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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Its not glue or fading or anything like that around the edge of where the emblem was there is a very distinct edge/ridge in the clearcoat ill see if I can get a good pic of it today
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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maybe tape off a small area, use a 2000 grit sand paper and lightly sand it, then try to buff it, the buffer will take out any scraches from the sand paper, and your raised edge from the clear coat will go down with the sand paper.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Yea that's kinda what I was thinking of doing I just need to get a better/smaller buffer
 
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Old Jul 3, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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So we used my truck again today we moved some bricks that were in the flower beds an took to the other side of the house
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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here is what 1cubic yard or dirt looks like in the bed.
shocks were pretty much compressed in the rear.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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When did you paint your wheels black? Looks good.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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better yet what happened to the new wheels? What did you paint the bottom panels of your truck with? rhino lininer
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jake7
better yet what happened to the new wheels? What did you paint the bottom panels of your truck with? rhino lininer
yeah its rhino liner, it was on when i bought the truck used.
wheels were painted about a month ago.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Is that a tonnuea cover mounting bracket setup I se? Y is that there? And thunder when u gonna debadge that tailgate my truck looks so much cleaner without the Dodge logo there
 

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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:25 PM
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yea thats the bracket. the closest to the tailgate is like where the locking device is connected to the ****, kinda hard to explain and by the rear windows there are two pins that hold inplace there.
 
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