I took everything except for the back bumper off. You could probably do it just by taping it off but I found it easier with it all removed. For the grill I took the crossbars off and did them black seperately and then did the rest in white. If I remember correctly I used 4 or 5 cans of white and 3 cans of black.

I wouldn't think a car wash should mess the dip up. I always hand wash my truck but I haven't had any problems hitting it with my low power pressure washer.

 

Rspeters that mountain in the background is badass

 

Thanks. I'm in Springville, Utah. Sometimes it's easy to forget how amazing it is to live so close to such big mountains. My house is at about 5k feet, and the peak of that mountain, and the one I live at the base of are about 10k-11k feet.

 

So, knowing that I was tired of the black fenders, I took them off today. I'm still trying to decide between doing them and the bumpers white, or gray.

Here's a pic with the flares off. And a couple other pics I took riding ATVs.

Unfortunately, leaving it like this is not an option because I found some body damage under one of the fenders (sneaky dealers), so they'll definitely be going back on.

 

Sorry not a fan of the black wheels. Some clearance lights would help the roofline

 

I agree. I don't like them either. I'm considering switching them out.

I REALLY like clearance lights, BUT I also really hate drilling into my roof, so after much thought I've decided to skip doing the clearance lights. Plus Utah is kind of ridiculous with its "Safety" inspections and my understanding is that if the truck has clearance lights, they all have to be working or else I fail the safety inspection...that's ridiculous. Luckily they just passed a bill to do away with safety inspections in Utah but that doesn't go into effect until 2018.

 

You could order OEM flares so that you dont have those huge *** ones but still hides the paint damage

 

I agree. Personally not a fan of the oversized flares on these trucks. Here's my truck for an idea on two tones. Didn't like the tan all that much until I realized it hides most of the dirt!

 

Yeah, I don't hate the fender flares in general, I just didn't like how much black there was. I've got them off now and am in the process of painting them. I'll post pics when I'm done.

 

Since you've got the XL with all the factory black accents (bumpers, grille, door handles, etc), I'd embrace the black and white look. Plasti-Dip the emblems black and tint the windows. Maybe a new all black nerf bar or black out the chrome on the one you have. The black features/no chrome on a white truck look good and it'll take less modifications and less money than trying to get rid of the black. Though I do agree with painting or removing the fender flares.

 

Well, I've completed painting the fender flares. That was a doozy. I went into it thinking the white plasti dip would be close to the factory oxford white color. It was not. So I ended up getting color matching paint and putting a few coats of that on. Here's what it's looking like right now. I will be doing something with the steps soon.

Sorry about the crappy pic, I'll try to get better ones soon.

 

Much better! Now some dark tints on the windows will help to blend all the black together and give it a really good look.

 

It definitely looks better.

 

very clean look..........curious how do yoou like the 6.2?

 

Thanks, I really like my 6.2. I like having a large displacement motor that is happy to rev hard if you want it too. I also like having the simplicity and reliability of a N/A gas motor. I enjoy it even more now with the lower gearing.

Rspeters, when we going to get a close up?