Getting rid of the Chrome

[mcdozendriver]

Had a few hours free today, so I started getting rid of the chrome on the Wagon.













Now, I have to decide what color to go with for the Bumper, Gunmetal or Black. Thoughts?

[ramit99]

I was thinking of doing same thing. Whats involved in prep work?

[Numbnuts]

Looks great. I'd go gunmetal on the bumper but that JMHO

[mcdozendriver]

Prep work is minimal. A good cleaning and you're ready to spray. Put down around 6 light coats allowing 5-10 minutes of dry time between each spray. Waited about 2 hours after the final coat to reassemble. Pretty happy with the result. I will attack the bumper today or tomorrow.

[2011TXPowerWagon]

Looks good. Been wanting to do the same to mine but where yours is black paint mine red and black on the chrome. If I were doing it, I would do black on the bumper.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Looks good. I did my bumpers and grill in black Line- X because I was tired of the chrome. I think for your truck either black or gunmetal would look sweet on the bumper.

[mcdozendriver]

Finished the front bumper this afternoon. Went with the gunmetal. I will live with it for a bit and see how I feel. If I don't like if after that, I will just peel it off.

[leo72987]

Finished the front bumper this afternoon. Went with the gunmetal. I will live with it for a bit and see how I feel. If I don't like if after that, I will just peel it off.

Sexy

[Numbnuts]

+1

[04Ram2500Hemi]

We need more of an angled picture so we can see how the whole color scheme flows together. That being said- I like it!

[mcdozendriver]

Will snap a few in the morning.

[adeluca73]

Looks great, nice work!

[mcdozendriver]

Overcast day, so not the best pictures.





From a distance is looks gorgeous.

[mcdozendriver]

The weather cleared up and I was bored. Went exploring on an "Easy" trail (according to the internet).







Ended up getting off the trail and on a glorified goat path. The big pig did really well getting through a couple extremely tight and technical ravines. Ended up getting stopped on a 60degree loose shale slope. I tried it twice, all locked up, but just dug in. The sun was setting and I was alone, so I cut my loses and backed my way to the only turn around point.

The truck now has pin striping on every body panel and I am missing a wheel cover. The Plastidip held up pretty well to the abuse of pushing desert brush out of the way.


Mid Wash




Just need to respray a few more coats and it will be good as new.

[Mr.Smith]

Hell yea, using it's the best part! Well done Sir!

[Will]

I'm glad you did gun metal, now I know what mine would look like with it. I'm pushed a couple of trees with mine and have a few scuff marks but a simple touch up and it's ready to go again. If you want to do your wheels, a simple trick I found is stick playing cards between the wheel and rubber. http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... 3&start=25

[04Ram2500Hemi]

The bumper and the grill turned out great! Hopefully with a little elbow grease the new pin striping will buff out too. If not, you've added a little character to your truck.

[05PWrockcrawler]

Damn I want a grill like that all blacked out! I got a damn chrome grill with custom billet grill.


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[old sole mopar]

Scratches? That's rocky Mountain pinstripes.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Scratches? That's rocky Mountain pinstripes.

LOL- that's a great term for scratches. I'm going to use that instead of calling them "Character Marks."

[MSCH2112]

It's 'Nevada Pinstripes' here... i swear sagebrush is worse than pine trees.

Mike