Southern Pride's Official Build Thread

[Southern Pride]

Alright guys I have a new update. Within the next 24 hours I will no longer have moldings on the truck. I will be de-molding it, and then plasti dipping my rocker panels from where the top of the molding is now - down.....Heading to pick some up! Wish me luck! I'll probably start the de molding process when I get back home so I'll update how bad it looks underneath and then of course the finish product with the plasti dip'd rockers!

 

[Southern Pride]

Driver side moldings are removed and is completely plasti-dipped but it got dark on me when I removed my tape and had it fully dried. I put the huge spotlight on it and it looks grey? Not sure if it's just the lighting or what. Every video I've seen it looks pretty darn black? I dunno whether to drive it somewhere with better lighting or what.

 

[dirtyhick42]

Drive somewhere with better lighting. You could also get a picture or 2 while your there.

 

[TylerZ281500]

howd you remove all the moldings that fast? do tell your secrets

 

[dirtyhick42]

howd you remove all the moldings that fast? do tell your secrets

Run fishing line behind it, not hard.

 

[TylerZ281500]

ok thats what i do do

 

[Southern Pride]

Daylight shot right as soon as I started on the driver's side. You can tell it has a bit of a grey tint.

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10 minutes ago the passenger: You'll see the grey look I'm talking about

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Also I didn't use anything special for removing my molding except my thumbs. I have ahuge blister on my left thumb haha but luckily the adhesive tape wasn't too bad. I think since I had removed the original factory moldings and put these on years ago, it just didn't stick as good or something.

I'm going to finish this passenger side and then in a little bit drive somewhere where the lighting is better. I think something about the direct light at night gives it that grey look...I HOPE!!! I'll be ripping this **** off first thing if it looks grey in the daylight, sanding it down, and really painting it flat black.

Even if it doesn't come out all perfect I don't care. My moldings are off and that's all that matters to me. Couldn't stand those things. I'm sure within 6-12 months I'll be actually painting the rockers, but for now this seems to be working great.

I had a couple good sized paint chips under the molding and this does hide them a good bit but they are still noticeable upon close examination

 

[TylerZ281500]

have you already taken the tape off, because im wondering if it will come off clean or do you need to gently take a razor blade at it

 

[Southern Pride]

Yeap I just took everything off it's done. People do say to take a razor blade to the tape but I wasn't sure of what technique they were talking about so I just gently removed it and it came away clean. I went down to the church where I got some light and the grey sort of went away not like before with that direct light. I won't know for sure until I see it tomorrow in the light, but here's some pics for now. I've been waiting a decade to be de-molded and the time has come.

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[Vigh_J]

Looks good... has me contemplating