Good plan! Poor execution......
God I hate paint.
Hellspawn of the devil.
Looks like crap this close.
Looks even worse this close. Just not getting good adhesion. When I sanded the border and the center, I got a lot of chips.
From a few feet away, looks passable. I've seen worse.
This poor F-ing passenger side wheel.
The far less skinned up driver's side wheel. This cap, the paint turned out better, but still has the chipping issue./
I kinda thought I had won. I've tried priming this stuff before, but also had weird reactions. I'm not sure how I'm going to strip and redo these. I'm hoping I can hit it with something and just dissolve the paint off to try again with something aerosol.
Outside of the s***e paint, I think they look sweet though. Good plan, poor execution.
This has been on my list for quite some time. I've got the Toyota switches in the dash with knobs that look like the FJ40 knobs, but say front or rear locker. Which is awesome, but they are hard out of the corner of your eye to identify their position. So I wanted a warning light.
There's a bank of three warning lights on the bottom left of the dash. Used to say "SEAT BELT", "BRAKE", and "EGR"
I removed the original screen printing by applying a little bit of brake fluid and it ate through it pretty quickly without damaging the lens.
Then I polished up the lenses by hand with some cleaner wax. They looked really good.
Here's where I screwed the pooch. I've had stickers that I bought from somebody on mud, don't remember who. They look just fine. The problem is I completely screwed the pooch installing the one for the rear locker, and it's crooked. The front locker is much like my personality, not very centered.
I want to smash a bag of kittens with a putter....
Didn't have any bulbs so I ran to town and grabbed some bulbs. Did a test to see how they illuminated.
The crooked labels kill me. It's a thousand deaths for my OCD. I'll have to dig through PM's and hopefully find sticker dude again and skip doing the Michael J. Fox impression while sticking them down.
Don't mind the speaker wire, I haven't built up the fortitude to drill a hole somewhere and make that tidy yet.
Never fear kids! I have a win.
Went to the Post Office today and not only did I not get shot, but I also picked up the mail which had my new shift plaque in it.
Looks mint. (original on top)
and water beading on my rust makes me laugh.
every. single. time.
