before and after

[J Ziadie]

Well, I finally finished painting my cladding!!!!! What a difference it makes! I follwed the member project using the DupliColor bumper paint. For the step rails, I sprayed them using the DupliColor Truck Bed coating. It gave them a nice textured finish and I'm very impressed with the way it turned out. Thank you to all who helped me out with this project! Take a look at my before and after photos below! Now it's on to my next project.....



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[Todd Z]

LOOKS GREAT, Good work !!!



Todd Z

 

[shawn stonbraker 2]

Looks good. Makes me wonder why Ford didn't go with a black plastic down there to begin with. Grey just stands out to much on all colors. Good job.

 

[Ray McIntireJr]

And on top of that the black is much easier to match with than the grey.

 

[Patrick Pierobon]

i always wnated to see an all yellow sport trac. never seen one yet. nonetheless the black looks good on it.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Jz,



Looks great. Did you consider painting the bottoms of the doors and pillars black too, to connect with the coverings?



TJR

 

[TomT]

Very nice.

 

[Shaun Tucker]

it looks WAY better! how long did it take you?

 

[J Ziadie]

well, since I'm a perfectionist and way too anal, I did everything step by step. After many days of trying to decide whether to do it myself or pay a company $800-$900, I finally decided to give it a try myself. I spent one day removing everything and cleaning them. Another day painting the side claddings. Another day painting the rear bumper. Another day on the side rails. And the day I painted the front bumper, I also placed everything back on. So I guess it took me 5 days total. I used 10 cans of the black bumper paint, 6 cans of the adhesion promoter, and 3 cans of the truck bed coating for the rails (I sprayed the rails with the adhesion promoter first, since the factory step rails have plastic parts). Hopefully everything holds well! Thanks for all the postive feedback everyone!

 

[K Stokes]

Looks Great! Anyone that's painted their cladding how is it hodling up - sratches, nicks, chips...?

 

[Ron N]

It looks great, I sure wanted to get mine painted before the National, but just not enough time._Ron

 

[Shaun Tucker]

jz man,



im doing mine for sure now!

 

[Gypsy me]

Wow Beautiful job!

 

[Bill Barber]

scout, I did mine like 4 yrs ago, think I was the first to do so.

has held up great, shopping cart hit, grandchild trike hit, touches up no problem

Just do it, the prep work is the key to a perfect long lasting job.

 

[Chuck Birnie]

How does the front and rear bumper covers com off? I want to do mine but I want to know how hard it is to take the front and rear off. Thanks for any help

 

[J Ziadie]

the front bumper doesn't come off. there is a member project on painting the cladding. take a look. the same member also posted a project on removing the rear bumper cover and the side pieces. what i did however was remove the rear bumper at the mounts (4 bolts total). there is a member project on adjusting the rear bumper, the information in that will help you to figure out how to remove the bumper at the mounts if you choose to do so