F-150 freaak

I decided I had enough of the faded ugly mirrors... So I got some plasti dip and some white krylon fusion for plastic and clear coat. I used the plasti dip to get a new nice black finish across the whole surface. Then taped off the top of the cap and sprayed 3 coats of the white krylon and then 5 coats of clear coat and they turned out amazing.

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FjacobXsmith4

That looks great! That's exactly what I want to do to my mirrors as well. We even have the same color schemes on our trucks! How exactly did you tape off your mirrors for the plasti dipping?

F-150 freaak

There's a groove in the middle of the mirror and I taped along it. I suggest doing the paint an clear part first because it I guess "cures" a lot faster than the plasti dip. I actually did it the other way around on my first try and it just pulled up the dip. So I suggest doing paint then dip.

FjacobXsmith4

Ok thanks for the advice! Do you think it would be easier to remove the mirrors or did you leave them on the truck?

F-150 freaak

I took them off te truck and I took them apart. But you could leave them on the truck. Only reason I took them off was so I could redo the faded black textured finish. All you have to do to get just the cap off:

Pop off the three tabs holding the glass on and remove the glass. Then they're are four T20 screws holding the cap on and then just pull off the cap!

Ballin STX

Looks awesome man! I plan to do this as well soon.

F-150 freaak

You should! I've loved it ever since I did it... Too bad I won't get to enjoy it for very long since I just ordered tow mirrors.

BlazinyellaFx4

I love the look of PTM mirror caps! I did my tow mirrors a few weeks ago with krylon paints.

F-150 freaak

Wow man that looks great!!! I've also always loved the yellow 150s!

BlazinyellaFx4

Thanks man! I really debated on doing it for a few weeks, but I took two days and really did it properly. Im so glad how it turned out. By the way yours look really great as well!