NKPPhil

Any guesses what I did? It really is just cosmetic, but I like it.





I'll explain later today ....

NightmareTBSS

painted the lower valence color match?

looks good

Silverado53

Wow that looks real good, what kind of paint did you use?

NKPPhil

Thanks!

Actually it's Line-X. They have a high-grade coating that is color matchable to your actual paint code, called Line-X XTRA. I was going to get a new primered piece from GM, because I like the looks of the ones that come on Z-71 trucks, but between buying it and having it painted it was getting up there in price. Plus, being down low like it is I knew it would get rock-chipped all to hell during elk season when I'm driving the back-woods logging roads. This is pretty heavily textured like all Line-X coatings, so it doesn't look EXACTLY like the surrounding paint but the color is right on. It cost $300 (ouch) but it should outlast any paint.

ak2007r6

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That looks really good. Any close up pics?

NKPPhil

I'll get some. Stand by, might not be today.

NKPPhil

Closeups:

Bigschwerm

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Looks Great!

ak2007r6

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I actually like the textured look. Match is perfect and that will hold up 10x longer than if you painted it.


Hmm now to look at my truck and how I could do something like this

pl4yboy

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I hope your color matched Line-X holds up better than mine. I have a Line-X colormatched bedliner put in. It looks like crap now. Anywhere that has wear (like the tailgate) is greenish now instead of Silver.