Kommander

I got the wet sanding done, let them dry overnight and cleared them this morning. About 4 coats of clear. I did get one run but its small and I will wet sand it out. I also had one of those stupid reflector filler pieces turn over on me after the clear coat. I went ahead with the rest of the coats in hopes I can wet sand it out but I think I will have to start over.

The piece that turned over. You can see the difference in the clear levels towards the lower left.


Here is a pic of the only piece dry enough to get a pic of. The tailgate handle. As you can see it is still a bit of orange peel so I need to sand and polish. I left the texture in the bucket part on purpose but only on the bottom.


Anyway, I need to figure out how I am going to wet sand these and hand polish them since I don't have a buffer. I am open to ideas. (This has already been resolved)

Kommander

I got these a few days ago and got em taken apart. The red inserts are going to a friend. I will be using my old black inserts to create new versions for my truck.

Kommander

Question for you guys. I took a picture of the handle next to the paint and I really like the match. Yes, even the orange peel. It matches the truck perfectly. Now, I know there is a reason you sand and polish but is it harmful to leave it the way it is, with the orange peel so it matches the truck? If there is no harm to it to leave it then I am going to do a final sand and a couple more coats of clear to finish it off.



I am going to sand repair the three pieces that I need to and lay another coat of clear and call it a day. I just did my fender badges PTM too and they look outstanding. Now I just need all my vinyl work to come in so I can put it all together.

Kommander

Here are the badges. They were black plastic and painted by Ford in satin black so I relied on their prep job and just applied 2 base color coats on top of the black. Then 2 coats of high gloss clear. I used the same paints I used on the other pieces so hopefully they will hold up against the elements.

Kommander

All done. The handles are absent once again because my daughter dropped one and it hit the ground hard, bounced and slide half way across my garage. I damn near cried. One small corner chipped down to the primer, a spot about a millimeter and a half wide and the rest of the clear had a few scuff marks. But, with some sand paper and TLC I have it back into glossy perfection. Now they sit and cure in my hot garage for a week until next weekend when I will install them.



The "Ford" badge is from the grille and has an overlay coming. I did not feel like messing with taking it apart. The tailgate one is off but I have a new one on order to replace it with. The old one will go on ebay for someone who feels like taking it apart and reapplying the double-sided tape. I will paint the new one like this on in preparation for the new overlays. My other vinyl work should be in next week sometime.

Kommander

On a lighter note...I tried taking my tailgate emblem apart last night when I got bored and broke the outer ring so no love loss there. lol. Looks like painting and overlays are the way for me. lol Installed pics will be coming soon.

Kommander

Ok, current and new update as of today:

Got my new tailgate badge in and it is painted to match like the grille emblem. Vinyl work has been shipped to me and should be here soon. I am going to start installing tonight and probably go through the weekend as time permits. I am working Overtime at work and have a July 4th get together happening at my house so I will get the parts installed when I can. Pics to come.

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I finally got it all done. Very happy with the results. It was late at night when I finished so no sun shots but taking it get a bath today and will post some clean pics soon. The door handles are the most difficult part to install but all in all, much easier than I anticipated.

I was going to wash it today and get better pics but the opportunity to replace my resonator with the delete pipe came up so I jumped on that. Love the new sound. Anyway, here are the pics. I will post some better ones soon.

jay_g

Looks good.