honestly?... i pulled it off and the fawkers at the jeep plant put it on too early... so the paint is less than satisfactory under there.
it's also going to be a major bitch to "black out" that badge, and i refuse to just paint it like a goofball... so for now, she stays.
My buddies are pushing HARD to have me replace it with a blacked out decepticons badge. only problem is.... i know im a geek... but not many others do!
relwarc - did you do your headlights yourself? looks like you did them exactly how i want to do mine with the amber reflector unpainted...do you have any side shots of your headlights?
they arent perfect, when i opened them up, they developed these wierd (and identical) stress cracks in the bottom corner... and the tape job was good, but the paint didnt like the chrome. When i do it again ima just paint the entire blinker reflector.
Keep it going guys! I am in the process of getting a 2008 wk laredo 4.7L "X Package" and after the winter I am going to get the 22" srt8 reps and black it out. I wanted to know if anyone else had the same one I was looking to make mine look like.
Yea another thing I don't know about the chrome sidings mine doesn't come with it but i feel like I might want to put it on so once it's blacked out it has one chrome thing to add to it? any thoughts?
Here is mine as of this morning. I just installed the head lights and tail lights after I did some painting on them. The headlights were a major PITA to get open but the result is defiantly worth all of the effort. Next I'm going to debadge and then paint the pockets of the wheels, but since I live in an apartment, I have to do them one at a time while driving on the spare. I'll have a funny looking jeep for a couple of weeks.
Here is mine as of this morning. I just installed the head lights and tail lights after I did some painting on them. The headlights were a major PITA to get open but the result is defiantly worth all of the effort. Next I'm going to debadge and then paint the pockets of the wheels, but since I live in an apartment, I have to do them one at a time while driving on the spare. I'll have a funny looking jeep for a couple of weeks.
Here is mine as of this morning. I just installed the head lights and tail lights after I did some painting on them. The headlights were a major PITA to get open but the result is defiantly worth all of the effort. Next I'm going to debadge and then paint the pockets of the wheels, but since I live in an apartment, I have to do them one at a time while driving on the spare. I'll have a funny looking jeep for a couple of weeks.
I'm liking the lights. I've opened up the lights on a car before to paint and they are a pita. Idk if I'm ready to do that to the jeep though. I'm not trying to foot the bill right now for new lights if I mess up. I had to do the same with my wheels just because I didn't have the time to do them all at once. I started off with the spare so I would have a matching spare and so after the first wheel was done I'd have atleast 2 matching wheels on the vehicle. Just sux our spares are under the jeeps because unless you take it off and rinse it when you wash it, all that dirt and grime and sand and salt (in my area) sit on there and dine on your paint job. In retrospect, you should do extra coats of clear coat on your spare to protect it while its chilling up under the vehicle