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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
very very cool ..did you think about doing the tail gate also ? red ?
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Not nice to tease! That's gonna be neat!
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Great work on the grill and support. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Right now that is all I am going to say about that !! Thanks Low Elco... hope you like what comes next... Quote:
Just had to give myself a head start because it is quicker to post photos than it is to make progress and I knew some of you would be really digging this and spanning weeks between these photos seemed unfair to you all. [QUOTE=Ta2Don;6401623] ![]() Thank you Don, hope you like !! ***************************************************************************************** My loving wife went into Fairbanks and looked high and low and could not find any colored clear coat, like the Night Shades line. I was at the local hardware store a few days later and saw this Krylon Fusion for plastics and gave it a try. It certainly laid down nice: Sometimes stock is just fine, but then you look at other stuff and think, I dont like that.... so I made a new center support for my grill merely because the stock one was too wide of a profile behind my grill. You will also note that mine will screw to the face. My light box ended up being a 3 piece shown here with the LED strip lights already glued in: And lit up for you of course:
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Here is the light box installed (thumb tight only) You may notice my end support/mounting brackets on each side. I drilled the face to take square nylon set nuts. I am going to sleeve the mounting screws with rubber vacuum hose to provide some back pressure, and with this grill mounted soild to the Face at the center, these end mounts will not only stabilze the grill, but with the nylon nuts, and the rubber sleeves, give me 4 points of adjustment to (hopefully) ensure proper alignment with the head light doors. I mean it just would not do to have all this work, and not have my grill look as much like one piece as possible.
And a close up of the center junction where my wires all come out:
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Here it is all lit up for you guys.
This is only with one set of the LED strips, though I got two sets; one to run along the top of the letters, and one along the bottom. I realize these look plenty bright enough on camera, inside my dark and frozen garage, but I think out in the sunshine ( ![]() ![]() If in the end they are too bright, where the letters are unintelligible due to the light diffusion, then I will install a remote controlled dimmer my neighbor showed me for LEDs. At the end of the day I am pretty pleased with the way this phase of the project turned out, and as smoothly as it went. Cutting out all those letters with my dremmel tool took a solid 7 hours from start to finish, to include the purchase of a set of mini files to clean up some of the tighter letter bodies and corners. The light box has been set aside now awaiting final install as I work up other phases of this project. As always, thanks for looking guys !! I appreciate all the comments, and if you think I am just silly or mad as a hatter that is Ok too !! ![]()
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Murph…. Dude….
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Cutting sometiN' up to make it KooLer!
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Wow 7 hours of cutting. That is brutal. Worth the effort in the end though. Looks awesome.
Bret
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Love it murph
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
OH MY GOODNESS!!! Murph that front grill looks fantastic! what a great and original idea... do you mind if I steal it?! WOW just WOW....
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That is TRICK! Tastefully done, too. Me likey!
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Right on....that looks great.
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
that is killer ..way to go ...LOVE IT
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
i agree... you've hit another one over the fence.
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Thanks Don, that is how I felt about your steering wheel. You did such a killer job on it that I am stil thinking about it, and considering revisiting mine since it isnt bolted on yet....
....but then.... I still have a spare one I sectioned up to make smaller like TheAstronaut did. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... ![]() Thanks Greg, guess it is getting chilly down there again huh? ![]() Quote:
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I could only imagine how you would do it, and what you would do to improve on my process so steal away sir ! ![]() Thanks Low Elco, hope it was worth the wait and the teasers..... ![]() Thank you Glad you like it, I know you keep looking. ![]() I just want mine to be so different from everyone elses I guess. Another side project has just borne some progress thanks to my good buddy Jay that I absolutely cannot wait to share with you guys !! You think this is past the fence, wait till you see what Jay has been cooking up for me! You are either going to roll your eyes, or blow coffee all over the computer..... I promise. ![]()
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Murph you are a madman!! What a cool idea with the grill Keep it up man. MEanwhile i have several more pages of your build to dig through. Man you popular guys keep me busy with all the reading lol
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Love it
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Lookin' good Murph! The lighted letters look really cool in the dark, & I'm interested to see how they work out in daylight. Stay warm, & keep up the good work.
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Fantastic!
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Updates like these make me realize why you live in North Pole and get all the crap weather....... So you can think out and complete builds like this.
Absolutely awesome Michael. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
That grille/led idea is the coolest out of the box mod I have seen. Awesome job!
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
grille is awesome, that's going to look great coming down the road, I was wondering though, if you hold a piece of florescent fishing line in front of the letters in the dark, does it glow? if it does I need to do this to my fishing truck, the guys in our local bass club would flip. great idea
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