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Old 10-06-2010, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 00dakSport
i think red is the worst color when it comes to fading and flaking. my roof was fine in the beginning of the summer now its maybe 50% clearcoat.

rakaric did you just spray the roof?any blending? i need to do mine and the top of my bed is scratched to hell.
Get some bed liner tape off the edge where your top of your bed starts to roll down on the outside and you can either spray on bed liner in a can or get a quart of roll on stuff. Im going to do it when I do mine.

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Well...it took a long time...but I finally got everything evened out. I stopped the painting on Saturday, but I let the clear coat settle for a few days. I just completed color sanding and I'm (for the most part) done with the buffing.

The end result came out the way I wanted it....no orange peel and a clean look. Just look at the picture with the fluorescent light...it's awesome! The only problem I have is that my buffer sucks...so there are still small scratches visible from the color sanding. Maybe if I feel like putting money into a faster one, I'll finish it up. Pics! This was all done for under 100 bucks by the way.






Looks good not bad for 75.00 Oh I too love that hood!!
 
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Old 10-06-2010, 09:59 AM
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that is an awesome job!!

and yeah lovin the hood too, is it functional?
 
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Old 10-06-2010, 03:03 PM
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Well, the hood itself is functional, but I've never ducted the airway to the intake. I figured it would help airflow and keep the engine itself cooler.
 
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did u buy it new for like 600 bucks? im thinking of going to a body shop and having them do the same thing with the stock hood. i hope its cheaper
 
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Old 10-06-2010, 07:20 PM
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for 600 bucks i'd rather get this.

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Old 10-06-2010, 07:22 PM
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yeah if we had the 5.2/9
 
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yea that was a r/t. but theres gotta be a way to rig it, like an air hat with a elbow on the bottom.
 
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for 600 bucks i'd rather get this.

Yeah I would too just because I love them shaker hoods!!!
 
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lookin good but i think i'll leave the body work to my friend haha i think its basically a patients and prep thing like you said and I usually don't have either. def looks better than a peeling sun burnt look though!
 
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Old 10-07-2010, 01:15 AM
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The 4.7L design is pretty crappy when it comes to modding. It seems like everything with the intake/exhaust is more difficult to deal with modding as compared to the older engines.


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did u buy it new for like 600 bucks? im thinking of going to a body shop and having them do the same thing with the stock hood. i hope its cheaper

It was already installed when I got the truck 5 years ago.


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lookin good but i think i'll leave the body work to my friend haha i think its basically a patients and prep thing like you said and I usually don't have either. def looks better than a peeling sun burnt look though!

Yea, I figured it would be a cool experience to do it myself. It is all about the prep and patience and it'll turn out great! Anything looks better than what it used to look like.
 
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