19 owns you (gonna be in truckin too!) worklog!

[draft]

No way jose, yours are tinted, those have the amber part painted red. LOL

No, those are Matt's tails, the one he's making the huge ported box for. Look a page or two back when he posted his truck before going in for the paint and rollpan done. The amber is red.

EDIT: Exhibit A -> http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=942582&postcount=144

 

[BBQ_HotDogs]

I'm always wrong. I should have known. LOL. Anyway, when are ya doing mine? LOL

 

[brandonloserkid]

what paint did you use? or should i just mail my tails to ya? lol

 

[draft]

I'm pretty sure just some Testor's Candy Apple spray paint from a hobby store will do the job. Whether he used that or not, same results.

 

[mknott4]

its mike not matt and yea my tails are the ones that are tinted with vht nightshades i guess its personal opinion which you like better red tint or black i personally like black especially now that i have my wheels on somehow they look good together... also i think drew dyed his yellow lens red not painted it

 

[draft]

Sorry Mike.

 

[expo5.0]

nah, i just used the testor's paint that i got at walmart. i have about 3 cans in my garage.

i know a lot of other people have done it before with mixed results. IF you do a good job of taping it off and a GREAT job of doing the right number of very thin coats AND prepare the tails very carefully it will come out good as stock. If you fail in any of those things all hell will break loose when it rains or something (i've seen it many times)

 

[expo5.0]

oh, i'll do em whenever anyone wants to send em. charge you like $15

 

[brandonloserkid]

I wasnt sure if you used testors or the japanese spray. I think I will do mine tomorrow. What kinds of solvents did you use to clean the tail lights. Also what other preparation did you use. You think that painters tape will be sufficient for taping it off?

also which testors paint did you use?

 

[draft]

Yes, any masking tape will do. When I smoked my tails with the Japanese stuff, I just used packaging tape to razor around my white area (obviously you just need to tape off the top amber).

I suppose just a nice warm soap/water cleansing will get most of the rubbish off. Might also want some degreaser.. other than that you should be fine.

 

[expo5.0]

just got back from the fabric store- got some black suede. I will be covering the front and rear of my box with it (the top is glass and painted), my center console lids, and the perforated parts on the doors.

so now i can say i have a CLAIBORNE custom suede/fiberglass interior lol

 

[Hartman]

Don't you hate it when you have to go to the fabric store for supplies? All the middle aged women that shop there look at me funny when I go get fleece.

 

[BBQ_HotDogs]

It will be interesting to me to see how your doors and console lid turn out. Make sure to take plenty of pictures. Also I amy be taking you up on that tailight gig. How long will it take to do it? If I 2nd day shipped them to you, how soon would I get them back?

 

[expo5.0]

this suede is fricking sweet! i don't care where i had to go to get it. too bad it was $20 a yard.

i can turn them around in 2-3 days max for the tail lights.

 

[hydroxy]

did you get the stretchy kind of suede?

 

[BBQ_HotDogs]

What color of suede is it?

 

[Hartman]

just got back from the fabric store- got some black suede.

C'mon now!

 

[BBQ_HotDogs]

LOL, hey when you get old, tell me you can still read. ROFL

 

[expo5.0]

it is absolutely not stretchy, i'm talking about real suede.

 

[expo5.0]

update- teaser of the truck a little closer to being ready for paint.