first off, I think your truck, red and blacked out, looks fantastic ! ....and I'm not really a red truck kind of guy {so this should mean even more to you :-) It looks WAY better than chrome would.

Couple things.... did you do anything to your emblems to prep them ? Wet sandpaper, or scotch bright ? They look great now, but I'd be concerned about them peeling later.

And one suggestion about that Ford emblem..... How about masking it, and hitting it with a thin layer... or two... or three (one at a time, until you get it to where you want it) of clear smoke spray ? You could still read Ford.... but you could tone it down as much as you wanted too.

BTW, my truck will be blacked out too, and since I will be getting an after market black billet grille, I might just experiment with the Ford emblem on my stock grille first.

Anyway, take care of that beauty :-)

Fish

PS, Oh ! And you HAVE to do the headlight surround black out thing..... Whether you just fork out $300 for the Harly lights, or do the "stick them in the oven" trick..... This will look WAY better !

If your not familiar with this, look at Jlstangs lights on the truck in his avatar photo.

 

Hey man I just read a write up on how to Acetone the Blue Ovals. Its quite simple. The harders step would be making the clear even. If you want i can post the instructions up!

Seemed very easy!

 

Commercial Appeal newspaper - Samuel's Furniture, Dobbs Ford ads - You must live in Memphis. - Og

 

i will be painting my tailgate oval emblem soon, i will let you know how it comes out

 

Red inlays haven't arrived yet?

 

not yet

but i found a pic on their website thats shows the red ford badge on the tailgate and it looks sharp ...so i keep tellin myself something that looks that good takes time to make .. LOL



im gonna have to paint the badge first so the none of the chrome will show
it looks like it only covers the face

 

does only cover the face

 

Cool, looking forward to the finished product. I've been planning similar stuff, only in yellow.

 

i'm did the tailgate oval emblem today
im still putting coats of paint on it as i walk by it

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Definately different and adding your own style to truck... The exhaust looks good.

But now it just looks like you have plain black badges on your truck. You can't even tell what they are or say. I think it would have looked better if you had put on a few coats of night shade and had them clear coated...

 

the tape is off





now i cant wait till the red inlays get here

 

mud, i think he bought overlays for the badges.


So to do the emblems, 600 git, wipedown (prep chemical im assuming) then paint away?

also, a suggestion for you, when you do the fender flares or area that take a beating for that matter, may i suggest Duplicolor truck bed coating? you can get it from autozone for about 9 bucks a can.

here is how it looks when done...

 

I would also like to know what you did for prep as I am thinking I may spray mine white to match.

 

damn it, you beat me to it!! looks sweet!!

now you need to upgrade those oem fx4 decals with some custom black ones!!!!

 

the red inlays are here... i got one side done
what do yall think ? do the red letters or leave them all black
i think i like the red letters