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02Rang 02-17-2010 03:34 PM

Painted Bumper and grille
 
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Painted my grille and front bumper, what you think?
1st pic is before
2nd is after

Lazler 02-17-2010 04:05 PM

looks way better man! but you shoulda have painted it white to make it blend into the truck lol

02Rang 02-17-2010 04:32 PM


Originally Posted by Lazler (Post 1601578)
looks way better man! but you shoulda have painted it white to make it blend into the truck lol

Personally I wouldn't have liked that look.

Machine090767 02-17-2010 06:23 PM

I have to agree with Lazler. white to match the truck would look better. like an EDGE or SPORT model Ranger.

silverstreak4x4 02-17-2010 10:02 PM

Actually I really like that. Looks really clean like that. Has some contrast from the body color.

02Rang 02-17-2010 10:08 PM

I think the white would look nice its just that I am in no means a professional painter and i think it would take a lot of work to make the white look good. The black took almost no effort/skill

cawalther 02-24-2010 01:46 PM

white is the hardest color to match. easiest to tell when something has been repainted etc. but I too am a fan of the all white.

Nitrofan1 02-28-2010 06:10 PM


Originally Posted by 02Rang (Post 1601941)
I think the white would look nice its just that I am in no means a professional painter and i think it would take a lot of work to make the white look good. The black took almost no effort/skill

+1. I tried to touch up my air dam with a spray bomb and unless you have perfect conditions you get less than professional results. It would look better white but I would wait till you could get a booth and a quality gun to use.

--weezl-- 02-28-2010 06:32 PM

looks killer man! got before pictures?

cawalther 02-28-2010 06:47 PM

I forgot to tell you what I thought. I think it looks good. it does feel like a lot of black and could use either the bumper/valance to be a different color to offset the black. Just remember it's all what you want. ALL white is good to an extent, like the edge or 4x4's. But I wouldn't want this for my truck...

http://image.sporttruck.com/f/188945..._side_view.jpg

like I was saying about which thing to paint, you could do like I am doing and just search through the forum pics for similar trucks and see what color schemes you like. Or just stick with what ya got. it looks good

--weezl-- 03-01-2010 01:08 AM

honestly, i like the black bumper and grill, with the painted suround... i got my grill painted black, and suround DSG on my truck (to match the 2 tone hood) that black grill is virtually the only thing on my truck that is black...

StrangerRanger 03-01-2010 01:38 AM

I like the black on white look. That came out real clean man. I dig it.

BillC 03-02-2010 02:33 PM

Looks great to me.


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