Fender Badging
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Laughing Gas
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I called the place to check them out and he told me what they do. $400 sounds like a lot of money, but your truck never has to go anywhere so there really is no down time. As far as the quality of work and hopefully touted durability of emblems it would be hard for a guy like me to achieve that, and if I did it would take quite a bit of time. Personally, I'd rather change my oil or brakes than do such painstakingly minute work. Thanks for the picture it's a great closeup.
5th Wheeling
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How do you keep the paint off the recessed black background behind the numbers? Meticulous taping? That's the part of this project that seems hard and makes the $400 price palatable.
Fleet Mechanic
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retro customz is a popular company that does the color matching. I plan to send both my ovals out and the two side markers
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Laughing Gas
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Trim doesn't come apart ( not uncommon for me to break a tab on some trim I take off) like your caliper off your steering knuckle. Bonded, riveted, adhesives. plastic spot welded, crimped can be very detailed breaking pieces down not pulling off.
If you do it yourself let me know how it goes ( not so I can do it, I won't ) just curious.
If you do it yourself let me know how it goes ( not so I can do it, I won't ) just curious.
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Laughing Gas
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here’s the putco lit up, its pretty bright!
5th Wheeling
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Trim doesn't come apart ( not uncommon for me to break a tab on some trim I take off) like your caliper off your steering knuckle. Bonded, riveted, adhesives. plastic spot welded, crimped can be very detailed breaking pieces down not pulling off.
If you do it yourself let me know how it goes ( not so I can do it, I won't ) just curious.
If you do it yourself let me know how it goes ( not so I can do it, I won't ) just curious.
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I won't be doing it myself. Pulled it off to inspect. The pieces are heat staked in so you have to either melt them off or grind them down (found another thread mentioning this). Then re-melt or glue them back on. I don't have the time to do that with two toddlers at home so I'll probably just pay to have it done. Toying with the idea of buying the black Sport version, but I have a Platinum and you can only get the the Lariat version in black. $130 vs $400 for painted. Decisions, Decisions.
Former Vendor
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Been there done that haha..Drove around my brand new Platinum with paper plates and no grille, no mirror caps, no emblems, no door handles, and no fuel door for about a week while my paint shop did their thing. Got some weird looks, but hey, it was worth it.
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Sorry, if you posted the information on this earlier. But any more details on the lighting used on the fender badge? Thanks.
