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Old 04-12-2011, 12:07 AM
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OK, so I pulled the fenders cause one came off on the hwy, or so my sons says anyway. The wheels where looking rough, so I sanded and painted with black bedliner. Then this past weekend I decided to do a little body painting. So I sanded the location that the fenders used to be, and painted them with black bedliner as well. I am amazed at the outcome.
I also filled the holes where the hardware was with a bolt and nut combo. wish I could have used larger bolts, but didn't feel like drilling out the holes to accomodate larger bolts.
I'll be putting new tires on this week as well. It is still used 99% on road for now (kids back and forth from school) so I am just going to put BFG Long Trails on it. Been running those on my Tundra and they are excellent.





















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New shoes on today! Pics soon
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Different, looks good man.
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Yea that looks awesome.
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Thanks.. I'd like to do a little lift, once I get everything important complete.
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What brand of spray did you use for that? Wanting to do about the same thing to mine
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Big improvement!
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Looking good!!
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What brand of spray did you use for that? Wanting to do about the same thing to mine
It's the Rust-oleum Truck bed coating, I bought it at Walmart, back by the auto paints (touch up paints). I'm still very pleased with how it holding up.
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Couple more picks with the new shoes...and the new 4x4 vinyl to replace the old one..





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how did you get the tape to curve like that over the fenders? tired for 2hrs yesterday with the same type of tape and never got it. and also how many cans of that paint did it take?
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how did you get the tape to curve like that over the fenders? tired for 2hrs yesterday with the same type of tape and never got it. and also how many cans of that paint did it take?
Cut the tape in 2 inch strips.. Then just slowly curve it.. Trust me it ain't perfectly rounded. Looks good, but not perfect. That took 1 and a half.. Maybe 2 total

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