Simple Appearance Project

By ken1mod
September 2, 2010 in Maintenance, Oils/Fluids, Detailing & Rust Prevention

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ken1mod

Posted September 2, 2010

Gentlemen,

Since there are no fender liners a nice improvement can be made by painting the outer surface of the box that you can see behind the rear tire.

Just clean the panel reasonably well, it does not have to be perfect and clean the visible black frame rail.

Spray matching truck paint liberally on the sheet metal and spray the frame rail black. Since it is behind tire and shaded, perfection is not required. Looks like new truck.

Takes 10 minutes and repeat as needed every 6 months. That bumper black spray from NAPA works really well too.

Ken

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