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This Weekend

This weekend i painted my headlights and they came out like $H!T all tiny cracks in the lens.but i'll buy black ones online soon


Then i hooked up my Kicker Comp Truck box and Amp and i could not find a nice spot for my remote turn on switch so i did this
 
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looks good, time to take the bezel off, sand and paint though!
 
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oh ik the last owner must have painted it
 
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Looks good.
 
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I like the mounting location. Headlights look awesome!
 
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They look good, it's probably hard to see the crcks unless you're close up. And I like the mounting locationg for the switch, it fits perfectly. All the bezels I've seen in 2001-2005's have that rubbery coating that always flakes off, my 2002 looks like that, and my sister's 2003 does as well.
 
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Yep!!! Mine did the same thing, I bought another one and having it painted right now.
But I like your head lights too.. I wish I could paint the backs of mine blue, but don't know how to do it..
 
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Overall the front end looks nice. Lets see a more 45 degree pic to show off the corners. Did you mask the reflector and paint the rest flat black? I think it looks neat and the truck flows well.




But I don't really understand the remote switch. Your radio doesn't have one built in? All I've ever messed with, have radio switches and it turns on the amp when the radio turns on.....off when the radio turns off.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Overall the front end looks nice. Lets see a more 45 degree pic to show off the corners. Did you mask the reflector and paint the rest flat black? I think it looks neat and the truck flows well.




But I don't really understand the remote switch. Your radio doesn't have one built in? All I've ever messed with, have radio switches and it turns on the amp when the radio turns on.....off when the radio turns off.
well if i have my mom in the truck and she wants to here the traffic report or listen to music she doesn't want bass. so i hit the switch and it shuts the power to the amp and vise versa
 
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well if i have my mom in the truck and she wants to here the traffic report or listen to music she doesn't want bass. so i hit the switch and it shuts the power to the amp and vise versa
So do you have to flip the switch every time you want the sub on?
 
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Don't you have a bass **** of some sort? All the amps I've had have one.
 
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Originally Posted by 04RangerDave
well if i have my mom in the truck and she wants to here the traffic report or listen to music she doesn't want bass. so i hit the switch and it shuts the power to the amp and vise versa
Makes sense...


I much rather prefer my remote bass **** or even just changing the bass headunit settings. I'd rather not lose a power outlet when it just takes 2 seconds to turn the bass down(or off) on my head unit(my most inconvient way). But hey...if it works for you, more power to ya! lol.
 
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