facelift

I finished all the new body mounts and notched the front of the bed so i could finally put it back on now that I have the new fuel cell sorted out. The best part about the new fuel cell is that now i need to weld up the old gas door and make a new one, this time I'm thinking flush mount round. keep an eye out for a RE-build thread of the other bodied taco in the picture.

more exciting cell phone pictures! I have been pretty busy with other peoples projects but find time here and there to chip away at my own. Made some interior progress, I stripped down the piece at the top of the door to metal, then put a layer of thick suede on it for a tiny bit of padding and then covered it with black ostrich. I recovered the piece I made for the top of the back wall with 5/8 batting to make it super soft and then wrapped it with black suede. I dont have any pictures of it but I also covered all the other surfaces of the back wall and and the rear pillars in black leather.

I also re-did the doors with the same batting and suede combo, it feels great. Finished the arm rest spruce up as well. I shaved the texture off them as well as the line and after attaching a piece of brushed steel to the top made them as smooth as glass and shot them with scion mica black and then cleared over everything. They look great in person and really kicked it up a notch from all the other trucks that just slap some paint on them. Just for fun I also flaked out the door lock hahaha. For now the door handles are painted to match but I am throwing around the idea of making my own handles from scratch, we'll see. wrapped the sails in ostrich to match as well. The doors are done aside from the speaker panels that are reworked much smoother and currently just awaiting paint.

look at that reflection!

I also got the screens in the sun visors taken out and painted along with lots of other little parts like the mirror. Its a really great color when the sun hits it but it just turns up looking gloss black in all my cell phone pictures. And also a picture of the rest of the dash assembled. Next on the interior list is a new center console/shift boot/sub box/amp rack thing and some black and gold lexus floor mats.

Shaved the old gas door hole for the old fuel cell and cut a temp hole for access to the new one. shortly I will be welding in the fuel door hole from a Colorado bedside and the door from an S-10 in its place. It was bound to happen sooner or latter, a little bit of GM has sneaked its way onto the truck

Damn your truck is clean....pisses me off cuz every time I get over wanting to body my taco, I see a sic ass one that makes me rethink my decision!! What year is your taco??

thanks, its a 99. I feel your pain, I resisted dropping it for a long time but finally gave in. It wasnt even a problem of doing the work since I often body other peoples trucks. From past experience you just have to be more careful with a bodied truck and since I drive mine so often I didnt want to deal with that hassle. Sooooo I just made this sort of hidden bumper thing that you wont be able to see for the most part unless youre crouching down and looking for it. It is designed to protect my roll pan and rear bed sides from unforeseen threats. hopefully it will be on soon and i can get installed pics up.

back to your post, I'm glad to have a bodied truck again, just go for it.

nice work man! im a fan!

truck looks killer dude... good job.
like the bumper idea.

truck looks really good, i cant wait to see it finished