dixie_boysles

Someone is addicted to Plastidip. Please lay off of it! I know its not my truck, but hate to see someone plastidip the mess out of a truck to where it looks like everything was spraypainted. You now have a 40k truck with a bunch of spraypainted parts.....

I LOVED it before all the Plastidip

beautiful right here:



sorry im just being honest before you plastidip the whole truck

Eco-BEAST 28

Well i was hoping to not have to admit this but I know its a problem, i will be totally honest the only things i plan on keeping plasti dipped are the chrome edges around the overlays. I will also admit i do NOT like my rims plasti dipped. The only reason im keeping them dipped is because i just lost 2 days of my life to working on them and i cant rip it off just yet lol As soon as i see them start to peel or crack they are all coming off and my wife will kill me cuz i ignored her for those 2 days so i could work on my truck lol I do appreciate the honesty man and even I cant wait until my rims are back to normal, should of never done gunmetal

dixie_boysles

i was a little worried of your response, glad you can take constructive criticism! Yeah it will look better without all the plastidip IMO. I mean the PTM badges you done look really good and a few other mods, but definitely lay off of it from now on LOL

Eco-BEAST 28

I appreciate the honesty bud, another person’s view is always good IMO. I’ll be sure to take pics as soon as the plasti is gone off my rims.

clpeller

Looks really good so far man! Although I am glad to see you're removing the plastidip from the wheels. They look way better stock. But would look supremely badass if you got them powder coated tux black!! Looking forward to watching your progress.

Eco-BEAST 28

Got my quote for Tux Black Metallic last week. Local paint shop wants $500 because of the price of the paint Might be a month or so until i get it done but i love that idea. Now ya'll got me wanting to go home and just rip the plasti dip off now haha

TheBlack2011FX4

The plastidip is easy to add too much. I was the same way! I plastidipped quite a few things on my truck and planned to do my wheels. Then I realized that it was pointless and looked cheap. Now I only have it on my reflectors.. I like the truck a lot, and I think you need to get those wheels back to the original color ASAP haha. But your definitely on the right track, and the truck is gonna turn out great!!

Eco-BEAST 28

i plasti dipped ONE thing at first and then was like "I MUST DO EVERYTHING!!!!!" yea now im sitting here looking out at my poor rims saying to myself "Why?" lol I dont think the rims will make it the weekend depending on if i get my LED conversion stuff in.

TheBlack2011FX4

Yeah, I was the same way. I was looking around like, "I bet this would look good plastidipped, oh this too!" But yeah the good thing is that you can always just peel it off!!

Eco-BEAST 28

Hope this can help some people out. My electrical knowledge is about as expansive as installing some speakers, so almost none. ALL my LED conversion bulbs are from forum member Jon_To. Best prices I've seen for the highest quality bulbs. Also i placed my order on Monday and got everything on Friday morning. Please check out his thread and PM him for a quote.

Here is what i like to call the Hangover 3 (because without these 3 things you will end up working all night and not feeling so hot the next day)

Tools: Small pry bar, i plasti dipped one side of mine
LED Bulbs from Jon_To
Small amount of electrical tape

Time: 25 minutes
Beer Scale: 2 Beers Time

Tips: UNPLUG YOUR BATTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Install:
Incase you missed the above notes UNPLUG YOUR BATTERY!!!!
Now we can move forward amicably. Thanks to Jon_To and his vendors this install is about as straight forward as it gets. Grab the edge of the lights from the FRONT (closest to the engine) for both the Map and Dome lights. Be sure to use caution when doing so and use common sense. If you feel like you have hit a snag then stop, find a different angle and see if you can fit the pry bar in the trouble spot. Take a look at the pictures i have attached with this and you can find out where the pry points will be that have clips on them. I chose on my own to completely remove the housing holding the controls for the lights and the moon roof. It helped me to be able to move things around freely. You could honestly complete this without taking out the whole housing and just taking off the metal reflectors Ford attempted to use in an effort to make their crappy bulbs seem to have decent light output. While you might not believe me now, just wait till you see the stupid bright output on these lights.