac to lessen the mess. I had always heard you need at least a 20 gal compressor to paint. Your paint looks great.

Thanks, its rough to make it look good with a rattle can on such a big surface area, but i get plenty of practice on Fighter Jets.... the Navy's hangars dont always have working Wall LP air

as far as a 20 gal goes, HVLP guns only run at 10-15 psi, so im pretty sure a 10 gal, could handle that but i could be wrong.

 

[Cartzo]

How about a pic of that grill? It's different than stock?

 

[SR587]

looks good so far, cant wait to see it with the wheels and tires

 

[SMSmitty]

How about a pic of that grill? It's different than stock?

Yeah, i made a "sotosh" grill for about 10 bucks, vice the 50 bucks it cost me for my 07 tacoma.


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[SMSmitty]

Build Update,

I Made Some TRD decals / Badges at work the other day. they came out great.:rockon:

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[good_ol_boy]

looks great man! the badges and decals came out badass! dig the grill too… hell, i love the license plate, that's where its at! :thumb: the ol' trucks lookin' mean!

 

[SMSmitty]

looks great man! the badges and decals came out badass! dig the grill too… hell, i love the license plate, that's where its at! :thumb: the ol' trucks lookin' mean!

Thanks Bro.

 

[Chuckles89]

Love the red accents! The rear brake drums are cool when they are painted red too. :bigok:

 

[SR587]

ooo i love the badges and decals, great work!

 

[ajohnson]

Awesome work! That Satoshi grill is pretty sweet. You have good taste. Here is my '07 Tacoma and '87 sr5 when I bought it last year. I dig the red interior

Are you on tacomaworld.com?

 

[parkay]

Is that a misfits sticker? Also, that paint looks hella good... You sure you did that with a rattle can???

 

[SMSmitty]

Awesome work! That Satoshi grill is pretty sweet. You have good taste. Here is my '07 Tacoma and '87 sr5 when I bought it last year. I dig the red interior

Are you on tacomaworld.com?

Yeah, havent been on in a while, its the Same Screen Name though.

 

[SMSmitty]

Is that a misfits sticker? Also, that paint looks hella good... You sure you did that with a rattle can???

1st - F**K YES

2nd - Yeh, i painted it both times with Spray Paint, Ive been panting F-18s for about 2 years now, so i get plenty of practice with paint guns and cans.

 

[parkay]

1st - F**K YES

2nd - Yeh, i painted it both times with Spray Paint, Ive been panting F-18s for about 2 years now, so i get plenty of practice with paint guns and cans.

dude, you may have just went up 2... maybe 3 notches in my book. either way that truck's lookin good. post up them pics of the wheels when you get em

 

[Cartzo]

Yeah, i made a "sotosh" grill for about 10 bucks, vice the 50 bucks it cost me for my 07 tacoma.

Damn that looks awesome! May consider that for mine in the future.

 

[SMSmitty]

Damn that looks awesome! May consider that for mine in the future.

If you do, PM me and i'll help you out of you need it.

 

[Cartzo]

If you do, PM me and i'll help you out of you need it.

Thanks man will do

 

[SMSmitty]

My rims came the other day, and my tires will be here today! I'll post Pics when they're on the truck!

 

[SMSmitty]

The Tires are here!!

so, i got the ball joints, corner lights, tail lights all installed on thursday. my Tires Finally got here today!! went to NAS Oceana's Auto Hobby shop to get the tires mounted and balanced . Only 10s a tire!! i had to mount them, they balanced them. No problem for me though i like learning new things.

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But the Runner looks GREAT!!! Vary happy with the way it turned out. NO rubbing with the Pinch Weld mod! :tongue:

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[Robmills72]

Great looking 4runner!