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sorry fellas, i know you're anxious, so am I.  Just have a ton of stuff going on lol.  It took me 6 months to get the stuff painted im so busy hahahah.  really trying for tomorrow.  no promises though.  

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On ‎11‎/‎13‎/‎2017 at 6:08 AM, 14tungstenLT said:

sorry fellas, i know you're anxious, so am I.  Just have a ton of stuff going on lol.  It took me 6 months to get the stuff painted im so busy hahahah.  really trying for tomorrow.  no promises though.  

Today is the day.

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Just now, Rlck said:

Today is the day.

hahahaha im sitting at my desk debating it right now.  my truck is absolutely filthy.  Id really like to get it washed and then do it but I only have time for one or the other.  It is my birthday though so maybe some nice shiny parts installed would be a good gift to myself. 

 

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1 minute ago, 14tungstenLT said:

hahahaha im sitting at my desk debating it right now.  my truck is absolutely filthy.  Id really like to get it washed and then do it but I only have time for one or the other.  It is my birthday though so maybe some nice shiny parts installed would be a good gift to myself. 

 

I'm sitting at my desk debating on doing my bumper after work. I'm trying to decide if I want to attempt color matching or just give up and go with black.

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1 minute ago, Rlck said:

I'm sitting at my desk debating on doing my bumper after work. I'm trying to decide if I want to attempt color matching or just give up and go with black.

color match for sure.  black would be better than chrome but you wouldn't be as happy as if you color matched.  

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Just now, 14tungstenLT said:

color match for sure.  black would be better than chrome but you wouldn't be as happy as if you color matched.  

Agreed, but I can't seem to get close enough with any combination I try. I have some Tungsten plasti dip coming in the mail, have you tried that color? maybe with a metalizer and gloss coat. 

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1 minute ago, Rlck said:

Agreed, but I can't seem to get close enough with any combination I try. I have some Tungsten plasti dip coming in the mail, have you tried that color? maybe with a metalizer and gloss coat. 

yea its close but not close enough.  it's the purple hues that i couldn't duplicate.  Im sure some combination of a grey plastidip with a purple or red pearl dusted over the top would get really close but i could never get it there.  I got some really good quotes from body shops to paint mine, so im just going to take them off in the spring and get them done.  

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I would like to get it professionally color matched at some point. I haven't price checked to see what it would cost. id like to get all my chrome done. both bumpers and grill.

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1 hour ago, 14tungstenLT said:

hahahaha im sitting at my desk debating it right now.  my truck is absolutely filthy.  Id really like to get it washed and then do it but I only have time for one or the other.  It is my birthday though so maybe some nice shiny parts installed would be a good gift to myself. 

 

I vote for shiny parts :) Always. Happy bday!

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1 hour ago, 14tungstenLT said:

yea its close but not close enough.  it's the purple hues that i couldn't duplicate.  Im sure some combination of a grey plastidip with a purple or red pearl dusted over the top would get really close but i could never get it there.  I got some really good quotes from body shops to paint mine, so im just going to take them off in the spring and get them done.  

I just had my local body shop quote me $1900 to paint my bumpers and fender flares for my truck... that seems a little high just for a paint job. if you don't mind me asking, how much did yours cost you?

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2 minutes ago, Rlck said:

I just had my local body shop quote me $1900 to paint my bumpers and fender flares for my truck... that seems a little high just for a paint job. if you don't mind me asking, how much did yours cost you?

That's insane.  i was quoted $300.  That is with me taking the bumpers off and apart and delivering to them as only the parts to be painted.  

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5 minutes ago, 14tungstenLT said:

That's insane.  i was quoted $300.  That is with me taking the bumpers off and apart and delivering to them as only the parts to be painted.  

Damn, that would be perfect. Yea I thought 1900 sounded a little crazy just to paint something. It said they were charging like $700 just for labor. Thanks for the reply. I'll keep looking for a better deal.

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Ok, grille is in.  Happy birthday to me.  No time to do the headlights since that’s such a bigger job.  Will take more pictures tomorrow.  
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Looks good! Popping the headlight trim off took me all of 30 seconds. Did it with my hands gently, didn’t even need to use fishing line. Then just add 3M tape and done.


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