What would you think about having the Ranger emblems on the fender painted black? Do you think it would look good and how would you go about doing that?

 

i think it would look good if you paint black

 

Look at fx4wannabe01's and mine they look sick I colormatched mine to my DWB and he did the same thing the only thing we did different is paint the RANGER to match the truck also I did mine orange to match my pinstripe he did hid chrome. Prep is key though I need to redo mine they are chipping

 

dont you have the newer emblems tho i think he means the older style ones

 

Yea there was a post about 6 months ago on blacking out the emblems I will see if I can find it

EDIT: Here it is

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...=black+emblems

 

BAM!

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=60505



https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=48189












Hmm...wonder who's truck this is?




WOW i'm a pic *****.

 

Clean them, Duplicolor Adhesion promoter, spray color preferably duplicolor, then duplicolor clear. bam done. reinstall.

 

Ha thanks for posting that up man DWB FTW

 

how u guys think it would look blackin them out on a white truck?

 

I think some blacked 06s would look pretty good on a white truck. I saw a Nitemare the other day when I was down at the beach, sick truck.

 

I am not too sure if I like it or not. Wonder how much I can pick up an extra set. Well I guess if I dont like it I can get some 06 emblems.

Thanks guys!

 

Pick up some 06 up emblems, order 4 total incase of messups. And do black w/ chrome lettering. THAT would be SICK! imo.

 

You told me it wouldn't look good a long time ago lol

 

fudge off 1wd. lol. I think it'll look good now. I change my mind, and am sometimes high, or drunk, you know that. lol.

I think it was involving all your chrome/polished rolled into my opinion if it'll look good on your truck. imo, won't look good on your truck, but on Andy's truck, aka all black, it'll look sick!

 

I think I am going to paint the ones I have now black just to see. If I dont like that I will get some 06 ones and do that.

 

Alright I am doing it this week but have a few more questions. You think I should do flat black or Gloss black? How would I go about painting it? Just clean it and paint over it or do I need to use acetone and take the chrome off? Also do I need to put anything on top of the paint like some kind of sealer or anything?

 

IMO, remove the emblems period. clean'em with a toothbrush, detail the snot out of them. Dry them. Spray on DupliColor Adhesion Promoter. Then your color. IMO, i'd think about something like a dark dark graphite grey..gunmetal. but...to actually answer your question, i vote semi-flat. I think it'll be a good contrast to everything else. Actually, now that i actually think about it, paint it the same color as your grille and headlight mods...make everything match.

I would cover it in DupliColor auto clear...the clear coat in their automotive line of paints.

You could take acetone to it, but, it is a art you will find out...it'll smear all around. Then you gotta get a new q-tip and douse on a fresh batch and the smears will go away. It's sorta weird. Try it out.

 

I like that gun metal idea I am going to think about that but I think I am going all black. The clear coat I am going to use is Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Crystal Clear Matte Clear. Only because I have a big can of it and nothing to use it on. lol

 

haha...forgot that option as well. Matte clear looks really good ontop of flat black.....Gives it a nice satiny black shade. Too shiny imo for fender flares on my truck...ditched the idea.

 

Now I just have to go see how to take them off never looked before! lol

 

heat gun..

 

Fishing line works too, just use it like floss.