How many have painted their cladding
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SYO237
SyTy Registry
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding is painted, but it was a forced paint due to smacking into another Syclone (I'll save that for another thread), otherwise I never would have.
Have you tried a silicone based conditioner like Turtle Wax Black Chrome (now hard to find) or Mothers Back to Black? It may take a few applications before you see good results. If that doesnt work, and you are going to paint it but want it to still look stock.... if you do some searching you should be able to find information on painting your cladding and having it turn out appearing like stock with the matte black finish if done properly with the correct mix ratios of additives.
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding is painted, but it was a forced paint due to smacking into another Syclone (I'll save that for another thread), otherwise I never would have.
Have you tried a silicone based conditioner like Turtle Wax Black Chrome (now hard to find) or Mothers Back to Black? It may take a few applications before you see good results. If that doesnt work, and you are going to paint it but want it to still look stock.... if you do some searching you should be able to find information on painting your cladding and having it turn out appearing like stock with the matte black finish if done properly with the correct mix ratios of additives.
Fighting5thSVT
Active member
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding is painted a stockish gray, but it was like that when I bought it. It looks outstanding painted--although I would have gone a shade lighter than what the previous owner of mine decided on.
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Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding is painted a stockish gray, but it was like that when I bought it. It looks outstanding painted--although I would have gone a shade lighter than what the previous owner of mine decided on.
AB TY 752
V8 COROLLA DEATHTRAP
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding was painted a few years ago due to a collision also. And I really like it. Cleaning the truck is so much easier, you just wax it like the rest of the truck. My truck is black/black and it makes it POP!
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
My cladding was painted a few years ago due to a collision also. And I really like it. Cleaning the truck is so much easier, you just wax it like the rest of the truck. My truck is black/black and it makes it POP!
jollygreen1964
Donating Member
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
my typhoon has painted cladding and it looks goood. My syclone cladding looked really crappy till a friend suggested a german product you get at a Harley shop for black plastic around the engine comes with a nice applicator and works well , called S-100, you will need two cans, they are small
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
my typhoon has painted cladding and it looks goood. My syclone cladding looked really crappy till a friend suggested a german product you get at a Harley shop for black plastic around the engine comes with a nice applicator and works well , called S-100, you will need two cans, they are small
JKsSyclone
Active member
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
I love the painted cladding on our Ty......
Re: How many have painted thier cladding
I love the painted cladding on our Ty......
syclone2673
Member
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I painted mine becouse my friend owns a body shop and did it cheep, It also looks better with the black ZR1's. I gave him the red s-10 in the pic for painting all the cladding and a good buff. I had less than a grand in the red s-10 with the wheels and all, so it was a good deal for me. He did a awesome job!
I painted mine becouse my friend owns a body shop and did it cheep, It also looks better with the black ZR1's. I gave him the red s-10 in the pic for painting all the cladding and a good buff. I had less than a grand in the red s-10 with the wheels and all, so it was a good deal for me. He did a awesome job!
JAY
Donating Member
Re: How many have painted their cladding
Mine is painted black as well. Before my whole truck was painted I tried every cleaner on the cladding & it only lasted a few weeks. Some panels were greasy & some dry as a bone with those conditioners. The Typhoons had painted cladding & they always look nicer t me. It's so much easier to maintain now. Wish they would have been like this to start.Here's a pic of mine:
Mine is painted black as well. Before my whole truck was painted I tried every cleaner on the cladding & it only lasted a few weeks. Some panels were greasy & some dry as a bone with those conditioners. The Typhoons had painted cladding & they always look nicer t me. It's so much easier to maintain now. Wish they would have been like this to start.Here's a pic of mine:
Sy-1177
Turbo Inside
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Has anyone ever painted the Sy cladding Satin black? I would think that would give it a stock appearing finish and be maintanance free. I personally like the stock finish of the cladding and would like to keep it that way but as stated, its impossible to keep it looking nice.
Has anyone ever painted the Sy cladding Satin black? I would think that would give it a stock appearing finish and be maintanance free. I personally like the stock finish of the cladding and would like to keep it that way but as stated, its impossible to keep it looking nice.
jrigby
New member
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The guy before me repainted the whole typhoon, it was a red/grey now its a red/red. He had a crappy job done on it orange peel all over, poor prep work, also shaved the roof rack and did a horrible job filling the wholes. Anyways I think this summer I'm gonna get it into the body shop and get it painted the factory red/grey.
The guy before me repainted the whole typhoon, it was a red/grey now its a red/red. He had a crappy job done on it orange peel all over, poor prep work, also shaved the roof rack and did a horrible job filling the wholes. Anyways I think this summer I'm gonna get it into the body shop and get it painted the factory red/grey.
Re: How many have painted their cladding
I'm getting my truck ready for paint right now and I will be going with a matte (satin) finish on the cladding. It's funny that this thread came up because my friend that is helping me is a painter and that's what we've been planning for a while. The truck body itself will be done in the next few weeks and then I have to do some repairs on the cladding before I paint all of the pieces. I will post up some pics when everything is complete. I'm hoping to have everything finished within the next month.
I'm getting my truck ready for paint right now and I will be going with a matte (satin) finish on the cladding. It's funny that this thread came up because my friend that is helping me is a painter and that's what we've been planning for a while. The truck body itself will be done in the next few weeks and then I have to do some repairs on the cladding before I paint all of the pieces. I will post up some pics when everything is complete. I'm hoping to have everything finished within the next month.
Fighting5thSVT
Active member
Re: How many have painted their cladding
opcorn:
I'm looking forward to the pics! Hope it all goes well.
opcorn:I'm looking forward to the pics! Hope it all goes well.
cloneman315
Active member
Re: How many have painted their cladding
Mine is done and it looks great,just would never do it on a daily,the rocks kill it.
Mine is done and it looks great,just would never do it on a daily,the rocks kill it.
JKsSyclone
Active member
JSM
Active member
Re: How many have painted their cladding
What paint color code did you use, it doesn't look stock to me, looks better.
What paint color code did you use, it doesn't look stock to me, looks better.