Trim Painting

[Trunk Monkey]

I was considering actually using Herculiner and rolling it on the entire trim piece, and possibly even below the trip piece. I wonder how it would come out, if I rolled it on if it will fill the seams.

You could just as easily get a cheap spray from Harbor Freight and get a good even coating. Friend of mine did the inside of his 40 tub this way with Hercu, turned out great.

 

[9toys]

Trim Painted White To Match Body.

 

[whays]

That white trim looks sweet. I have a 99 also and I want to paint the trim white and then the bumpers a dark grey metallic. Like 80 series grey bumpers.

Did you have that done at a body shop, did you have to take the cladding off of the truck?

 

[9toys]

I had backed into a tree and wrinkled the hatch and tailgate. I had the bodyshop paint the trim at the same time. They did remove the trim, whether to sand it or what I don't know. I just went by and they had it off and were re-doing something. It cost me $250.00 over the price of the damage repair. I'd like to get the bumpers painted white to match but don't have the money right now. He mentioned doing it but I failed to get an estimate. I figure a few hundred per bumper. They'll have to recondition them to some extent as they are dinged up a bit.
Several years ago I had my daughter's Celica front bumper replaced at a much more expensive shop. i just wanted to repaint it but they said they could replace if for just $20 or $30 more than re-finishing and re-painting it. They charged me $700.00 for the front only. However, a friend had his Camry bumper re-done for a little over $300.00.

 

[redjeeper]

9toys, I like it. It should really look good with the bumpers the same color also.

 

[9toys]

I've noticed that the '08's are monotone. And, they don't have the trim at all.

 

[1loudLX]

thats because the 2008s are totally different vehicles.

 

[ckkone]

I always liked the look of the Aussie 100 series GXL:

So I pulled off my trim using the following tool:

Then removed the adhesive using the following tools:

Next I sanded the plastic and cleaned it with a general purpose cleaner, then painted it with the following paint:

RustOleum.com

During the removal process most of the clips broke, so I ordered new ones from Toyota total cost about $40. To reapply the molding I cleaned the truck surface and used 3M trim tape with the new clips.

And the final product...

Now if I could just get some of those steel wheels...

 

[1loudLX]

very niiice, i like!

 

[whays]

That looks nice. Aussie style. De-pimped! No roof rack either.

 

[uzj100]

Where did you get the tool to remove the clips?

 

[ckkone]

Where did you get the tool to remove the clips?

I got it from Snap-On a few years back, looks like you could get one here: Clip Zip Tool

 

[schlaker]

I always liked the look of the Aussie 100 series GXL:

So I pulled off my trim using the following tool:

Then removed the adhesive using the following tools:

Next I sanded the plastic and cleaned it with a general purpose cleaner, then painted it with the following paint:

RustOleum.com

During the removal process most of the clips broke, so I ordered new ones from Toyota total cost about $40. To reapply the molding I cleaned the truck surface and used 3M trim tape with the new clips.

And the final product...

Now if I could just get some of those steel wheels...

I've been planning the same mod, but I've also been trying to source the non - USA side molding. Yours looks great, I think I'll go that route. Thanks for sharing... any difficulties I should know about before removing the molding?

 

[HDJ100L]

here's what i did to my lc100. complete converstion from 2000 to 2007 and repaint the body moulding to white with silver combo......

 

[pint]

Mas. It's Duplicolor spray on bed liner. It's not as thick as Rhino lining, but it's pretty durable. I used this on my 80 flares and it held up really well.

I just finished doing the same thing. Looks pretty good, other than my trim is a bit beat up outside the center section. I still may say screw it and do the entire thing this week?

 

[BMWSTOY]

CKkone, your Cruiser has sure come a long way - very nice. Love your mods and the overall look and function.

 

[pint]

Sand it good to give it a tooth for the liner to stick to, mask really well up and down and you should be fine. Like I said, I did all 4 fender flares on my 80 and it held up well. Dunno if it'd survive a power washer but it was pretty durable. Branches on the trail wouldn't mar it.

I did the center section the other day just like Trunk Monkey. Unfortunately, my "trim" was in worse shape than I thought and didn't look as good as I had hoped. Not bad, but not great. I just finished spraying the all the trim black with the Dupli-Color Truck Bed Coating. I like it a lot! I took some pics but my camera is being stupid and I can't seem to get them uploaded properly. Never been a problem before? Maybe too many beers??? I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[pint]

Here are some pics of the finished product. It may be hard too see, but I really like the results. Took just a couple hours to tape off, sand and paint.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Looks good. Is that the black? It does kinda look gray with the different gloss.

 

[pint]

Yes, it's the black Dupli-Color Truck Bed Coating. The matte black makes it look a little gray in certain light. I really like it against the black truck.