What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Emblem overlays from Amazon. $30 and they look decent. Hopefully they will hold up.

 

LOL - I started to ask you why you only did half. Looks great!! What paint did you use? Nice photo chop BTW

 

Haha! It’s Duplicolor Satin black wheel paint. I’ve used it before back when I had a Jeep; it’s easy to use and holds up super well.

 

Before -


After

 

Today after work AND effing with a Keihin cvk 34 carb attached to this




I thought it would be a fine time to.....

wash,
clay bar,
apply ceramic coat,
and then of course buff out my truck.

That’s a fair amount of time an effort but it looks great...my hope is that it will help keep it clean and of course protect it.....time will tell and I think correctly applying it will direcly impact how long it will bead water and protect.

I used

$35 Meguiar's G190532SP Meguiar's Hybrid Ceramic Wax, Spray Car Wax with Advanced SiO2 Hybrid Technology - 32 Oz Spray Bottle

Meguiar's G190532SP Hybrid Ceramic Wax just because.... I have no idea...probably Amazon reviews or maybe I like the color of the bottle, I am not always logical or rational.

 

That looks really good. Did you put clear on them too?

 

nope just two coats of the satin, if it gets scratched up it’ll be easy to touch up.

 

Clutch on the compressor go out? Mine went out awhile ago (replaced under warranty) it was the ground wire on the clutch that corroded and lost connection causing it to stop working. I covered the new clutch wires with grease to keep them from breaking down again.

 

Installed the magnaflow overland series exhaust. LOVE IT.

 

Pretty close to what I'm doing on a similar truck. Hopefully I can get away from hammering and cutting but I don't expect to be that lucky. Nice to see an example of what I have to look forward to. Nice truck man.

 

Finally got time to post this.

 

True. Additionally, while following a chrome bumper truck on the trails yesterday, it looks like he's in reverse when the sun hits it. Can be slightly unnerving at times.

 

Had a nice night out in the Mendocino National Forest.

 

It's Xtrek. @watkins303 is your guy to get one.

 

Picked up a set of trail editions

 

Finally got the rear shocks on to match the front

 

Got a pressure washer. Gave her an evening bath.

 

Got the rear bumper painted and installed

 

'roo guards" down under.

Deer are a constant hazard in these parts. I'm not sure the bars wouldn't just add to the damaged part count. Hoves through the windscreen are the killer

 

There's literally no protection right square in the middle where anything would go if you were to hit it