my 98 stepside

[AirmanSkee]

LOVE the GMC grill blacked out like that.

Also digging the hydro. I wanna get some stuff done but it's too damn expensive up here in Alaska

 

[aaronb]

thanks , the first time my cousin saw it after the swap , he's a star wars geek,he said was vader.
he has a 04 gmc duramax,that the plates say young jedi.
when I go to the shop I just take in a 30 pack of corona and usually dip what I want.
he also painted the grill.

 

[AirmanSkee]

haha Vader would be a sweet plate for yours. I definitely see it!!

I wanna get a motorcycle helmet dipped but dont wanna spend the 300$ they want for it up here. haha

 

[aaronb]

I don't know, the wife wants money pit on the plates.
as for dipping,does that include paint work to?
my friend did carbon fiber film on some wheels for $600.00 and that included 3 coats of clear and any touch up.
here's a 18" subwoofer basket I helped on. dipped it, shot some candy and 2 coats of clear.

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also some stripper camo on a dash bezel.

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[AirmanSkee]

Nope. I have to clean and prepare it, they dip it. I can get clear and such but it costs more. Those all look awesome. I would dip alot of stuff if I could get to a place.

 

[aaronb]

damn, they want to do all the prep work,and paint.so whoever has it done,cant come back at them and say they messed it up or it looks like crap.
I wonder what shipping would cost from Alaska to Nevada? they get stuff shipped in from all over. their big thing is Harley's,and guns.they also have
pretty much mastered the art of plasti dipping vehicles. the way they do it, it comes out smooth like a flat paint job. there were talks of two toning my
truck, lime green and black.

 

[AirmanSkee]

That would look sick. I love flat paint jobs, and have done 2 plastidip jobs on trucks. Turned out awesome.

And I've looked into it. I am thinking of just getting back into airbrushing again and doing it myself.

 

[aaronb]

I've learned a lot by going over to the shop and watch them work. i've been slowly learning,they'll let me get stuff in primer for them.
I tried painting the grill but ran the paint,so I had to sand it all back down and let the pro do it.

 

[aaronb]

ok,lets get this somewhat up to date.
headers have been on for a while. Doug Thorley tri-y's, I picked these up for $300.00 off the demo rack at summit racing.

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looking up at the passenger side, looks like I might I have an issue with the shackle, the collectors angle in thankfully. didn't have a clearance issue.

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used the 2.5" downpipes that came with them, used a universal dual 2.5" in, single 3" out magnaflow y-pipe to connect the two sides. then a magnaflow high flow cat,and a small section of
3" pipe into a 14" magnaflow muffler dumped right after the cab.

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surprisingly there is no drone. the headers woke up the truck, I could actually chirp the old 39.5's.

 

[aaronb]

I cant find the pictures of the center console subwoofer encloser,so i'll to get those later.
I got good news and bad news today. the tires showed up at discount tires this morning.
the wheels showed up on Tuesday.so I get a call about 11 today,letting me know they got 2
of the tires mounted and that 2 of the wheels were damaged during shipping. now i'm thinking
to myself,if the wheels showed up Tuesday.that they would open up the package's and check for
damage. so now im told Monday the replacement wheels should be here.
so I went and picked up the 2 mounted and balanced tires,and mounted them to the truck.
the wheels, 20x12 moto metal 962's,the rubber 40x15.5x20 nitto mud grapplers.

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nice 5+" lip.

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the rubber

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mounted on the truck

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these look like pizza cutters compared to the old pitbulls.

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