Painting 2004 Fogs.
Well after seeing Southernstyle05's fogs and a couple other photos found in various threads, such as the original Painted Headlamp Thread, I decided to do mine. I bought Justin's (Zeruin ) original black headlamps, and imo, painted headlamps look awful on the 04 - 05 rectangular fogs, especially on a chrome bumper. So I started the fog lamp painting job. I'm about to start the painting in a few moments, just giving an update, and a couple photos.
I didn't have my camera the night I started, left it at my friends house but I managed to get a web cam picture. https://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/Picture2.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/Picture1.jpg I will say this though, masking these lamps is the biggest piss off.. The backing is so sensitive you have to put each piece of tape on something cotton atleast 5 times to kill the adhesive strength, can NOT press down on it hard, and taping it in general, all those curves in that very limited amount of space, SUCKS. I know i'm going to have a couple black spots from where tape ruined a little, but it should be too bad. |
Got my camera back. Heres some resolution photos. Since last night I lightly scuffed the reflective chrome with 1000 grit.
With lens http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03875.jpg Without http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03877.jpg What my truck has looked like all week, has the fog holes, but no fogs, just like a ricer :lol: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03879.jpg |
tell me about it... that chrome will piss you off when you realize how easy it is to mess up... its all good though. DEFINITELY worth the fight!!
Caint wait to see finished pics man. Good luck, SouthernStyle |
Alright well I painted the shells yesterday ( 12/6 ) and let them dry overnight. Now they're finished, I had to touch up just minorly on the LH lamp though, so i'll let that dry the rest of the afternoon, otherwise, time to pull the tape off of the reflective backing! Heres a couple pictures of how they are now.
No flash http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03885.jpg With flash http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03884.jpg
Originally Posted by SouthernStyle05
(Post 3480475)
tell me about it... that chrome will piss you off when you realize how easy it is to mess up... its all good though. DEFINITELY worth the fight!!
Caint wait to see finished pics man. Good luck, SouthernStyle |
Alright well I pulled the masking tape, sadly the tape did ruin some of the reflecting backing on both lamps, mostly just at the side corners though. I did end up with a little overspray, due to not fully pressing down on the tape, but if I did that then I would have risked removing more chrome. But I was able to clean all of the overspray with a MF and UQD, to my surprize it came off and looks pretty decent now, though the corners are still ruined, Its not a big deal. They look pretty sharp. Now I just need to seal them up. Any suggestions on what type of silicone to go with? I would like to use a black colored silicon.
Passenger lamp, after unmasking. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03888.jpg With flash. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03889.jpg The minor damage http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03890.jpg The over spray which cleaned up perfect. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03891.jpg |
Drivers side lamp
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03892.jpg The damage & a little overspray http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03893.jpg & with the dirty lens propped on, passenger lamp. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC03894.jpg |
SEAL THEM AND GET THEM ON
lol too much suspense im just joking around take your time they look good so far |
Originally Posted by blackf150lariat
(Post 3481038)
SEAL THEM AND GET THEM ON
lol too much suspense im just joking around take your time they look good so far |
looks awesome man. truely cant wait to see em on the truck!
yeah me passenger side lamp actually ended up perfect but the drivers side it did peel some off like in your pics, only noticible from up close though when your looking for it. well just seal em up with some "ultra black" RTV from the autozone and slap em on. later, SouthernStyle .......and you've already got it level right? Slap some 35's on this beast ASAP!!!!! haha. truck will be "RIDIN" then. haha |
Originally Posted by SouthernStyle05
(Post 3481668)
looks awesome man. truely cant wait to see em on the truck!
yeah me passenger side lamp actually ended up perfect but the drivers side it did peel some off like in your pics, only noticible from up close though when your looking for it. well just seal em up with some "ultra black" RTV from the autozone and slap em on. later, SouthernStyle .......and you've already got it level right? Slap some 35's on this beast ASAP!!!!! haha. truck will be "RIDIN" then. haha |
Man, you gotta either go chrome or NONE at all. IE chrome bumper + chrome headlights, or black headlights and NO chrome bumpers. The bumpers just look out of place with black headlights IMO.
So what to do about it? Paint them bumpers! :) |
Originally Posted by DarrenWS6
(Post 3481905)
...Would much rather buy my black 18x9s with 285/65/18 BFG TA KOs next spring :drool:
I wont push ya on it again, ok well just one last time... DUDE, go with the level and 35's. If your payin for new BFG's anyway (in the spring) then drop a couplle more bucks for the right size meats :lol:!! I promis you that you wont regret it, i absolutely love what the tires did for my truck, totally changed it!!! haha, alright i'm done. just waitin on the fog pics now man, SouthernStyle |
Alright people, the silicon is drying as we speak! Photos tomorrow after drying.
Originally Posted by mSaLL150
(Post 3481947)
Man, you gotta either go chrome or NONE at all. IE chrome bumper + chrome headlights, or black headlights and NO chrome bumpers. The bumpers just look out of place with black headlights IMO.
So what to do about it? Paint them bumpers! :)
Originally Posted by SouthernStyle05
(Post 3481964)
yeah yeah, I hear ya.
I wont push ya on it again, ok well just one last time... DUDE, go with the level and 35's. If your payin for new BFG's anyway (in the spring) then drop a couplle more bucks for the right size meats :lol:!! I promis you that you wont regret it, i absolutely love what the tires did for my truck, totally changed it!!! haha, alright i'm done. just waitin on the fog pics now man, SouthernStyle |
Nice pics! Gives me ideas on how I'm going to tape off mine when I finally get some. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Stealth
(Post 3481968)
Nice pics! Gives me ideas on how I'm going to tape off mine when I finally get some. :lol:
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