So i posted in the v6 forum but i guess im still considered a 3rd gen. Anyway.. about a month ago some a-hole keyed my entire truck.. So i took it upon myself to do the body work myself and ended up repainting the entire truck a matte black. Anyway Heres Some Pix of Where its at now. Cheers ( i have some build pix in the v6 forum for painting eyelids on your truck as well as gettin rid of chromeee!


The day i brought her home!


Progress




Now for the Body work;












Total Cost for Paint and Materials under 1000$. The rest was just labor.. Im 19 years old and love cars / trucks.. I always try and do things myself even thou they might not turn out. But in this case i think it looks awesome!!!

What you guys Think?

 

I think it looks amazing. That matte black finish looks really good. You do nice work man

 

Truck looks sweet. Except for the headlights. The chrome/brightness all over on the inside of them sticks out like a sore thumb. If you get a chance, you should pull them out, then paint the inside. While trying not to burn them in the oven though.
But the truck looks sweet. I'd like a black like that, that color looks sick. But now you're without the airram sticker.

 

i agree with u on the headlights. Im trying to track down a set of those black oem headlamps but cant find them anywhere and then il just repaint those. I was trying to keep a tight budget ( im off on workers comp right now for a head injury ) so i did with what i had and will makelittle changes down the road.

And as for the airram sticker i can just have one made at my dads work he has a vinyl cutter machine.

Thanks everyone

 

I had to come back and check out the pics again bc I really like that look. I agree with reid, it will look complete when you get the headlights blacked out.

 

these are what i have been looking for.. But they say there oem but no canadian dealership carrys them..


These with the flat black eye lid will look good i think

 

dont forget about those tails too, they need to be blacked out too. VHT nite shades is only like $12 a can

 

show the supercharger!!

 

check ebay
heres one, its not OEM though but it looks similar
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-...Q5fAccessories

 

Open them up and paint the lights yourself. Several people here have done it, and only one person has melted his lights. But that's mostly because of wrong instructions. There are instructions on here to do it, plus if you don't like that amber strip you won't have it with yours.