Be honest with me…

I wish I was like that! And I’m sure I’ll get there one day. But I still enjoy tinkering and making things the way I prefer them to be.

 

Fixing stuff that ain't broke is a spice of life. Hold on to that enjoyment as long as you can.

Cheers.

 

Amen brother !

 

About a damn near perfect match! Thanks to everybody for the recommendations on paint matching. Love the way it looks now.

 

Hell yeah, looks great. I like the grill but if you painted the surround it would look much better. I haven't seen that done yet.

 

do you mean paint the u shape border on the grill?

 

One of our members with a white truck has done it, and I've seen it done with a phantom grey truck as well. The outer upside-down "U" and the center bar.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't do the center bar, just the surround

 

I need to see pics of this !

 

Here's an example off-truck: https://www.tundras.com/threads/first-gen-grille-options.95219/page-6#post-2813467

Here's an example on-truck: https://www.tundras.com/threads/first-gen-grille-options.95219/page-8#post-3593833

Here's a photoshop example of the bar painted: https://www.tundras.com/threads/first-gen-grille-options.95219/page-9#post-3594000

More examples: https://www.tundras.com/threads/first-gen-grille-options.95219/page-9#post-3616778

That thread is 9-10 pages of various grilles for our trucks. Although I think I'm realizing none of my sports grille pics are in there

 

I'm going to paint the side mirrors and that chrome strip black after I sand and prep them first. In my case, I'll be matching the grill, toolbox and rear bumper which I changed when I got the truck a few months ago. I can't look at the glaring chrome accessories anymore, despite the goal not being to completely de-badge the truck.

 

Thank you for this. I do like the horseshoe painted. I’ll add that to my list!

 

Yeah that looks excellent, more of a finished look.

 

I was looking at my mirrors an hour ago thinking I should paint them black...

This is giving me motivation

 

im torn between color matching my rear bumper or just doing black like yours

 

Color match it 100% I had the same when I got my truck and then I painted it, 1000% better looking IMO.

 

Oh yeah that looks clean. Thanks for sharing.

 

good looking wheels/ tire setup as well! What are the specs on those? Size offfset etc…

 

Desperately clinging to chrome till the end!

 

Vision Flow 351 16x8 0 offset