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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 11:27 AM
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What do you use to sand them? They turned out great! I Need to do this to mine.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 12:48 PM
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Dude those are sweet looking! Nice job
 
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 02:24 PM
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Yup, they turned out good for sure.

I wet sanded them with 1k grit then went up to 2k grit then final pass was with 3k grit, then polished them with metal polisher Ill post a pic later of the metal polisher.
 
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Old Jun 4, 2021 | 07:24 AM
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Pretty excellent my friend. I know the work involved. Nice!!
 
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Old Jun 4, 2021 | 02:32 PM
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And hopefully I can make the rear center caps work with these wheels



 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 06:01 PM
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By the end of the week the Mule will be completed.








 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 06:04 PM
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Already got an offer for it, of course answer was no but was more than a generous offer in the 5 digit range
 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 07:23 PM
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I need this truck to go to that spa...

Adam your truck looks amazing!
 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 08:10 PM
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Thanks man. Just say the word I'll hook you up.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 09:55 PM
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More pics the painter sent me. He dtailed the inside the truck as well.







Painter painted the inside of the grill as well, as it came all chrome when I bought it.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 11:00 PM
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Kinda jealous...but then again I have a one owner ECSB 4.9/manuel.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2021 | 07:25 AM
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Man Adam, that is a thing of beauty. I am pretty sure you and I have the same color now. Looks BITCHEN.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2021 | 12:01 PM
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Thanks vatos. She is looking chingona.

Just got these pics from painter, the dude starter putting front end together

 
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Looks great man! Paint is flawless! I like that tail gate too, is that an original to the truck? I always see them with that aluminum plate.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2021 | 01:42 PM
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Looks great man! Paint is flawless! I like that tail gate too, is that an original to the truck? I always see them with that aluminum plate.
Yes, it had the aluminum trim, he covered the holes for the aluminum trim brackets, overall looks good.
 
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