Project Blackout Underway!!

[bigrpowr]

well i bought BMF Novakane 20x9's and Toyo Proxes 305/50/20 and to say the least im very happy! i also bought black recon lens covers for the tow mirrors. here's some photos i snapped.

[K5Cruiser]

Damn, that looks good! Totally changed the look of your truck.

[diezel]

Look'in good :waytogo:,thats a nice tire and rim combo.
How did the recon lights fit?

[desertwheeler]

Looks nice. are they still 33's? are the mirror lights still just as bright?

[bigrpowr]

Look'in good :waytogo:,thats a nice tire and rim combo.
How did the recon lights fit?

the fit on the recon's is good. the drivers side was a bit of a pita, and it whistles over 80..i need to pull it and redo it i think.

Looks nice. are they still 33's? are the mirror lights still just as bright?

they are 32.5 ..they are 32.1 if you put them on a 10" rim and i think 4/10's bigger on a 9" ..i did hold them up to the stockers and they were prolly 1/2 in shorter at least. but they ride a hell of a lot better.

[Muley]

Looks nice Mike. Your truck is coming right along.

[BWilliams]

Looks great and will even look better with those Harley headlamps, which were shipped out today :)

[bigrpowr]

we'll see if we cant crack an 11 in bakersfield!!! if i dont make it there, ill definitely dyno it at TN on saturday.

[BFT]

JEEZ...everything looks so clean!!! how often do you drive your truck mike, lol.
i do have to say, it looks good

[BillD]

Mike the truck is looking sharp. Nice touches.

[Muley]

we'll see if we cant crack an 11 in bakersfield!!! if i dont make it there, ill definitely dyno it at TN on saturday.

I think I am having 6.4 envy.

[bigrpowr]

today i did the harley headlights (thanks sunrise for the great deal!!) and had the windows blacked out!! gonna have the tailights sprayed and tinted and the back window light..after tarction bars and 1" blocks im done for a long while. cosmetice, it turns out, arent cheap ..who knew?

[weweld]

The picture does not do the truck justice it looks way better than that in real life :bigshock: :bigshock:

Your doing a great job with it Mike :yay: :yay: :yay:

[jvencius]

If you want to kill the chrome on the front bumper/grille, you could do what I did--here's a cut-and-paste from elsewhere:

I've been on a slow process of ridding my truck of chrome and yesterday I pulled the front bumper off and sprayed it with Rustoleum black rattlecan bedliner. Once the bumper was off the truck I removed the airdam, fog lights, license plate+mount, and plastic overlay on the lower part of the bumper. Once that was done, I scuffed the heck out of the chrome with 60 grit paper in my random orbit sander, wiped everything down with acetone to clean/degrease, sprayed one coat of primer, then 5 cans of the aforementioned rattlecan bedliner. I left the bumper in the garage overnight to dry then reassembled everything this morning and put the bumper back on my truck. IMO it looks pretty darn spiffy and is textured just enough to conceal any minor pits from bug/stone impacts. Sure, it's not a Buckstop bumper like I really wanted, but given $60 for spray can liner and the acetone vs. $2500 (delivered) for a Buckstop, I don't mind.

[bigrpowr]

i ordered an fx4 grill and am having it and the bumpers colormatched..i think that will suit me best.