Wow, truck looks great.

Any pictures during the "pry-apart" phase? Or maybe just some tips. I'd really like to paint mine, but when I tried to bake em, they wouldn't come apart - I was doing more damage to the plastic housing than anything else.

Thanks

 

thx yall

i did lose alot of light from the fogs
but they look gr8 and have enough light to use them sneaking into the
deer club

i used a heatgun to remove them not the oven ... i just heated up small sections and used screwdrivers to help get them apart and once i got enough
apart i used my hands to pull then would heat more and pull
i took my time and had no problems ..then i used zipties to hold them together
while the permatex ultra black hi-temp rtv silicone dried
then ran another bead of it around the outside after they dried just to make sure of a gr8 seal

 

Lookin good

 

i started on the wheels today
i got some Lariat 18's from a buddy

i started by wet sanding them down w/ some 600 grit
and wiped them down w/ carb medic


after one coat of black

 

that looks sick. what type of paint did you use? im looking to change my black steel wheels for some aluminum wheels but their all so expensive...

 

Madmaxwell, I'm interested in your wheels

 

i finished the 2nd one today and put them on the drivers side
what do ya'll think ?

 

that looks real good. is that overspray on the back tire or jus where dirt is wiped away? the whole truck looks awesome tho.

 

thx
thats from the soapy water that ya wipe on the tire when ya mount them
so the bead will slide into place easier when ya blow them up

 

Wow...simply wow! Great job with all the work. I gotta tell you this...I was not a red truck fan before but now I certainly am. I may even consider red for my next truck. Excellent job...great work!

Oh and did you use the same paint for the wheels as you did the emblems?

 

Haha, this is the craziest thing. I have a brand new set of Lariat wheels that I took the tires off of and didn't know what to do with them. I've been thinking of painting them black but really didn't know what they'd look like.

Thanks for giving me a preview.

 

haha your truck is like a new/offroad version of mine :P
i painted my badges with stincels....tried the overlays...they were just way to low quality

 

ptm mirror and black tails would look great on your truck next!

 

Great job on the truck. Giving me a lot of good ideas to work with.

 

what paint did you use on the wheels??