Painted a/c knobs, easy!

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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 12:35 PM
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i remembered...it's alpex...the horns run about $40 (2 horns with air compressor)...the sound is the same with pretty much alpex and wolo...a hell of a loud sound and not deep, but its a great sound! anyways...glad to help

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98...what kind of finish are the ***** once they are done? is it shiny/smooth cause of the clearcoat? or what? and may i ask why is it that you are replacing them with the chrome ones? i think these look really sweet, and if i were you i wouldn't put out the xtra money on ones that will look pretty much the same...just my .02 and i wanted to ask you...do you think it would adhere well to the seat levers? thanks!!

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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 01:35 PM
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I think it would look sweet to paint your ***** the same color as the lower body of the KR!! A bodyshop probably wouldn't charge you more than $30 to do it. Then you could paint your dash the upper body color,,,,98

The finish is kind of semi-gloss. Not dull, but not shiny either. It feels no different than the factory surface, really.

And this is why I'm going to get the chrome ones!





 

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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 02:04 PM
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And the chrome a/c *****,,,,98



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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 02:18 PM
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Hey Screamer

Whats that under your steering wheel in the pic with the tilt ****
 
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 02:30 PM
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It's a remote bass adjuster for my sub amp. I couldn't find a better place to hide it where it would still be easy to reach.,,,,98
 
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 03:29 PM
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This mod looks great 98!
I knew the minute I saw your pics I had to copy. I did so today I'm just waiting for the clear to dry now. I did the headlight switch **** as well. It was a little trickier and requires masking the position indicator I just painted over the illumination symbol. I used transparent blue to match my head unit. I can't wait to re-install them.
Thanks for the idea!
 
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 06:18 PM
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My headlight **** has no light up indicator on it, does yours?? Maybe I'm mistaken, or the light is burnt out? I'm buying a bumper cover next Tuesday, so the a/c ***** will have to wait just a little longer. Priorities, you know

Here's very photoshop of what my truck will end up looking like....

http://www.f150world.com/showownerpi...&n=57677&pos=2
 
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 07:24 PM
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wel...here they are

I painted mine...I thought they'd be darker but they look the same as 98's. I just acetoned the indicators so they will be green when they light up...I don't have a night time pic yet. Plus, Stupid me.....I tried this a couple of times and when I didn't like it, I just acetoned the paint off....well one time I decided to soak the **** in the acetone...It kind of melted. The middle **** is a little messed up. I'll probably buy a new one.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 11:44 PM
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Yep, acetone is nasty stuff!!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 01:26 PM
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Just got back from Wally World - if you go in the arts and crafts area (man that felt funny - bunch of old ladies waddling around), they have what they call stained glass paint - whole bunch of different colors - found an electric blue I am going to try and use to match my Alpine radio.

Oh, Walmart also carries Duplicolor in the auto department.
 
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