05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[HiHoeSilver]

06 rear glass ftw.

 

[05Single]

06 rear glass ftw.

I love it . Such a smother and cleaner look for sure.

Lovin the esky third! Paint looks pretty rad! I really like the shave with the tahoe lettering and the black bow tie! That looks real slick!

Thanks dude. I’m happy the way it turned out. I’ll post some more detailed pics in a few.

 

[05Single]

So I waiting till I gathered the parts and had them all ready for paint at once. Ordered some full mirror smooth caps off eBay for $40


Started going to town . I laid the grille first with a single stage gloss black. That came out perfect. Then proceeded with the mirror caps and esky light, colormatch with base and clear . Had the garage open in a sunny day , but since Alaska wants to be a dick the sun went down and the temperature dropped pretty quickly during the 2nd coat and reminded me of why I hate this place

 

[05Single]

Waited a couple days for it to warm up to above 60, been a garbage summer this year, and started wet sanding the caps and light to begin round two.


I knew I didn’t suck at painting.

 

[05Single]

Wasn’t feeling how huge the esky actual light part was and how it wrapped around over the top. So I taped it off for a thinner look.

 

[05Single]

Polished the lens then threw some light smoke tint over the light.

that’s the look I wanted , a continuous sea of blue all the way to the edge of the 3rd brake light.

 

[05Single]

I taped the caps off so the bottom was black to kinda resemble nnbs mirrors. Hard to tell with the two dark colors and being gloss but I like the look.

 

[05Single]

Gloss black on the base would look good, one day I plan to do that lol.

 

[05Single]

Mocking up the grille inserts


Installed

grille pops like i was hoping.

 

[wjburken]

Mocking up the grille inserts
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Installed
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grille pops like i was hoping.

Awesome looking upgrades.