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Old 05-10-2011, 05:36 PM
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havnt been on here in a while...i had used some duplicolor black chrome to paint my bumpers black and some of you wanted to know how it held up. back bumper looks great still but front bumper started chipping quickly and looked like crap. i ended up getting some rustoleum bed liner spray and did them up again and it is MUCH BETTER. stuff is amazing! gonna hit the rims with it next. ill post some pics soon.

Also had a question, the fuse that makes your horn and cruise control work keeps blowing in my truck. not too sure what is causing this? Maybe a relay or something? thanks in advance... 98 f-150 4.6 L 4x4 just rolled over 100,000

one more question...is there a seperate fuse for both power windows or is there a fuse at all? my drivers side window took a crap as well but the passenger side is fine. maybe the window and horn are a combined problem?
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im not 100% sure bout the windows, but i do know that they have to make a complete circuit before they do anything
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well looking into it more im pretty positive its just the motor for my drivers side window that needs replaced, clueless on the horn though...the low tone horn blew a few months ago leaving just the high pitch horn, not sure if this has anything to do with it.
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do you have a picture of your bumpers after you put on the rustoleum? I'm curious how it looks.
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ya ill take some shots and post em up in a bit, turned out great, stuff is tough as nails
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Originally Posted by greenmachine98
ya ill take some shots and post em up in a bit, turned out great, stuff is tough as nails
wanting to do this to my bumpers next week please post pics even though you said ya would already! And if you go through with doing the wheels post them too I was curious how that would look!
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You mentioned the Low Tone took a Chit. It may have a short and causing the fuse issue.
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I also wanted to do my bumpers, and maybe the sides of the truck at the bottom, you know where two tone trucks have a different color at the bottom? Do you have to prep the area at all, like scrape the paint off or anything like that? I'm curious how it looks also, thanks!
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k so today i finished the rims and came out good as well, sorry my cam broke so ill try to get a decent shot with my phone tomm... how do i go about finding the short in my horn issue? thanks
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Originally Posted by greenmachine98
k so today i finished the rims and came out good as well, sorry my cam broke so ill try to get a decent shot with my phone tomm... how do i go about finding the short in my horn issue? thanks
I'm curious to see the rims. I have aluminum and thought about buying black but I like the rims I have just the wrong color. I hate spending unnecessary $$ if no need.


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