Thanks for the pointers man. I've been inspired by your caveman tools this week while I was trying to reshape my fender.
Anyhow, it looks like I'm going to get another chance to try painting this week.
I picked up my wheels with new tires today.
I kind of wanted a somewhat knobby dual-sport tire like these TrailWings
Thought that would look kind of amphibious or like warts or something to go with the Toad theme. Sadly though it's near impossible to get tires like that in the sizes I need.
Instead I went with these Kenda Challengers:
They look great and the tread pattern is a little more aggressive in person than in the photo so I'm happy.
The front rotor got a little scuffed in mounting so I need to touch that up later. Right now I've got the tires all taped off so I can paint the wheels with black appliance enamel. Was going to do it before the sun went down, but I was afraid I might get condensation/dew/whatever over night and screw it up. Depending on when I get up tomorrow I'll try to hit them first thing.
That's probably all the Toad news for a couple of weeks. Got to go to a conference in St Louis next week and working out of town every other day for the next couple of weeks. Will definitely get photos up as soon as the wheels are back on.
Dan
Anyhow, it looks like I'm going to get another chance to try painting this week.
I picked up my wheels with new tires today.
I kind of wanted a somewhat knobby dual-sport tire like these TrailWings
Thought that would look kind of amphibious or like warts or something to go with the Toad theme. Sadly though it's near impossible to get tires like that in the sizes I need.
Instead I went with these Kenda Challengers:
They look great and the tread pattern is a little more aggressive in person than in the photo so I'm happy.
The front rotor got a little scuffed in mounting so I need to touch that up later. Right now I've got the tires all taped off so I can paint the wheels with black appliance enamel. Was going to do it before the sun went down, but I was afraid I might get condensation/dew/whatever over night and screw it up. Depending on when I get up tomorrow I'll try to hit them first thing.
That's probably all the Toad news for a couple of weeks. Got to go to a conference in St Louis next week and working out of town every other day for the next couple of weeks. Will definitely get photos up as soon as the wheels are back on.
Dan