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Plasti dipped my bow ties and lettering.

 

 

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turned out really good. Black and silver. can't beat it. going to color match that grille?

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turned out really good. Black and silver. can't beat it. going to color match that grille?

I don't know yet. I kind of like the little bit of chrome. Although I might get color matched handles and mirror cap eventually. Besides this cheap mod, most of my mods are going to be lighting this year. I want to get the majority of them done before hunting season.

 

 

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Did the fog lights on with high beam and reverse lights on with cargo light mods.

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Plasti dipped my bow ties and lettering.

 

 

Looks good! I wanna do my lettering still. How many coats you put on and was it hard getting the dip outta the "O" and other tight spots? Or did you take them off and paint them

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Looks awesome! Did you dip your grille and that chrome or just replace it with a black one?

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Plasti dipped my bow ties and lettering.

 

 

Looks good! I wanna do my lettering still. How many coats you put on and was it hard getting the dip outta the "O" and other tight spots? Or did you take them off and paint them

 

I put four coats on everything. The first three being light coats. And the tight spots I just used a toothpick and picked at the dip to get it out. There's a video I used to help with the lettering. If I can find it I can pm it to you.

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I put four coats on everything. The first three being light coats. And the tight spots I just used a toothpick and picked at the dip to get it out. There's a video I used to help with the lettering. If I can find it I can pm it to you.

Yea thanks I did the tooth pick thing when I did my front n back emblems around the edges I just wasn't sure if there was another way to get right spots.

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Looks awesome! Did you dip your grille and that chrome or just replace it with a black one?

No plasti dip. It's a black grille I got from ebay. I think I paid 300 for it, if i remember right.

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Installed a LED Tailgate light bar and hooked up the reverse. Very happy with it, and when I installed it I used added another plug for the trailer. I might still pull the plug from under/behind the bumper and hardwire it there instead of running the wires the the plugin.

 

I didn't pull the tailgate off and feel like you really don't have to. Covered the wiring in wire look and electrical tape, so it should be covered and protected from the elements

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Plasti dipped my bow ties and lettering.

 

 

Looks good! I wanna do my lettering still. How many coats you put on and was it hard getting the dip outta the "O" and other tight spots? Or did you take them off and paint them

Just tape off about 1/8" away from the letters and then newspaper after the tape. Spray 4-5 coats, let dry, then use ur nail or tooth pick to pull away the dip from unwanted areas. Basically any hard edge will cut the plasti dip when you pull it away. So like inside the "O" I just started at one corner and then peeled it slowly and it broke away from the actual letter. If you tape like your using spray paint you'll remove the tape along with the plastic dip when you peel away the tape.

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Haven't done to much yet. Removed the front air dam and rear front flaps, put on a tonneau cover, and added dual exhaust.

 

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Where u get your headlights? And did you get spot or flood led flush lights ? For your fog lights I'm gonna do that but no sure if I should get flood or spot

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