Giving My Truck A Facelift

MastuhWaffles · May 10, 2014

I picked up a set of smoked headlights, they have some LEDs and Halos, but they aren't actually HID. So I decided to put them on today, it was pretty simple putting them in, just had to fiddle with them a bit.

Next I decided too fix my horrible plastidip job I did on the front emblem.

I just cut these off.

Clearcoat was peeling off, so I just sanded it and painted it.

Cleaned and touched up the grille.

Double sided taped it on.

Installed.

MastuhWaffles · May 11, 2014

Today I picked up some lens tint and tinted my third brake light.

Done.

I wonder if hitting it with a clearcoat would make it look nice.

JoshT · May 11, 2014

Probably. I know a lot of people that use the night shades will clear and buff them afterwards to make it look and last better.

MastuhWaffles · May 11, 2014

JoshT said:
Probably. I know a lot of people that use the night shades will clear and buff them afterwards to make it look and last better.

Yeah it's a little rough but I think I'll get some clearcoat.

mdn14 · May 11, 2014

Take some pictures of those headlights at night if you don't mind. I've been eyeing a set like that for awhile but don't want to pull the trigger based on some of the reviews I've read. Are those spyder?

MastuhWaffles · May 11, 2014

mdn14 said:
Take some pictures of those headlights at night if you don't mind. I've been eyeing a set like that for awhile but don't want to pull the trigger based on some of the reviews I've read. Are those spyder?

Sure, and yeah they are.

MastuhWaffles · May 11, 2014

I couldn't resist.

Clearcoat.

MastuhWaffles · May 11, 2014

XLTsplash · May 12, 2014

Your new headlights look great. Just a idea on your blacked out emblems, you could get a Krylon gloss black paint pen and go over just the letters on the emblems to make them standout a little more against flat black, or you can go bold with bright yellow. Like I said, just an idea. Yellow is my favorite color on cars and trucks so your Ranger has always been a stand out to me.

MastuhWaffles · May 13, 2014

XLTsplash said:
Your new headlights look great. Just a idea on your blacked out emblems, you could get a Krylon gloss black paint pen and go over just the letters on the emblems to make them standout a little more against flat black, or you can go bold with bright yellow. Like I said, just an idea. Yellow is my favorite color on cars and trucks so your Ranger has always been a stand out to me.

Thanks, I did try to actually paint Ford yellow on the emblem, and that didn't go so well. My painting skills only extend to one color at a time lol.

truckfan · May 15, 2014

I dig the headlights! The tail lights looks too dark though.

MastuhWaffles · May 16, 2014

truckfan said:
I dig the headlights! The tail lights looks too dark though.

They aren't as dark as they look. You can still see the lights fine, I didn't do the heavy stuff like some other people do.

adsm08 · May 16, 2014

I have seen a lot of smoked tail lights that look way too dark until you light them up and see how well they do show.

6.2 · May 16, 2014

Look to dark to me, but I like barely tinted dark red Haha.

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MastuhWaffles · May 17, 2014

adsm08 said:
I have seen a lot of smoked tail lights that look way too dark until you light them up and see how well they do show.

Eventually I'm just getting LEDS.

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