J-Rod

Hi folks,

So I'm trying to get together a birthday present for my bro.....he has a 2004 black tacoma, and has always wanted the black bumpers/grille package, so that's what I'm getting together. I got the parts already, I'm just not quite sure what part of the grille I'm supposed to be painting. I know the whole bumpers are to be painted black, but do i mask off the center portion of the grille and the two fake mesh sections, or do i just have the whole thing painted? I'm not too familiar with Tacomas, so any help in this area would be appreciated.

Thanks!

j

Spanky

if i had a taco i would help... but i dont sorry! i am wondering how you are going about the actual process of painting the bumpers and such. i hope its not just a few cans of spray paint!!

J-Rod

Haha, no, I have a buddy that owns an autobody shop. He owes me a couple favors, so he's going to prep and paint them for me.

THanks for the *almost* help though!

Spanky

haha ok cool.... i paint custom houses for a living, so i know paint, and also have a kinda good feel for auto body work too (my buddy has a shop and i help out when i can) so i didnt want to see any nightmares before they happened!!

BajaRunner

Id say paint the entire grill black. Mask off the Toyota logo though

J-Rod

Here's my original question, in visual form:



But you think I should just spray the entire thing black? There really isn;t any merit to keeping the center portion unpainted?

Spanky

paint it all the same

914runner

You should paint the chrome trim on the corner lights too so it will match the grill.