My Silver/Magnetic Gray build

The trim is done with Plasti-Dip. You can do a search and will find lots of posts about it. Some love it, some hate it. It worked for me on the trim.

 

Subb! Wish my engine looked that clean!

 

how long have u had the headlights? they staying clear pretty well? im looking at some new ones and either going with ebay or rockauto.

 

dude this is one of my favorite looking trucks ive seen on here. the rest of the nice ones all are desert runners. but this... this just blows me away. the roof rack and the bull bar and tube step bars work together so well and the 2 tone... it looks so rugged so manly. i love it. absolutely my favorite truck so far. keep up the good work man

 

Someone here already asked but I'll ask too, where did you get those smoked headlights? I assume they are aftermarket but read horror stories that some of them leak and fog up. How is yours holding? Nice truck and love how you keep it with a clean look! I love magnetic gray, did you ever think or plan to painting the entire rig gray? Good job on the mods!

 

Thank you!

 

I got the lights from ebay. They are holding up good and are not fogging, except for one blinker that I have seen a little haze one time when it was very humid and rained a lot. The light output is not good. It came with bulbs, which might be real cheap ones. I am planning on replacing the bulbs and see if that helps.

 

Beautiful truck. The restoration work you've done really sets it apart.

 

Another Safricaner! Like die bakkie!

 

I don't "build" much on my truck, so I will just add some pics of cleaning it

 

My sigs (just saved here for my records)









(Last one was done by theTupper.)

 

What tires are those?

 

Nice looking truck! Next is getting the whole thing done in MGM

 

Good looking truck!

BTW, how have I not seen you driving around? LOL. I live in Sarasota as well, and have yet to see your truck riding around.

 

Nitto Terra Graplers

 

I don't use the truck much. I drive a company vehicle during the week - the truck is just for the occasional weekend trip to Home Depot.

 

I added a LED light strip that is wired to the bulb socket. A lot brighter than the standard bulb. This is also a good option if you don't have an existing light socket, but can find the wiring harness.

Factory light location - just left of the latch hook:




LED strip. Factory light location and grill is also visible:



And the LEDs on:

 

you should hit those badges with MGM next, tie it in

looks real nice, I've always been a fan of the two-tone look and may just do RUC on mine to help with salt/chips (not the kind you eat ) I don't like the texture of most but am looking

I really wish I had known about the color match for grill/bumper/fender flares when I looked for my truck, would save me from de-chroming