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Removed the center cowling, end caps and windscreen wipers and gave them all 3 coats of Krylon Fusion Satin Black spray paint. Looks so much better as they were all tired from the sun. The rubber on the end caps where the hood hinges slide through are a bit gummy and I cut the jagged edges straight and reinstalled them. New units are about $52 apiece. I’m all for new, but all the clips on my existing units are in perfect condition and there is no antenna hole (NBS Esky end cowl covers), so I guess I will rock these for a bit longer until the rubber just gets too bad and maybe replace them at that point. I’m the only one that is going to notice that rubber bit anyways, even if I cut it all the way out. But good for right now.
Before and tired.
I removed and painted the following parts:
1. both fender braces
2. the single brace bar above the spare battery tray on the drivers side
3. the hood latch release
All got fresh coats of Krylon. Hood hinge is painted in this picture.
I added a little JB Weld plastic epoxy to a dash crack by the drivers side A pillar. I did this to the center speaker and passenger air bag cracks a few years ago, to keep them together. The wife asked me if I could replace the dash. I told her about the 1000’s of issues/complaints in this model and the dash, the effort to get a new one installed and likelihood it would do that same thing again given the history of that part. I also explained the dash cap and Dash Mat options. That dash is just a mess. Probably the weakest part of the truck in terms of quality control for a fit and finish part. So many cracks you can't see from the male or female side of the clips that just vibrate and in turn crack some more. Grrrr…. Just have to live with it for now.
There were some white marks on both of the side mirrors. Not sure where they came from, but maybe on the hauler coming across the country? Took some 400grit and very lightly fine sanded the marks off. I might tape off and paint or just use some of the Cerakote Ceramic trim coat. I was going to coat the cowling parts, but opted to paint them like I did on the NBS rear bumper trim.
Even though I never use the cargo tie down loops, I gave them a thorough cleaning and WD40 hit to loosen them up. They could use a little paint touch up, but will need to artist brush that on.
Before and tired.
I removed and painted the following parts:
1. both fender braces
2. the single brace bar above the spare battery tray on the drivers side
3. the hood latch release
All got fresh coats of Krylon. Hood hinge is painted in this picture.
I added a little JB Weld plastic epoxy to a dash crack by the drivers side A pillar. I did this to the center speaker and passenger air bag cracks a few years ago, to keep them together. The wife asked me if I could replace the dash. I told her about the 1000’s of issues/complaints in this model and the dash, the effort to get a new one installed and likelihood it would do that same thing again given the history of that part. I also explained the dash cap and Dash Mat options. That dash is just a mess. Probably the weakest part of the truck in terms of quality control for a fit and finish part. So many cracks you can't see from the male or female side of the clips that just vibrate and in turn crack some more. Grrrr…. Just have to live with it for now.
There were some white marks on both of the side mirrors. Not sure where they came from, but maybe on the hauler coming across the country? Took some 400grit and very lightly fine sanded the marks off. I might tape off and paint or just use some of the Cerakote Ceramic trim coat. I was going to coat the cowling parts, but opted to paint them like I did on the NBS rear bumper trim.
Even though I never use the cargo tie down loops, I gave them a thorough cleaning and WD40 hit to loosen them up. They could use a little paint touch up, but will need to artist brush that on.
Front plates are so useless IMO.
