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Sep 3, 2005

3LiterBeater

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Color match your hitch..

Well, I got sick of looking at the dirty black hitch hanging down all the time, So I picked up a can of DupliColor and some clear coat. Sanded, sprayed a few coats of paint and clear and through it back on the truck. Looks much better I think. Worth the $15...

P.S. I know I didn't black out my plate number, so don't tell me I should have...

Sep 3, 2005

Fx4wannabe01

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From: Boring, Oregon

Looks good man.

Sep 3, 2005

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From: Fredericksburg, VA

awesome idea

Sep 3, 2005

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From: Irvine, CA

looks good Greg

Sep 3, 2005

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From: LA, CA

that looks good greg. Man, the chrome with the shiny hitch... so nice

Sep 3, 2005

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That looks good man, I would to it to mine but the truck is black already.

Sep 3, 2005

3LiterBeater

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Originally Posted by 04lvl2

That looks good man, I would to it to mine but the truck is black already.

I guess a black truck would kind of delete the purpose, but I would still paint it black, I know the stock stuff on my hitch was really dingy, sloppy looking stuff.. A nice glossy black paint job would look good..

Thanks for the compliments.

Sep 3, 2005

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Sweet Greg!

Sep 3, 2005

04edge

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looks great. i need to paint mine its all faded and the paint is falling off

Sep 3, 2005

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nice, deffently different

Sep 3, 2005

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From: Westerly, RI

cool, looks good. i need to get a hitch

Sep 3, 2005

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Strider0O0

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looks really good. i'd do it too, but, my truck is black too. although it probably would look better like you mentioned.

Sep 3, 2005

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shadyluke

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From: West Grove, PA

Linex the ones on a black truck. I know hidden hitch offers colored hitches. I would do mine but my truck is white and I think it would look a lil funny since I have that huge factory hitch. The tube style hitch like you have looks really good painted.

Sep 3, 2005

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Wow i must say that looks really good!

Sep 3, 2005

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From: Navasota, Texas

Looks good Greg...

Good idea to...

Sep 3, 2005

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ya looks good but one of the company's you can acully order it color matched BUT that was a smart idea for yours good work

Sep 3, 2005

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From: Danville, VA

cool man!

i think mine would look weird if it was white...

Sep 4, 2005

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eDg3 oF cHa0s

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Great idea man.....It looks really good on your truck!

Sep 4, 2005

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3LiterBeater

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ya looks good but one of the company's you can acully order it color matched BUT that was a smart idea for yours good work

Really? They are probably powdercoated which would be the super bling way to go. When I went to take it off to paint it, I noticed one of the 4 bolts was GONE and another had NO NUT on it... Lucky for me, or the boat may have passed me on the highway.

Sep 4, 2005

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From: SCRANTON PA

mine's been done since i bought my truck about oct. 2002

Sep 4, 2005

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ya its powder coated i beleave.

and yes its always good to check the hitch mounts out regularly to make sure everything is ok. that also another reason why i used Jam nuts on my hitch bolts and used grade 10 bolts. i wouldnt have any worries

Sep 4, 2005

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looks good..

i had mine color match....

BLACK..lol...came like that :)

Sep 4, 2005

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dude... thats freakin sweet. i never even thought of that. i think im gonna have t do it.. anybody got some forest-green duplicolor they wanna give me? lol.