I've Been A Busy Beaver

labontecsi

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Well, I tinted my own tails and 3rd brake/cargo light. I used Testors hobby paint (about 5 coats I believe) and Duplicolor Clearcoat (another 5 coats) to get them as dark as I wanted. If you do this yourself, you can stop when they get to the darkness you want. There is some orange peel, so I'll wet sand and polish them after a few more days for the paint to cure. I'm really happy with how they turned out, $25 in materials and about 2 hours of my time. I ordered some LED bulbs because now its hard to see the lights in the daytime- that's the only drawback. That's one of Steve Holden's VTCOA sticers in the back window- LOUD AND PROUD:rock:
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I also painted the battery boxes to match the Silver exterior. Justin's powdercoating was so much better:congrats: than the standard coating on the box (he recoated the box on the driver's side) that there was a huge and noticable difference. So I used Steve's Fang decals as a stencil and painted the 2 lids with more Duplicolor paint, peeled off the decals, and cleared the poop out of them. I'll wet sand and polish them when I do the taillights.

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Tinted lights looks killer on SILVER trucks...Went to a couple of stores
looking for paint today actually...Thanks for the idea...Looks good...:rock:
 
labontecsi said:
Thanks guys, I'm trying to keep up with Eddie.


DAMN, I NEED A ROE!
hey bro looks killer, its silver thats all that matters:rock:
 
If this has already been answered I must have missed it. Why don't you have a slider rear window? I thought it was a stock item on our "10's". Everything does look good. Cool mods for cheap are always good.
 
SilvrSRT10 said:
If this has already been answered I must have missed it. Why don't you have a slider rear window? I thought it was a stock item on our "10's". Everything does look good. Cool mods for cheap are always good.
I have a rear defrogger, much more useful in a QC IMO...I don't have ape arms.
 
labontecsi said:
I have a rear defrogger, much more useful in a QC IMO...I don't have ape arms.
Well dip me in oil and call me Slick. I didn't know there were other rear window options on the trucks. I only recall the sliders in the trucks I've seen. I can reach mine easily. But I do have ape arms and a RC truck.:D
 

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