Exterior Semi-Tech General discussion of exterior for the Ford Ranger.

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Did a little painting

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I used a paint adhesion spray as well as about 6 cans total of black bumper spray. It looks really sexy now :)
 
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sorry i actually like before better
 
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awwww ferreal
 
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yeah, factory color match ftw.
 
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Looks good josh, some guys on here cut the mudflap at the bottom of the flare instead of taking it off so you dont have a big hole. Unless you have to have mudflaps where you live, but when you lift you may have to do it
 
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Ayeeee shoulda left it gold =/


But, to each his own, and as long as you are happy.
 
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lol its just his opinion.. if u like it thats all that matters..
 
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yea, but now you *******s are making me second guess myself
 
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I looks better I guess. Now it blends with the raccoon style windows ya got there.

EDIT: ya know, I'd bet it would look 1000x better if you painted the front bumper to match the flares.
 
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dude it looks 10xs better
 
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The flares look good. The grill doesnt look bad either, Though I liked the gold grill better.
 
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Originally Posted by offroadn_redneck
ya know, I'd bet it would look 1000x better if you painted the front bumper to match the flares.
i agree 1,000,000,000x on painting the plastic bumper pieces to match
 
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I like it. I like color matched parts, but your truck had a lot of gold and was plain looking. The black adds a accent color to it. It looks good. You do need to paint the plastic on the bumper too.
 
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Hell no, The black is where it is at.
 
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Im already ahead of you guys. I was looking at that last night. I just need to figure out if i want to take the whole bumper off, or just tape around it
 
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dont second guess yourself...cant go wrong with black
 
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I actually really like it black. Looks good!
 
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paint it all black........j/king i like it painted, it was too plain all gold
 
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I think it looks great breaks up the colors not so plain like before.
 
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i think it looks good i like the grill. i dont like flares at all really. but i also dont like bumpers painted to match a car. bumpers should be black or chrome. unless your going to paint all bumpers sliders and head ache rack a accent color that is cool too so yeah my thoughts. but i like it more.

good job
 
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looks better black
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
sorry i actually like before better
Me too.
 
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looks like it turned out great
 
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Does anyone know how to take that retarded license plate cover off? I want to paint parts of the bumper, but that piece is blocking me
 
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https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...read.php?t=930

covered before. This was the first thing i did.
 


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