So after messing around and not getting to it I finally decided to work on a few projects, the tint on my tails was chipping so I decided to sand it all off to the stock lense and use niteshades for the first time, now I still need to wetsand the top since I went a little darker than I wanted to but light still shines through pretty well. I sanded all the texture out of my grill surround and painted it black. And I decided to paint my Eagle Alloys since the previous owner didnt take good care of them...Still not done with my red/black project but only doing so much at a time! Here are some pics after I painted my wheels.

BEFORE!


After




ENJOY!

 

Wow you went dark on the tails however I really like the rims better being black.

Nice truck.

 

man i hate red trucks....this one is looking pretty sharp..love the wheels A+

 

wheels look good man. what did you use on them? truck is coming along nicely now you need to work on the front bumpers to match the truck or grille

 

Your truck looks fantastic... Very bold... Well Done...

 

awsome truck man. I really love the color! What else are you planning to do to it???

 

Thanks guys,

I prepped it, sanded it down with 320 grit, since it had some rough spots and some deep scratches I used a few coats of filler primer, then a few coats of etching primer, than topped it off with Semi-gloss black Engine Enamel w/ Ceramic paint and and 3-4 coats of Duplicolor clear coat(which im not happy with). You cant see in the pics but theres a few small places the clear made a dusty look to so im going to fix em up. The tails im going to wetsand down on the top half so they arent so dark and the front end im going to be sanding down the bumper cover till its smooth like I did the surround and me and my buddy are painting it and both bumpers and surround again with a hvlp gun. should look nice :-)

Now just wondering if I should paint my exhaust tips

 

Thought id throw up a shot after I did some cleaning up and I did a little photoshop, pic in sig.

 

I'd say I love the rims in black WAY more than chrome.

 

That is quite a transformation...looks way better.

 

PTM the front at least! Getting the rear bumper done would look good as well.

Tint those windows too!

- NCSU

 

Yea no kidding. you paint the bumpers and that will look like an xlt. IMO too dark on tails.

 

I think it looks good with that dark red of a truck

 

looks real good man... coming along nicely