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Old May 18, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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bedlined and "hella" painted with mopar PR4 touchup paint.




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Old May 18, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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Is the bedliner flexible? I know when I remove my covers, they flex quite a bit. I thought about doing the same thing but I was worried the bedliner would crack when the cover flexed. Nice job!
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Old May 18, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ludski
thats pretty sweet.
i did same basic thing with my PIAA (sorta same)
painted the white PIAA red to match my look on jeep.
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What brackets are those?
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by yrubuggin
Is the bedliner flexible? I know when I remove my covers, they flex quite a bit. I thought about doing the same thing but I was worried the bedliner would crack when the cover flexed. Nice job!
held up so far. bedlined them a few days ago and have taken them off about 3 times. each time off was for a coat of red paint (3 coats)

if i was to do it again i would....
1 paint them red
2 tape off the parts want left red
3 bedline
4 peel tape (if you can find it under all that coating )

ludski - looks great. need to order (find) some hellas in the same style cover.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Looks fantastic
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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One small suggestion(someone suggested it to me, and I liked it). Get a couple of rubber vacuum caps big enough to cover the fog light bolt that comes out of the bottom of the bracket. It really cleans up the look of the mounting....I can tell you have a real attention to detail, I think you will like how it finishes up the look. Great Job!
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Old May 18, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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Good lookin paint job on the light covers.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by yrubuggin
One small suggestion(someone suggested it to me, and I liked it). Get a couple of rubber vacuum caps big enough to cover the fog light bolt that comes out of the bottom of the bracket. It really cleans up the look of the mounting....I can tell you have a real attention to detail, I think you will like how it finishes up the look. Great Job!
will do!
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Looks great!
I'm about to do something similar using flat black vinyl paint, supposed to stick better to plastics and wont crack when flexed.
Waiting on a non rainy day, so hopefully this weekend. I'll post pics when I get em done.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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Good job. I like it.
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