Agatha's Build Thread.

[WhiteRam]

Putting on my new sticker tomorrow

 

[katokahn99]

Agatha is coming along nicely! I love what you have done and have planned.
I wish I could have gotten a long bed with my MC.
You are sooo right, the backup camera is a huge help with parking!
Sub'd to live the mod life vicariously through you!

 

[WhiteRam]

If I had the funds, I would've gotten a MC and done the long bed conversion

Thanks man!

Here's a pic with the stickers on

 

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[kcbigbadram]

love the new bumpers! what did you do to prep them? im wanting to do the same

 

[rwalk]

I am also interested in how you did the bumpers, it looks great!

 

[WhiteRam]

Thanks guys!

The grille:
It was painted black by a dealer body shop (a painter owed me a big favor)

The grille inserts:
2 coats of dark slate gray
No clear

The ram head:
2 coats of dark slate gray
No clear

The front bumper:

Cleaned it up with Acetone and a scotch bright pad to clean it up.

600 grit sandpaper to scuff it up until it's dull (I'd suggest to use 200 grit).

3 coats of self etching primer.

400 grit sandpaper (LIGHTLY till it's a smooth)

Clean it up using compressed air to get the dust off.

3 coats of black
[the front bumper takes so much paint for each coat, seriously]
^light coat of adhesion promoter between the first 2 coats.^

5 coats of clear.

 

[TexasRammer]

holy **** that looks sick!

 

[rwalk]

Thanks for the info, what kind of paint did you use and how well does it match the color of the truck?

 

[WhiteRam]

You bet man.

The paint is a perfect match. Just find out the paint code for your truck and go to a paint store.
Tell them your code and have them mix it for you into aerosol cans.

 

[WhiteRam]

I'm doing the rear bumper now.

 

[WhiteExpress]

Brave, painting black outside! Front end looks SUPER mean all color matched!

 

[WhiteRam]

Brave, painting black outside! Front end looks SUPER mean all color matched!

Thanks man! I agree!

Yeah I'm doing the rear bumper outside, the paint fumes from the front end started creeping in the house to the wife, 3yr old, and 1mo old.
I had both garage doors open and 2 fans going to push the fumes out but they didn't help at all.

I'll take a messed up rear bumper over damaging my girls lungs any day hahaha.

 

[argray90]

Just bookmarked your build page so I can do my chrome bumpers properly this fall.

 

[WhiteRam]

You're too kind sir! I wish I had a proper video camera so I could have made this a how-to

 

[HEMIBjörn]

That's a beaut. Don't like crew cabs, but do like crew long beds. Sick all blacked out. Badass!

 

[MikeLtheDJ]

The headlights look awesome. Very nice job with the whole project.

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[WhiteRam]

Rear is done!