So, my truck came with the cap when i bought it and at first it was pretty handy. But after a while i was sick of my truck not looking like a truck so i ditched the cap and i think it looks a lot better. I also threw in a black diamond plated tool box. Some other new things since i last posted are the nightrunner headlights and i also plastidipped the grille. I'm not sure if i wanna also plastidip the front and rear bumpers. Next up is gunna be the gutter guard grill and then possibly lights either mounted on a bull bar or behind the grille. Lastly i wanna do some sort of lift, gotta research it a little more. i'll do some before and after



Before
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After
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Looks good....bull bars look great on 4x4s.

 

Looks good, I dig it.

 

Much better without the cap, keep up the good work.

 

nice dude. i dig the new style better and of course, bad *** color

 

excellent! did you sell the topper yet?

 

nah not yet, i'm thinking of keeping it for the time being just in case i ever need it in the future.

 

debadge, plastidip bumper including the chrome piece, black lug nuts

 

yea i have to buy more plastidip and attack the bumpers, i'm assuming the easiest way to debadge is get a flathead and pop them off?

 

No no no, unless you'd like to scratch or chip the paint. It's easiest to debadge with fishing line, the higher the pound test, the less likely you'll snap the line during the process.

1. You need to hold the line on both sides of the 'badge', and kind of saw the emblems off with the fishing line.
2. After you get them off, remove the excess glue (left behind from the emblem) with goo gone or something similar.
3. Wax the area where you just removed the pieces, because you've just stripped the wax from that area.
4. Enjoy the debadged look.

The glue is easier to remove when it's warm, so it's really easier to do this in the summer months. But you can also heat up the area before with a hair dryer or heat gun, but not too much heat, you don't want to damage the paint at all.