Im ordering black XD rims for my truck and was woundering if the grey trim would look goofy with them... My truck is wedgewood blue and i was thinking about painting the trim black imput?

The Truck

 

yes. do it. DWB + black accesories + grey flares and valence = no go. ask me how i know..... lol.

 

^ b/c you ripped them off?lol

 

Yea thats what I thought.. Should I use a flat black type paint? Has anyone done this yet?

 

honestly.....flat black looks grey...sure it's darker. but i got the best results in darkness using Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating.

 

Awesome thanks for the info

 

F-it. time for me to ***** myself....


Here's Krylon Fusion Flat Black(i did love it)


Here's Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating(bedliner in a can)


Duplicolor bedliner metal bumper w/ stock grey valence


Krylon Fusion flat black flares, Duplicolor bedliner bumper


Here's ugly stock gray...

 

oh...i take back the flat black looking grey. lol. it's been a while. lol.

 

The 2nd pic from the top looks BA! Ill definitely have to do that! And buy a couple more cans and paint my frame... Any prep work?

 

Bumper, valence, flares....I used about 4 or 5 cans of Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating. Before all that.....I sanded the pieces with 220 grit sand paper to scuff 'em up. Then on went Duplicolor Adhesion Promoter(2 coats), then on went hte Bedliner in a can. Takes some getting used to to how it actually sprays and to get the texture you are after. After the first flare, you'll be used to it(hopefullly).

Some say that this stuff chips and fades over time. well....i've had it on my truck for a year now with no fade and no chips what so ever. Probably thanks to my proper prep job. Before I redid the upper bumper, I rocked it 1.5 years on the same coat and it matched all the newly painted stuff. But i wanted to get the texture to match the valence, so i recoated it. OH..and get this....my upper bumper...used to be chrome. and that stuff is still stickin' to it.

 

do it ive been thinkin about doin it my self ill probably use krylon fusion flat black or go and spend more $$$ and have them paint matched now that would be BA

 

BA! Whats the texture... haha sorry for all the q's

 

01 ranger 4X4 your located in vacaville?

 

your stock exterior plastic pieces are textured........rough.......not smooth. Just sayin'. this pic should show you texture.

 

hey i just noticed that yea im goin over to fairfield tomorow never seen you b4 sweet tho another local rf member

 

Yea that looks awesome! Idk about the chrome though. You clear it?


Yea Ive never seen you before either... I haven't seen many Northern California rangers on here or RPS

 

yea fa sho there was a norcal meet a couple weeks back but only one member went but yea theres like 6 norcal members here well i see you around town probably but d*** i thought i had seen all the modded rangers around here guess not tho have you seen the guy with the lifted sonic blue singlecab edge with a shell looks pretty sick i see him like every time i go to fairfield

 

Nope I havent seen any except a lifted Silver XLT I live over on Travis so I usually go off base that much

 

hmmm never seen that one either but yea im over in fairfield like twice a week in the afternoons if you ever want to look at my truck or anything and i could prob help you do a BL if you have some place to do it its really easy it just time consuming but def dont pay someone to install it they will charge you and arm and a leg

 

Yea boss i actually just ordered one and was about to have that anyones offroad (750 dollars later) do it because I don't have the knowledge or the place... I just have to get the shifter extender linkage then Ill be good .... But yea is there another norcal meet soon?

 

yea we will have to have one soon but yea please dont waste your money with having it installed
if you have a weekend to do it youll be fine the instructions are very good and easy to follow and if you ran into problems i could prob help you out
mine took me about 15 hours and i was doin my self for the first time and i had to run to the hardware store to get tools and loctite and i forgot to heat the bolts and broke one and then spent 2 hours tryin to get it out the rest of the way
if you read up on here you will know how to do it and i could prob help you just need a place to do it you could get something better for your money plus if the shop does it youll be out your truck for a few days

 

Yea I think there is an auto hobby shop... i might just find that and hit it up.. pm me for the nxt meet

 

sounds good