Was told I should post this here-my truck!
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Was told I should post this here-my truck!
Heres my Ram 1500, I traded the 74 Dart I spent 2 years building for this truck, when i got it it was still factory forest green and the paint was haggard on the hood and top as most are with the forest green paint on the early second gens. the truck already had the lift kits, a set of 35" BFG Mud Terrains on 15" forged alloy Weld rims, and a custom-(terribly done)- grill guard.
so far I have cut out all the welds on the grill guard and done em correctly as well as added gussets to the primary bars of the grill guard, I ran down the BFG's, picked up a set of 35X12.50X17 Procomp Xterrains and put em on black steel wheels as well I sanded down the entire body and shot it with Dupont Nason primer and Dupont Imron industrial flat brown, olive and black this paint will outlast factory paint and as most know the durability of Imron is unbeatable!. I still have about 1600 in parts to buy I would like a set of Fender flares, a moon visor, window vent visors, a black grill, smoked tail lights, halo projector head lights, a set of late model second gen mirrors, and the spray on bed liner I will use for the lower kick panels on the truck which at the moment I just shot black until I can afford the liner. in time I'll be fabricating custom diamond plate fender wells thats why I didn't bother masking the plastic ones!
Heres a few shots!
Second day in my ownership after a long bath!
some but not all the work on the guard
guard completely cut apart and rewelded along with the new paint and rims/tires
Hope yall like it
Shawn.
so far I have cut out all the welds on the grill guard and done em correctly as well as added gussets to the primary bars of the grill guard, I ran down the BFG's, picked up a set of 35X12.50X17 Procomp Xterrains and put em on black steel wheels as well I sanded down the entire body and shot it with Dupont Nason primer and Dupont Imron industrial flat brown, olive and black this paint will outlast factory paint and as most know the durability of Imron is unbeatable!. I still have about 1600 in parts to buy I would like a set of Fender flares, a moon visor, window vent visors, a black grill, smoked tail lights, halo projector head lights, a set of late model second gen mirrors, and the spray on bed liner I will use for the lower kick panels on the truck which at the moment I just shot black until I can afford the liner. in time I'll be fabricating custom diamond plate fender wells thats why I didn't bother masking the plastic ones!
Heres a few shots!
Second day in my ownership after a long bath!
some but not all the work on the guard
guard completely cut apart and rewelded along with the new paint and rims/tires
Hope yall like it
Shawn.
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It's a real pic that I played with, heres another few from that day.
There ya go ;-)
Shawn.
There ya go ;-)
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i like the truck, not so much the bumper. but its alright. now just need to paint the wheel wells black, the rear for sure cause it dont look good like that
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I'll actually be fabricating new wheel wells as soon as I can afford the tig gun and gas for my welder I been contemplating sprayin the wells with a rattle can but I may just hit em with the Imron as well until I make the new diamond plate wells. Also when I got the truck it had the grill guard on it with no front bumper, I want the front bumper but also will keep the guard, I have to modify the bumper to fit over the brackets for the guard so its gonna be kinda tough and I don't want to buy a new bumper just to cut into it.
Shawn.
Shawn.
Last edited by jackdup ram; Apr 22, 2010 at 10:16 PM.
