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Old 01-02-2011, 12:23 PM
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it was almost 50 out the other day so i decided i had to paint something. the red paint was falling off the grille near the headlight. maybe in the spring ill sand it down and do it red again not sure. let me know if ya hate it.

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blacked out lights still work
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i like it
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 01:19 PM
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looks pretty good actually. Definatley different and goes good with the rest of the black on it.
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 10:30 PM
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cool so i dont have to change again. i was thinking it looked a little ghetto like there is no grille there. but i've seen a bunch of rams black out there grilles so i gave it a try. anythings better then chrome
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 11:05 PM
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yea i hate my chrome grill. Im going with the black and silver flares and the grill is def going black.
 
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Looks good matches the rest of the truck better.
 
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im glad i have a black truck. haha. the only chrome is my sct decal. what do u plan next 00dak?
 
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i like the black but that is just a personal preference, i am doing a purple black scheme with myn
 
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i did the same thing with my first gen. looks real good. what type of paint did you use to paint your rims, ive been wanting to do that but im not sure what the best paint is to do that
 
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Originally Posted by Brian2001
yea i hate my chrome grill. Im going with the black and silver flares and the grill is def going black.
wasn't attacking yours, but yea black would be better lol.

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im glad i have a black truck. haha. the only chrome is my sct decal. what do u plan next 00dak?
next i need some go fast mods. but before that i need money, just paid off insurance for the year. if i can save ill get a tuner and a hiflow cat at the same time.

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i like the black but that is just a personal preference, i am doing a purple black scheme with myn
black on top of the factory purple you have now? that should look pretty wild.

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i did the same thing with my first gen. looks real good. what type of paint did you use to paint your rims, ive been wanting to do that but im not sure what the best paint is to do that
you must be new haha jk. i used a spray paint called plasti-dip on everything black. do a search on this site and you can find alot of people who have used it with tips and stuff.
 



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