CCr's picture progress thread

[CCr]

CCr's Explorer picture progress thread

As I modify I will try to keep this updated. I just realized I'm missing a few pics. I'm trying to take pics in the exact same spot to show what happens and I will include others as I go.

The beginning

3 inch body lift, pin stripe removed, door mouldings removed.

 

[CCr]

my first time "offroading" climbing a hill in moms backyard stock. check out that squat.

freshly detailed with the sun going down (ground is uneven)

 

[CCr]

flexing the ol muscles in the ditch

 

[beenwrong2002]

eeek new tires!

 

[Charlie]

eeek new tires!

That's what I was going to suggest

Those ones look T-I-N-Y!

 

[beenwrong2002]

That's what I was going to suggest

Those ones look T-I-N-Y!

i waited to lift mine untill i had enough money for tires and the lift, but to each his own

 

[CCr]

they are new tires and rims/tires are of course on the list.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

looks good so far

 

[CCr]

just sprayed rubberized undercoating on the door panels below the body line, the chrome and plastic behind the back tires and the front and rear bumpers. pics hopefully tomorrow.

 

[Donner]

Will be waiting... How'd you spray that way?? Or should I wait for the pics?

 

[CCr]

Will be waiting... How'd you spray that way?? Or should I wait for the pics?

just taped off where I wanted it to start on the doors, the bumpers I just went to town on. all I did was clean the paint and chrome and scuff it a little with a dishwashing sponge. I'll have to wait and see if I need to touch it up or not. I did do this in mostly dark and only lights from the rig which are dim.

 

[Donner]

Have you tried chip guard? Whooooooo! It's smells so toxic, I had to stop using it right away...

 

[CCr]

sprayed some **** in my mustang years back, this is just NAPA/Permatex heavy duty rubberized undercoating.

 

[Donner]

I'll check out the pics and look for it.... thanks!

 

[CCr]

k, for a review I'd like to mention that it says nothing for curing time, or prep. I would not use this product again. I used 3 cans for even coverage and as you can see it has a goofy color look to it. I beleive the catalyst comes out as tan and the undercoating as black. it seems to come off with just a little rubbing of a finger but I'll let it set for a few days. it may come off at the car wash at this point. a much better choice would be roll on bedliner for even coverage and even color. Iwill do that if this doesn't stay well. I do like the flat black look tho.

 

[Jd0gg919]

The plastic on the bumpers doesn't look good at all IMO. Everything else isn't to bad theres just a little to much contrast between the flat and gloss black for my liking.

And you should probably get some brackets made to lift the bumpers up too. Theres a template around here for them somewhere.

 

[Donner]

Before it dries, you should take it off but leave a small area somewhere to see what it looks like when it dries. Don't sweat it, you'll get it right...

 

[CCr]

The plastic on the bumpers doesn't look good at all IMO. Everything else isn't to bad theres just a little to much contrast between the flat and gloss black for my liking.

And you should probably get some brackets made to lift the bumpers up too. Theres a template around here for them somewhere.

front bumper is lifted, rear bumper is not. solution? custom bumpers as soon as I get to SD. I didn't to the rear plastic with undercoating, not sure why.........

as of that pictures it was dry, but meh, paint thinner will take it off

 

[Donner]

3M makes an adhesive remover in a blue can. I use it to undo things like, oh, red paint that was accidentally sprayed... it can take off emblems too, but won't harm your oem paint...

 

[CCr]

haha, thanks for the heads up! oh yeah and I had a fear of losing the x completely tonight. I was driving down the road and I see things glowing red behind me, they got brighter as I hit the brakes. I figured, must just be grasshoppers or other bugs. then I see this weird glow each time I come across a stripe in the road. I start to wonder, but nothing really clicks. I stop at the bar as I was gonna pick up some beer since we are pulling all the pipe outta the hole and I don't have to work anymore (bars closed no one there). I look down and the weird glow is still there so I jump out and look under the x, sure as **** there is some grass burning on my catalytic converter. I haul ass a few blocks to a guy I knows house only to find no lights on, I hop out to look for a hose, find none, turn around and see no glow, go back and look. the fire is out. thank god. that was my scare for the night