Facelift for the 80 - A little does a lot (1 Viewer)

[Flank]

While waiting for the time to do a Satoshi mod front grill, I decided I could not live with the rock dinged chrome any longer. And the Gold sombrero had to go.

Stripped all front plastic from the truck, a few hours of sanding, 3-4 coats of Dupli-color clear primer for plastic and charcoal matallic for the main. Here is what I came up with. Sombrero is now a nice gloss black for contrast.

Pretty happy with how it turned out:

 

[edog's 80]

That looks really nice, I recently did the same to mine, although I just bought a new emblem from cruiserdan to replace my nasty gold one. Next on my list are the sunburnt yellow centercaps!

 

[millatruse]

Turned out nice..good job.

 

[treerootCO]

looks much better and you have the right color truck too

 

[Flank]

looks much better and you have the right color truck too

actually, Treeroot, I am looking to copy your front end.

Just have to find a shop in Vegas to do the louvers... Those were sweet, by the way.

 

[AKcruiserfreak]

Looks good! If mine wasn't covered up by an ARB, winch, and lights-I would do the same.

TK

 

[Lka1988]

Nice! similar to what I did, but mine is Rustoleum-brand flat black

Tint the blinkers. Looks better, IMO, like a football player ready to charge.

 

[Flank]

Nice! similar to what I did, but mine is Rustoleum-brand flat black

Tint the blinkers. Looks better, IMO, like a football player ready to charge.

LOL . Your nickname in college was Frank the Tank, wasn't it?

 

[Lka1988]

LOL . Your nickname in college was Frank the Tank, wasn't it?

Dude, I'm 20. I haven't even STARTED college yet.

 

[arndog123]

That turned out great. I'm not really fond of the gold emblems.

 

[ba450]

Looks good! I was thinking of doing something similar to my LX soon.

 

[Drewstein]

Do you have to re-glue the emblem on? Or is it a snap in? I would like to do this to both of my gold sombrero's.

 

[concretejungle]

i painted my grill a while back. It was nice for a few months until road debris started chipping it away. Now i have nice shiny chrome spots coming through the dark paint.

 

[Flank]

Do you have to re-glue the emblem on? Or is it a snap in? I would like to do this to both of my gold sombrero's.

Emblem is attached with 3 Phillips head screws from back side. No gluing necessary.

 

[Flank]

i painted my grill a while back. It was nice for a few months until road debris started chipping it away. Now i have nice shiny chrome spots coming through the dark paint.

I'm a little paranoid about that as well... I did sand well and primer the Holy Hell out of it with auto trim primer and use auto grade trim paint, so I hope it holds.

 

[badmuthatrucka]

Lookin' good man! I might have to do something like that to my cruiser, even though it is hidden behind an ARB and a winch. Plus mine doesn't have the sombrero, just the letters. Still an interesting idea to kick around.