Weekend project: Blackened!

[05ST]

So Last weekend I painted my bumpers and side cladding (as a lot of you have). Can not be happier with the result! Completely changes the look. I also found a set of oem running boards as mine did not have them when I bought it, cleaned 'em up and sprayed them as well. The tail lights I tinted a couple months ago with spray tint. All in all, VERY pleased!

 

[ncranchero]

Looks good! I'm going to send this in a link to BXTF, also a NYer. He will love it as his Trac is black also.

 

[05ST]

Looks good! I'm going to send this in a link to BXTF, also a NYer. He will love it as his Trac is black also.

Thanks!

Do you know what part of NY he lives in?

 

[Markek]

Really like the painted bumpers and cladding. Never was fond of the stock grey look. Never looks like it's clean to me.

How and what did you paint it with?

 

[ncranchero]

Thanks!

Do you know what part of NY he lives in?

Tuckahoe IIRC

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Yep Tuckahoe.

Markek, if you type in "Wahoo, no more nasty grey bumpers and cladding", I did a write-up on how to do it as well as Lono100. Prep is the key to doing this project. I'll post up links when I get home later.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Here's the link to mine.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322733&highlight=wahoo

 

[upther]

Painting the bumpers and removing the cladding was the best thing I ever did to my Trac.

If you're going to do it, I'd suggest to stay away from Plasti-Dip. It's appealing because it's so cheap, but it didn't hold up for me. I found that it stained pretty easy.

 

[05ST]

How and what did you paint it with?

I read various threads on this site and got ideas from the awesome members here! Rebel, yours was one of them...

I did not want to mess with removing anything, so I taped it all off using blue painters tape and plastic drop cloths. Easy and worked great. Then I scrubbed and cleaned (very well) the areas to be painted with acetone. Did 4 thin coats all around with krylon fusion gloss black.