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I haven't been around for a while. Life has been busy to say the least! Now that I am moved into a new house and work has slowed down, I wanted to get back into the Forum!

Here is my question:

I have the CJM toyotafiberglass.com front end and I have the majority of the exterior sanded down and primed. However I have stopped due to a puzzling situation. I want to change the exterior color of the 4Runner. It came factory Red, so there's a lot of RED on the interior. I want to either paint the interior Black or cover all painted areas with a 'paint roller' appliable Liner or Line X type.

What has your experiences been with the bolt holes and the liner? Do you have to prime the interior paint before applying the Bed Liner crap?

Thanks for the input and BTW:

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John

I re-did my interior a while back.. thread

-Scerb

Did you sand down the factory paint before that coat or did you just go right over it? Looks good! I, like yourself, am a po' man! Got 2 small kids that take the majority of my $$!

Gosh, there are payoffs now but the simpler, single life sure had more spare dollars laying around!

Thanks for the reply!

John

hey bud ... welcome back !

I cant help ya , as I have never done what you want to do ...

just wanted to say hey ! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Hey Scerb I'm curious, is the paint still that shiny? It looks a little too glossy for my tastes (though a HUGE improvement over the original, I must say). Also, did the bedliner cut down on road noise?

Is the paint stil shiny? No, its, um, muddy.. like the speakers <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> If I cleaned it it wouldn't be that glossy though, no. I'll get a current pic of it tomorrow.

As for road noise.. NO idea. I just hear tires and exhaust.. but it was that way before I did the bedliner too.

I did not sand down any of the interior.. I just cleaned it all off to get all the dust and stuff off. My paint is not peeling anywhere 2yrs later. The panels are either plastic or vinyl and are not sandable (they're not painted from the factory.. the actual material is that color).

The floor however you definently want to prep like any other metal paint job. Sand it down so the bedliner will grip better. Not sure if you are supposed to use primer for the bedliner.. I went the cheap and lazy route and bought the spray on stuff. No its not much more durable than paint. If you want scratch proof durable stuff get a roll-on type. I just like how if I get a little too muddy I can hose out the interior and not worry about the carpet rusting through.

-Scerb

Sometimes I wunder about you

Here it is two years later..


-Scerb

Heya CJM! How's life in the 'Great White North'??

All is good here. Just been busy beyond belief!

Scerb - I will be replacing the plastic factory parts with a set of Grey pieces. I have to wait to determine if the exterior color is going to be Lemon / Solar yellow or like a Grabber Blue. Then I will do grey pieces on the dash and door panels - the actual metal that is painted will be repainted black. Then the floor and rear cargo area will be bed linered. I will incorporate the exterior color somehow into the interior for accents. Just a third color to offset the black and grey. All is in a holding pattern for now as I have a couple lawsuits I need to wait to finish up, then it will be dropping about $5000 into the Runner.

Thanks for the replies guys!

John

life is good