AllBlkdOut07
UMBERTO de magnifico
Ok people, don't flame.
Decided to leave this as a cutout (not back plated) for a few reasons.
When I took the old skidplate off it was bent pretty bad from the wind, even with the 3 cut out holes. A solid plate would create too much wind resistance and probably become bent over time too, even with two 1/8" plates together.
The black wrinkle on the Rancho skidplate didn't hold up too well after 1+ years of being under the truck, it was coming off rather easily.
Going with just the front plate with the new cut out sicne it has more openigns than the rancho plate, welding two one inch 3/4" pieces of aluminum (turned on their sides) behind the skull to help make that ncie and rigid, then pcoating the whole thing in the chrome powder (again, it's not anything even remotely like real chrome) and clearing it with superdurable high gloss clear powder.
So, to quote Dan, "here I come!" lol
The underside of the truck and angle of the plate make for a dark area, I WANT the whole skidplate to stand out under there, want it to be visible.
I passed a pretty nice white Hummer last night, everything was blacked out, wheels, bumper, all trim, with the exception of some polished rear tow hooks and hood latches, half polished rear bumper had a section of polished aluminum too..and it looked good IMO.
Decided to leave this as a cutout (not back plated) for a few reasons.
When I took the old skidplate off it was bent pretty bad from the wind, even with the 3 cut out holes. A solid plate would create too much wind resistance and probably become bent over time too, even with two 1/8" plates together.
The black wrinkle on the Rancho skidplate didn't hold up too well after 1+ years of being under the truck, it was coming off rather easily.
Going with just the front plate with the new cut out sicne it has more openigns than the rancho plate, welding two one inch 3/4" pieces of aluminum (turned on their sides) behind the skull to help make that ncie and rigid, then pcoating the whole thing in the chrome powder (again, it's not anything even remotely like real chrome) and clearing it with superdurable high gloss clear powder.
So, to quote Dan, "here I come!" lol
The underside of the truck and angle of the plate make for a dark area, I WANT the whole skidplate to stand out under there, want it to be visible.
I passed a pretty nice white Hummer last night, everything was blacked out, wheels, bumper, all trim, with the exception of some polished rear tow hooks and hood latches, half polished rear bumper had a section of polished aluminum too..and it looked good IMO.
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