Builds 1997 LX450 Ute

[JackZilla]

Aluminum tape, hmmm. Applying Search-Fu

Go to Home Depot, the HVAC section. It'll be back there. It's the tape they use to tape ducting for furnaces and such.

 

[dcguillory]

Yeah, I have the tape, just wondering about application. @DudeAbides used the tape then epoxy. Will probably go with that method. I have the tape left over from insulating my van

 

[gofast]

I had my 60 sprayed with linex - rockers and wheel arches. They covered the holes for the chrome rub strip on the rockers with the aluminum tape. - no special prep other than just sticking it on. Held up for years.

 

[JasHook]

Go to Home Depot, the HVAC section. It'll be back there. It's the tape they use to tape ducting for furnaces and such.

Any reason this wouldn't work to patch factory roof rack holes post rack delete pending weld and proper finish?

 

[JackZilla]

Any reason this wouldn't work to patch factory roof rack holes post rack delete pending weld and proper finish?

I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as you rhino lined over it or something of the sorts. Not sure how well the tape would work on it's own.

 

[yohavos]

Lots of bondo and sanding today.

Started taping. Monstaliner is going on tomorrow morning.

 

[gofast]

Its going to look great!

 

[2fpower]

Be careful with montaliner in the sun.

 

[yohavos]

Yup.

She still wears her dents proudly, but I'm happy with the result.

The AC cools the single cab down nicely.

 

[1973Guppie]

nice, love that color.....

 

[yotasavg]

So awesome, can't wait to see what you come up with for the tray. The dents are classy

 

[yohavos]

Here's the oil leak...

 

[Mandito22]

Mine has that same leak , working on it in a couple of weeks when i get a wekend off from work

 

[Mandito22]

weekend**

 

[1973Guppie]

rear main seal? ugh....

 

[yohavos]

rear main seal? ugh....

I believe so... she'll be heading to Vandervert's here in Spokane for all that nonsense.


I've been tempted to buy this flat bed from this junk yard here. I don't particularly care for it one way or another, but it's damn near the exact dimensions I had planned and could probably modify it to my liking: http://spokane.craigslist.org/ptd/5002164424.html

 

[JasHook]

She still wears her dents proudly, but I'm happy with the result.

Taped up the trim, pulled the bumper and snorkel and applied Monstaliner? Seems too easy...

Looks great though!

 

[landcruiser80]

Lookin real classy!
So, whats the difficulty level on this build? Like a .5 job?

 

[2fpower]

To me this is not about how difficult the work is, it's about the balls to take the first cut, in a perfectly good truck.

 

[maclarentc]

As you may be able to tell from the pictures, the tailgate and hatch were all bent to hell.

Additionally, the floor was not level after being cut at that seam, so there was a lot of mulling and shifting and lining random ribs of metal up with each other before I burned anything in, but it came out looking pretty good.

Lots of work ahead, both inside and out, but forward momentum is on my side. The overall theme of this little project has been "make it work" which is fine by me!

I just realized that with how blazing hot the heaters are in our beloved 80's you are gonna heat up real quick in the winter time and possibly burst in to flames if you ever turn on your rear heater... lol

Although you could gut the rear heater and have room for a heck of a center console storage box...