the new wheeler
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:05 am
This is how it started.
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:18 am
Now that's blue Details...
Details...Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:33 am
Grumpy wrote:Now that's blue
Using all the stuff from the truck and swapping into this.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:36 am
Tonight I will post pics from start to now. The pics that are up now is when it was a dd. And the next one is the most resent one of this past weekend.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:17 am
Love that color. Great young wheeler compartment.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 12:03 pm
TJDave wrote::thu:
Love that color. Great young wheeler compartment.
That's why I'm building it.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:04 pm
Becasue. . . .Blue
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:55 pm
Got all the in between pics up. I'll have more after this weekend.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:35 pm
How many smurfs did you have to grind up for all that blue paint?
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:38 pm
Way to go Chris. Obviously it is a big project but you'll have something really cool when you're done. I hope that you make it street legalish. That way you can take it on an occasional beer run to the mini-mart and see how fast a cool T0Y0TA attracts a mob of aficionados
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:45 pm
SPR wrote:Way to go Chris. Obviously it is a big project but you'll have something really cool when you're done. I hope that you make it street legalish. That way you can take it on an occasional beer run to the mini-mart and see how fast a cool T0Y0TA attracts a mob of aficionados
Yes I'm going to try and make it street legal as possible. The biggest none street legal part is my full hydro steering. But will see what I come up with
Thanks everyone for the compliments. This will keep me motivated
goal is to have it for 4th of July.Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:10 pm
that wont get you pulled over... its more of a dot stop kind of thing i have been there when a friends sami got pulled over and left without tickets and had full hydro
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 5:57 am
I dig it! But I have to ask - for a family wheeler, why hack off the rear roof section?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:25 am
tobyw wrote:I dig it! But I have to ask - for a family wheeler, why hack off the rear roof section?
first reson is because Toyota 4runners have a huge problem with the rear window going up and down and i did not want to deal with it. second i wanted a small bed. and if i ever need to carrie extra gas i did not want it inside with the kids. yes i know i could have just bought a 4door tacoma but i wanted project to bulid. and i can say this is the first onw around here that i know of. i have not seen one in this area yet.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:28 am
79chevy39.5's wrote:that wont get you pulled over... its more of a dot stop kind of thing i have been there when a friends sami got pulled over and left without tickets and had full hydro
i probley would never get stopped for it but its also really sensitve on the road.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:39 pm
tobyw wrote:I dig it! But I have to ask - for a family wheeler, why hack off the rear roof section?
Because... he has a sawzall.
I also dig it Chris. It looks like you are doing it right the first time.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 3:53 pm
yes they can be a wee bit twitchy
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 8:31 pm
iaccocca wrote:tobyw wrote:I dig it! But I have to ask - for a family wheeler, why hack off the rear roof section?
Because... he has a sawzall.
I also dig it Chris. It looks like you are doing it right the first time.
Yes and Yes
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 8:34 pm
Lurch wrote:How many smurfs did you have to grind up for all that blue paint?
43
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 5:05 am
Chris, What type and color of primer did you use? What type and brand of paint system did you use?
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 9:53 am
Looks cool. The bed section turned out really well. Did you weld a panel below the window to seal it all off?
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 11:03 am
SPR wrote:Chris, What type and color of primer did you use? What type and brand of paint system did you use?
Well after getting quotes on pant and primer of 400 bucks I was not going to pay that much for something and the wheel it. So I used rust oleum oil based. Smoked gray for primer and sail blue for the blue. Its kinda tricky to spray but we got it. Its the same paint I used on the truck. The one big down fall is it takes forever to dry. I'm in to paint and wet sand paper 80 bucks. My buddy got me the sand paper to sand the original color off.
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 11:06 am
mattawajeep wrote:Looks cool. The bed section turned out really well. Did you weld a panel below the window to seal it all off?
Yes.
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 8:43 pm
Got more paint done tonight. Hood and cowl still to do. only took. 18 smurfs this round
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 4:53 am
I don't see signs of overspray. Are you using a brush?