Very nice job Smok][n, and your truck looks awesome. You planning on driving up north for a vacation anytime soon?
I was thinking about doing this to my truck to finish the Mustang look that i started with the Piaa lights behind my billit grill, but my wife isnt 100% sold on the idea, and i dont want to annoy her as i finally convinced her my truck would look so much nicer on new rims.
Later Trev

 

small steps...

love that hood btw, great lookin truck!

and those harley headlights looks so good on these trucks...cant wait to get some!

 

Thanks for the compliment, that is also another reason i havent done the stripes. They might have to be painted on due to the design of my hood.
Later Trev

 

Smok][n, Nice truck! Stripes look great! How do you like your head unit? Looking at the same one for my truck.

 

1 KRAZY KANUCK, yeah i was thinkin about that when i saw your hood.. might be tough... id rather have them painted on myself but the cost would be...well alot i imagine



hotrodder, the h/u is great. looks awesome and i like the features. the only thing i dont like about it is the way u skip to the next songs... u have to push the rotary volume button in the direction u want to skip. if u push too far down or up up on the button, it skips to the 1st track. PITA when ur on track #95

i have a pioneer in my 01 as well. much easier to navigate through songs and has a mute button for those cell phone calls

i think the wire hrness has a mute wire or something on the new one...i never bothered to see what it was or how it worked...

t he things i like about the new one is the OEL display and the rotary volume control. so it has its pros and cons...

 

Thx, I think i'm going to try it!

 

it turned out very well!

nice looking truck.

 

 

Looks Great Smok][n!

How bout sharing those tips you figured out with a newbie to auto-graphics production?!?

 

Smok][n,

Your truck is simply awesome. I have seen very few trucks that people did themselves that look as well executed as yours. I love custom trucks and cars of all sizes and shapes. I would put your truck in some of the best I have seen. I am just really impressed by the look. It isn't over done but still stands out. My last rig (lifted Rodeo, which is rare, and a bunch of other things on it) was a head turner and I always liked people giving me compliments on it and explaining I did all of the work. I'm sure you will be getting a ton of compliments on the road.


Looks great and enjoy your professional looking work.

P.S. When you get your rig done, consider sending some pictures into magazines you may get a nice write up from one.

 

heybeermantx, well there's not much to it really... i knew i needed a heat gun for the curved areas, but couldnt find one. Sunday, when i went to finish the tailgate, i used a hairdryer to soften the pieces around the ford logo and tailgate handle. wouldve been impossible without it. and thats where i messed up a little around the 3rd break light. i may have to redo the roof stripes, ill have to look at it again and see how much it bothers me

i guess the main thing is to just take your time. this stuff is very forgiving, so as long as you get it wet enough, u can make it work fairly easily. My squeegie started getting rough toards the end and put some very faint fine scrathes in the tailgate pieces. i think i can live with those as they arent really noticable...

the thing thats good about it is if you screw up a piece, u can always just cut a new one and start over. just gotta make sure u have plenty of extra vinyl. and its also good that its so cheap
about $40 for 30'


and Thrill Racing thx for the compliments bro! but i cant really take credit for it being original...the gtf150 SEMA truck was in quite a few magazines