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Old 06-09-2012 | 03:41 AM
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So Ive started a few projects this weekend and figured I would share the progress along the way. To start today I cranked the torsion bars 1 1/2 inches (4 turns) to level out the truck and got some rancho shocks. I Plasti-dipped the badges and soon to be bumper, everything is prepped and ready to go for the bumper tomorrow. I took my headlights apart and im gonna add some homemade halos and paint the background black. Thankfully one of my friends let me use his kitchen so i can do all of this. The pics show my progress in order of occurrence today and ill post pics as soon as i finish each project throughout the weekend. Comments, good and bad are encouraged.
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Old 06-09-2012 | 04:58 AM
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Interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns out. How are those halos going to be back-lit? Will they be able to be "on" with just the running lights?
 
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Old 06-09-2012 | 08:09 AM
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That is outstanding! The light are gonna look sick.
 
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Old 06-09-2012 | 08:18 AM
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Nice cant wait to see it all done......one thing though its going to be hard for others to see your turn signal now.....
 
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Old 06-10-2012 | 01:10 PM
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yesterday I didnt get as much done as the day before but i put the first coat on my bumper, finished painting the lights, finished the big led halos and installed them.
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Old 06-10-2012 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chet Ubetcha
Interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns out. How are those halos going to be back-lit? Will they be able to be "on" with just the running lights?
I drilled holes in each end of the plastic and stuck an led in it so it will light up from that. For the power im going to run a switch up under the dash so i can turn them on when I want.
 
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Old 06-10-2012 | 01:17 PM
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Nice cant wait to see it all done......one thing though its going to be hard for others to see your turn signal now.....
haha yea i realized that after the first coat, im thinking about drilling holes in that plastic in some sort of a design so some light will go through and kinda look cool to.
 
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Old 06-11-2012 | 01:19 AM
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day 3 number done and all I have left is to wire the leds to a switch in the cab and put the plastics on the bumper. I took a note on the blinker thing and decided to make a personal touch of my own.
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Old 06-11-2012 | 10:40 AM
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NICE man...that looks good and you ended up with an opportunity to make is custom....good work!!!!
 
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Old 06-11-2012 | 08:19 PM
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Those headlights look SICK. Nice truck.
 



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