College Kids Construction

Welcome!



This will be a very slow build, being that I am a college student and don't have the funds to do the big things some people can do. This is more for me to keep track of my own mods, rather than show off what I did to the fine members of TW.

Exterior:
15% Tint
Cooper Discoverer 270/75r17
XD Revolver wheels 17''


Performance/Maintenance:
Thrush Turbo Muffler
Gatorback Poly-V Belt


Suspension:
2'' Front Spacer on Bilstein Shocks
1" Block Spacer on Rear


Interior:
Pioneer DEH Series Headunit
Pioneer 10'' TS Series Sub Woofer
Pioneer GM Series 2 Channel Amp Bridged


The Week that I brought it home
11/16/14




Wouldn't pass inspection because of a rusted out muffler, so i bought a Thrush Turbo Muffler
11/20/14



My belt was wining when cold so i replaced it with the Goodyear Gatorback and now it's as quiet as a mouse
11/23/14


Poser shot



Full 8 hr. detail done with buff, wax, and turtle wax on top. Looks like new!
11/28/14




Put on some 15% tint. Changed the look so much.
12/1/14



Hate MD salt...




Put on some lights for X-Mas



Lower valence done
12/7/14



5/23/15

The inside door sills were getting worn out and the paint was rubbing off, so I decided to bed line it. Turned out pretty good. Hopefully it'll stay on.








5/1/15

I'm also going to sand down my bumper and repaint it to fix the rust. Hopefully it'll turn out good. If not, All-Pro high clearance here I come












6/6/15

Started sanding down the rust on the bumper. It's gonna take some time..


Here's the lights installed cdj1!




And i also finished painting all my interior trim today





...More to come

 

Looks good man! Tint is one of the things I need to do, just haven't gotten around to it yet lol

Oh, and btw your garage is really damn clean. I'd love to have that much space.

 

Truck looks good . That's a good start

 

It's the father-in-laws....one day I'll have a $50k garage

 

It'd be nice.. Haha truck looks good though!

 

Where dem lights at?

 

Should look like this when you are done. I did this install for a guy that let me use his truck to measure the led strips I sent you at Christmas.

 

Nice truck bro.

 

The trim pieces look good! What did you use? I've been thinking about ordering one of those diy hydro dip kits from mydipkit.com and doing some carbon fiber print on mine to clean it all up. For the time being, I just used plasti dip to replicate carbon fiber on my trim pieces.

 

I just used some primer, then put a few coats of Krylon Fusion over the primer, then took some metallic silver spray paint and sprayed it into a cup and splashed it over what I was painting. Finally I took some spray clear enamel and put about 3 coats of clear on. I'm happy with the way it turned out!

 

Paint looks cool, like to see stuff thats different. What part of MD are you from?

 

Frostburg area. Very far West

 

Right on, man. Looks good.

 

Getting the rear bumper done, slowly. I sandblasted the bumper to get rid of the rust. I have 4 coats of primer over some body putty to hide the dimples from where the rust was. Getting the final primer sanded down tomorrow and prep it for paint!

 

Did you just tint the driver and passenger windows at 15%? Love your interior paint mod. Might have to give that a go. How's the enamel clear coat holding up?

 

I tinted the driver and passenger doors at 15% then tinted the access doors with 35%. The access doors were too light without putting that extra shade on.

The enamel is holding up just fine. The cup holders see the most abuse and it has yet to chip

 

Got the bumper painted, just need to assemble it and put it back on