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Old Mar 24, 2009
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Re-did My OHC... Much better now!

Well After painting my OHC way too thick and not cleaning the connections I had problems with it going out and paint was starting to peal so today I tore it down and re-did it and completely tore it down and found a loose capacitor on the board (I soldered it) I got it back together and finally got it working good and looking much better. It had a High gloss finish before, now its a satin and I like it so much better. WooHoo!

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Old Mar 24, 2009
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looks good i love your truck
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009
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Originally Posted by Downey
looks good i love your truck
Thanks. It take a lot of work to keep a Black/Black/Black truck clean tho!
 
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What kind of paint is that, it looks a little weird in the picture. The loose capicator is actually a pretty common problem, mine had the same thing when I got it.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009
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much better gloss looks so tachy
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
What kind of paint is that, it looks a little weird in the picture. The loose capicator is actually a pretty common problem, mine had the same thing when I got it.
Krylon Fusion... on both pics. just the first one I went way heavy and used a clear coat afterwards. This paint is awesome!

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Old Mar 24, 2009
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looks really good, your truck looks great
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009
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Looks much better Ben!!
 
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Looks way better
 
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looks good man
 
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damn youre really making me want to do this mod! looks perfect now.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Looks a lot better. I almost picked up at OHC at the JY yesterday. Im just too scared to cut my headliner.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Looks way better now. Good job.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Whoa! It's -40 degrees in the first pic and then 60 degrees in the second pic. You must have some violent weather up there.

Looks good man!
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Looks much better from the picture.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Whoa! It's -40 degrees in the first pic and then 60 degrees in the second pic. You must have some violent weather up there.
...maybe he used High Temperature paint...
 
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Originally Posted by turbo
...maybe he used High Temperature paint...
Nope the temp sensor had a bad connection.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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yeah, I know. :)

I was trying to make a joke. I'll see if I can schedule a humor upgrade in, later in the week. Normally, I can just make an appointment, but for stuff like this I always have to twist his arm a bit (now, that's humerus, but ulna to him!)
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Looks good I need to do this one day, after owning a ranger for nearly 7 years and wanting to do it, I need to get it done lol.

I wish I had that black interior as well.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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looks much better
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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i love the way these look. is it a bolt on mod or is there alot a fabing that needs to be done?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Cut headliner, mount bracket, wire up.
 
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yeah.. it's a bit of a leap of faith to cut into that pristine headliner... but it's really a fairly easy mod to do... I love mine!
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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Nice, not a fan of the gloss though should of used flat black....
 
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Old Mar 25, 2009
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looks really good man
 
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