Hey man love what ya did with the truck. Im also wanting to get rid of the chrome on the bumpers and was just interested in seeing how hard it was and what all you had to do

 

What I did was cleaned them up, then sanded them down pretty good. Did about 3 coats of primer, then about 5 coats of paint. Last did about 5 coats of clear. Just take the whole setup apart or tape it up and go at it. But if I where you I would get them done professionally. I mean you could do a nice Job, but like mine they will constantly have to be touched up. Mine start chipping after a month and that makes me redo them. I'm gunna have mine done preofessionally pretty soon. Yea it's more expensive but in the long run, I think it's worth it for a quality job.

 

The pic does it no justice because of the sun but it matches pretty decent, much better than the tan lol. im gunna have the top part re wrapped in gray leather, just spray painted it for the time being..

Here's some more pics of the rims.

 

Those white wheels look pretty dang good...i would ptm that front valence too...rear bumper looks nice

 

So who took their grill off and painted it? I have a 2000 and my front grill is now a faded gray plastic. How hard is it to get it off and what did uou paint it with?

 

Really easy to get off and I used Duplicolor Perfect Match to get Oxford White after using adhesive promoter.
https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...lle-paint.html

 

Perfect! Thanks. I would be happy to just repaint that gray color so it will match the valance. Any ideas?

Anybody try Krylon Fusion?

http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/

 

I used high temp paint (why I have no Idea) with clear..


From what I have heard about krylon is that it is good.

 

Krylon is pricey, but one of the best paints you can use.

 

Few more mods, bought a double din head unit, was able to install with some trimming to the dash but I think It turned out pretty good. I love this thing, shoulda done this awhile ago lol


Also took my 2 10" subs and replaced them with these 2 13.5" JL w3's. They used to be my buddy's and he made the box to fit his truck and lucky for me, we had the same truck cab and all lol. The 10's were pretty good but I wanted something louder and these sure did the job lol.

 

I love my double din, but boy was it a pain to install!!!

 

Double din looks nice! And nice choice of song too! I'm diggin the sub install, but aren't you worried with them out in the open like that it might make it a bigger target for a break in?

 

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im lovin that sub box! but you need some 5% tint on them windows to hide it.

 

Yea I know, the 20% tint won't cut it lol, I've been wanting to get 5% anyways. And yea the box is pretty sweet, my buddy made the box then had it wrapped like that. I got a really good deal on them considering what he paid lol.

 

I bought a 1.5" leveling kit last week and got around to installing it last night, and it was a pain lol but much better than having a shop do it. Here's a pic


And here's a comparison before and after

Sorry for the big pics
Ill try and get some better pics tomorrow. I think it looks a lot taller and it's pretty cool with the cali lean I think. So now I'm at 9" in the front and 6.5" in the back. And next Monday my truck goes in the shop to get the front and rear bumper painted white and the OEM fender flares installed. I'll post the pics up when it's done.