I've got one to add to the pile.
Nice looking cruiser!
Nice looking cruiser!
The Dynosoar gets painted!
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i was thinking the same thing ..
<love the color>
<love the color>
Looks great!...now clean out that garage.
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Jose, I know next to nothing about taking care of the exterior of cars, as evidenced by how the truck looked before it was painted. So, You can come by and give me some waxing lessons. WTF is a clay bar?
Dynosoar
I gotta chime too, it looks great!!
I've pondered painting the hood like that. Now I gotta do something different.
I've pondered painting the hood like that. Now I gotta do something different.
Jose, I know next to nothing about taking care of the exterior of cars, as evidenced by how the truck looked before it was painted. So, You can come by and give me some waxing lessons. WTF is a clay bar?
Dynosoar
Sure man, I'd be more than willing to show you. I know it's brand new paint, but I'm more than positive that it already has surface contaminants in the paint.
It's not that they did anything wrong when they painted it, it's just what happens to paint. There may not be much, but as you'll see when we do it, you will "FEEL" the difference.
Check this out:
Meguiars Clay Bar: The Premium Detailing Clay Bar
Oh, and it may look difficult, but it's not. It just takes a little time.
Way nice dyno,way nice,what a colour!
<------- Muy jealous ... !
Very cool.
Clay Bar'ing a vehicle is very simple.
spray the area of paint you want to work on with a lubricant ( generally you use a spray detailer, like a quick spray shine type) water also works, but the quick shine detailers work best. then you simply slide the clay across the paint as you would a cloth or buffer pad.
the clay slides across the paint, picking up surface contaminants you wouldnt want to wax over the top of. - leaving clean, ready to be waxed paint behind.
you can hear & feel the clay working, as it slides it'll make a bit of resistance and noise. - swipe over it again and the area should feel smooth. continue until the paint does.
be sure to kneed your clay and turn the surface regularly, to give the clay a nice clean surface to work with.
if you drop your clay on the ground STOP. you're done. DO NOT re-use the clay. get a new piece and start over. even dropping clay bars onto "clean" garage floors will pick up small grit and pieces of dirt and grime that you dont want to be rubbing all over your nice paintjob. thats how you swirl and scratch your nice paintjob.
if the clay sticks to the paint- you're not using enough lubricant spray.
once you've clayed a section, you can wipe it down and dry it with a soft cloth.
Cheers
hope that helps.
- Milo
spray the area of paint you want to work on with a lubricant ( generally you use a spray detailer, like a quick spray shine type) water also works, but the quick shine detailers work best. then you simply slide the clay across the paint as you would a cloth or buffer pad.
the clay slides across the paint, picking up surface contaminants you wouldnt want to wax over the top of. - leaving clean, ready to be waxed paint behind.
you can hear & feel the clay working, as it slides it'll make a bit of resistance and noise. - swipe over it again and the area should feel smooth. continue until the paint does.
be sure to kneed your clay and turn the surface regularly, to give the clay a nice clean surface to work with.
if you drop your clay on the ground STOP. you're done. DO NOT re-use the clay. get a new piece and start over. even dropping clay bars onto "clean" garage floors will pick up small grit and pieces of dirt and grime that you dont want to be rubbing all over your nice paintjob. thats how you swirl and scratch your nice paintjob.
if the clay sticks to the paint- you're not using enough lubricant spray.
once you've clayed a section, you can wipe it down and dry it with a soft cloth.
Cheers
hope that helps.
- Milo
Yeah, what he said...
You pictures inspired me to finally wash mine and I'll tell you, to this day, the paint is pretty contaminant free(after about a years time). Being in the garage helps too.
Very nice. That's my favorite color.
awesome! my favorite color as well! good taste
So, the secret of WHERE you got this done, is ?
We of the beige puurrrrsuasion want to know.
We of the beige puurrrrsuasion want to know.
looks sick, did u powder coat the trim around the windows too?
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Door Handles are powder coated, all the window seals are new OEM HJ60 stuff that is all black. I ordered everything from Cruiser Dan @ American Toyota. I don't have the part numbers handy right now but I found them here on MUD via search.
Found it!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/285184-window-felt-replacement.html
See post #4 for part #'s
Dynosoar
Found it!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/285184-window-felt-replacement.html
See post #4 for part #'s
Dynosoar
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