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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
make them curve more....and i have to say I admire your tastes in front license plates....
yeah but the only thing i'm worried about is that if i curve it making it lower then what it is it'll make it to low and fail inspection and can't afford to fail inspection...but i mean does it look okay...like does it make it look angry? lol
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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Make it straight across like mine or curve it more.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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The tails look awesome, nice work.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WTEBOY703
yeah but the only thing i'm worried about is that if i curve it making it lower then what it is it'll make it to low and fail inspection and can't afford to fail inspection...but i mean does it look okay...like does it make it look angry? lol
I meant not such a "V" shape, keep the sides the same but bring the middle down so it's more of a curve, find a post by Trucky and you can see what I'm talking about in his sig. Two trains of thought...straight across or curved....
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:51 PM
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truck looks great! How long did it take to paint them? Did you have to remove the lens from the taillight housing?
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by got2go4x4
truck looks great! How long did it take to paint them? Did you have to remove the lens from the taillight housing?
I started at 1200 and was done and re-enstalled with pictures up on DF by 330. And no you just remove the whole lens and clean it...and i honestly would recommend using a low grit sand paper and sanding just a little not alot...then take a wet rag and wipe it down then tape off what you want then paint away. i did 4 coats of nightshade and 3 coats of clear and it didn't take that long..gave it 20 minutes to dry between coats and then gave it an hour after the final coat of clear to put it on my truck!

Just an FYI when your taking it off you could break off the plastic clips in the back taking it off! I broke the drivers side top one...but oh well still holds and doesn't move more then the other side so i'm not worried about it!
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 11:51 PM
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The tails came out good, I would curve the eyebrows more for the headlights though.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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okay well everyone seems to be telling me the same thing so i will try curvin them tomorrow and see how i like it...and if not i'll leave it but we'll see!
 
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 01:31 AM
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Good work, looks great so far.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 05:02 AM
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Can't wait to see the rest. So far it's looking awesome!
 
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