Well after I had the body lift installed yesterday, it obviously exposed quite a bit of frame and other random black parts in the wheelwells and along the side of the cab. I was planning on painting it flat black with bbq grill paint and being done with it....until i had a suggestion from the installer...

I did as he suggested, and it looks great!

I mixed up a bucked of simple green and water, and with a hard brush, scrubbed the **** out of the frame and as far as i could reach up in the wheel wells and along the cab. (A pressure washer wouldve been superb, but dont have one).

After I did that and let it dry, I very generously sprayed it all down with turtle wax tire wet, the cheap kind in the spray bottle...all on the frame, the plastic in the wheelwells on the front, leaf springs/shocks in the back, EVERYTHING. Well idk how long its going to last, but it looks GREAT now! He said about every few months i'd have to re-apply, but it looks like a brand new truck underneath, much better than flat black bbq paint wouldve.


Also, he said to add a little flare, I could order red shock boots from rancho, superlift, etc. for a few bucks and put them on my OEM shocks? Is that even possible? Anyone done that?

Sorry for the novel, work's a little slow

 

P.S. I will "after" pics when I get home, (forgot to take "befores")

Also, following that will be a step-by-step install thread for my new 60" white lightning Recon LED tailgate light bar....

-My fiance already told me it got shipped in today, she was trying to make fun of me because she thought it was a underbody neon kit

 

I use tire dressing for detailing all the black on my truck, from tires to wheelwells, to plastic trim, to basically everything under my truck. The frame and axle are coated with bedliner, and the tire shine keeps it looking black between washes. I think that white trucks with black accents really "pop".
Maybe I'm biased tho....

 

your gunna have to reapply every time you wash your truck


go out and buy a can of rubberized undercoating or spray on bedliner, prep it and go to town on those wheel wells.

also in if havent already invest in some gap guards

 

Yeah i've been looking at the PA gap guards...I just cant bring myself to spend $100 on a few pieces of urethane

Especially with christmas right around the corner...

Ive seen some mediocre ways of "making" gap guards, are they any surefire ways to make them where they look decent??

Ive heard of rubber floor mats, pond liner, ..?

 

Oh yeah!

Definitely need those gap guards tho

 

? Think that would look good? Its not much trouble to take those back shocks off and slip the boots on (and ring clamp them)??

 

i got mine for 70 off ebay last year

if you do a search , you can prolly dig up some threads on making your own



i think red would look outta place, mayb black , but i wouldnt bother