05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[05Single]

They use a lot of Braille parking in our city, pull forward till you hit the car in front, back up till you hit the one behind you. Some areas of the city, everybody's bumpers are missing half the paint.

Oh you meant like that lol. Yea you forget I lived next door to you in WA. I always found parking garages for my rides. I never parked on the street for that reason. And worse of all its accepted there, like I would snap on someone using my ride for braille parking lol

 

[Rocket Man]

Oh you meant like that lol. Yea you forget I lived next door to you in WA. I always found parking garages for my rides. I never parked on the street for that reason. And worse of all its accepted there, like I would snap on someone using my ride for braille parking lol

Yep I never park on the street in those areas. I could never live in one of those neighborhoods where you have to park blocks from your home and come back to find your ride all dinged up. They keep putting in apartment complexes with zero parking. Suckers.

 

[05Single]

Your posting so much I can’t keep up lol, applique’s look good cm’d, denali bumper looks good, might as well just scuff up the shit out of that damn front chrome bumper and self etching, adhesion promoter and cm that *****.

Yea I'm on a roll with paint lately. So ittl be very soon. Plastidip phase is over. I'm thinking at least the hd grille bar colormatched. Try and search for matching vinyl for the chrome bumper. I really don't wanna try and paint it, im 0-1 for painting chrome

 

[05Single]

Picked out the color. Who knew there were 6 variances of indigo blue.

Professionally mixed paint and clear. Was gonna use a single stage (base+clear in 1 can) but I knew it wouldn't be as nice as the rest of the paint since I did the paint correction a few months back. First time using the infamous 2k clear and let me tell you this stuff is amazing.

Handy dandy tack cloth, never paint without it.

Scuffed with red scotch bright and shot the base. 1st light coat then 2 heavy coats.

 

[05Single]

Base finished. Thought at first they forgot the metallic flake.

Next was clear. 2 coats. Then I saw the metallic flake and was mesmerized. First time laying down a metallic paint job.
Slight orange peel but still lays down pretty damn good for a rattle can. You can leave as is and it'll match most factory paint jobs or you can wet sand with 2000 then polish for a mirror finish. I left the bumper as is and wet sanded the appliques because they're eye level.
Major win and redemption from when I first tried to paint these

 

[MadDogDelpho]

Bitchin. Looks good man

 

[kwOH]

Any plans for esky handles......?

 

[05Single]

Some more paint ****.


I need a gun @Sevenevez

 

[05Single]

Any plans for esky handles......?

Ive thought about it. I'm trying to get rid of chrome. Although they would look killer against this blue I just prefer colormatch on mine.

Bitchin. Looks good man

thanks broski

 

[kwOH]

Ive thought about it. I'm trying to get rid of chrome. Although they would look killer against this blue I just prefer colormatch on mine.

thanks broski

Cm the surround of the HD grille, leave the bar chrome, with the wheels and esky rack and the handles which also would have a cm’d surround and chrome pulls, jackpot winner winner. Just subtle touches of chrome. I remember seeing NBS chrome tow hooks too in LMC catalog, I was going to get them.

And all your paint looks great, and I’m def not an expert, but I have heard its better to spray rattle can vertically instead of horizontally, don’t know if it makes a difference.