I finished painting my truck! *pics*

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Ok i finished my paint job today! I was waiting for my headlights to come in. I modded them too but they still dont fit perfect. lol but oh well. I am buffing my truck now. But i decided to bring it out and take some pictures with a real camera instead of my camera phone.

My teacher said my truck has to be the best paint job that has came out of my High School Autobody class.

So my over all things i did was

1. Shaved emblems

2. Shaved antenna

3. Painted Dodge Viper Red *PRN*

4. Added 1 piece headlights

5. Molded in roll pan

6. Candied upper reverse light

Here is before:

Here is after:

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[porksoda 10+ year member]

Just to let ya know this is my first paint job and I actually did pretty good. My teacher gave me a 100% on it lol.

Thanks alot of looking at my pictures! Thanks for all the help from everyone who helped me though this!

 

[Idealrealist 10+ year member]

Your bumper looks crooked in the 2nd after pic.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

since when did candied become a word

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

sooo bright!

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Your bumper looks crooked in the 2nd after pic.

I just installed the headlights and i had to loosen that side of the bumper to make the headlights fit in the area

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

since when did candied become a word

I dont think it would be Candyed? So i think i am right. lol

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

looks the same to me.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

looks the same to me.

x2

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

What headlights did you get, 1 piece, or 2 piece? (and where'd you get em from)

Did you have any gapping issues towards the back? I have a Durango, and my headlights and fogs are going to shit.. I need to replace them this summer.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

What headlights did you get, 1 piece, or 2 piece? (and where'd you get em from)
Did you have any gapping issues towards the back? I have a Durango, and my headlights and fogs are going to shit.. I need to replace them this summer.

I have a Durango too!

As far as lights, those are 1 piece that he has. You can find them on ebay.

Here is what he has:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998...

Here are some other options for 1 piece:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98...

As far as foglights go, I just got some Hella Optilux 2500's which can also be found on ebay.

Check out my sound domain page for more pics and ideas for your durango! (link in sig)

Also, check out dodgetalk.com, forums for us Dodge owners, here is the Durango 1st gen forum:

http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=186

Also, to OP, looks very good man, good job.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

i did the same thing with my trailblazer! looks hot.

 

[cheapo 10+ year member]

looks the same to me.

I thought that at first until I really looked. Painted the black on the front bumper, the black on the mirrors, removed rear bumper, removed emblems, shaved antenna, and obvoiusly the headlights.

I probably overlooked a thing or 2 but I'm human. It looks real good man, I wanted to paint my car in my high school auto body class but my teacher sucked ***. I was too busy to do anything for myself since I always had to help him b/c I was the best in the class. Its a positive and a negative I guess.

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

Are you going to wetsand? Or did you already?

What kind of paint/process did you use?

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

I am buffing my truck now.

Are you going to wetsand? Or did you already?

I think he's wetsanding it now.

Looks great man.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif