Looks Sweet! I'm getting a flat black FX4 decal made up. Still looking for the the black nerf bars.

Not sure how you get away with the tinted side windows, but looks great!

 

why dont you paint your oem nerf bars? i did mine

 

here's a dumb question:

how do you wax between the letters on the decals? do the decals hold wax or polish if you got some on them?

looks great btw. i'm thinking of ordering some.

 

i havent waxed the truck since i put the new decals on but when i do i will get as close to the decals as possible, without getting any wax on the decals.

 

do you feel that they would stain or discolor in any way compared to the stock "shiney" decals?

 

yes, the flat black does look like it will discolor if i were to get wax on it. thats why i will be sure to stay away from the decals. i should email patriotdecals to ask them this question... good i dea.. i will let you know what they say

 

damn... didn't think about the flat black being affected by wax... when you do email them, let us know what they say because i will be detailing the entire truck once i get my decals on. i just got an email today saying they were shipped today, so hopefully ill have them by friday or saturday.

 

blackout, when you ordered yours, how did you measure the OEM decal first? he sells multiple sizes.

 

what size bed do you have?? 6.5 or 5.5.. if its a 5.5 email them and tell them you want the same size as me.. use my name DJ.. they will know what your talking about.. if its a 6.5 bed email them and tell them you want OEM size for 6.5 bed

 

I haven't found a primer that will adhear to the chrome. I figured the rocks would eat throught it and they would look like crap. Yours look great, what did you use to prep them? What paint did you use for the flat black?

My other option was to use rubberizer rocker guard, that will stick, but it's hard to get even spray and creates a textured look. Yours look nice and smooth and that the finish I wanted.

 

my nerf bars are polished aluminum not chrome. if yours are chrome i doubt you will be able to paint them.. i used a red scotch pad to scuff up the finish.. and applied duplicolor adhesion promoter. and then duplicolor trim paint.. but the trim paint was too dull, it was really flat black.. so i put a few coats of krylon fusion satin black on top of it. i have had them painted for almost 2 months and no chips at all. plus i painted the plastic step part on the nerf bars with krylon fusion because the black was fading and turning greyish

 

hey DJ.. do you happen to remember what your overall length was for the decals? i measured mine and they were 16 inches wide, so i went with their 16 inch decal. i'm curious because i also have a 5.5 bed, and you said you had to get smaller ones made.. i hope mine don't turn out to be too big or something.

 

patriotdecals.com had me measure from the bottom of the O in offroad to the bottom of the D. its is 14 7/8
also from the bottom of the F in fx4 to the bottom of the 4 is 14 1/16
with this measurement they came out identical to my OEM for the 5.5 bed

 

.....crap, lol. i guess ill wait and see. if they look like they'll be alright, i'll just make due with the slightly larger decals. hopefully the extra 2 inches or so won't be that bad.

 

i went through the same issue with decal size.. the first set that they sent me were OEM size for 6.5 bed.. i hated how huge they looked.. thats why i had to measure for the smaller ones.. i will post a few pics