king: my friend made me do it. sticker front lip

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:13 pm

Another pic from this morning about to get out to the garage to fix the front

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:55 pm

looks good whatcha doin with the old wheels?

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:48 pm

blueneo03 wrote:looks good whatcha doin with the old wheels?

Thanks and idk yet

zhneon · Post by **zhneon** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:04 pm

Good job on the coilovers, but I like the silver wheels 346% better.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:16 pm

zhneon wrote:Good job on the coilovers, but I like the silver wheels 346% better.

Yea I do too but because of the offset i couldn't go as low as I wanted

Anyways here's a pic with my friends jeep

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:22 pm

i was gunna put the band aid one on the front bumper and lip where paint chipped but i passed on that. and i got the retrofitsource one with my projectors

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:30 am

finally got the hid situation sorted out. i ended up joining hidplanet forums and found a bixenon relay harness diagram. i rounded up everything i needed and made it today. it took a while tho. had 2 wires backwards and had to find which ones. overall im very happy. no more diodes

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:00 am

well took the headlights off to redo them. i got some new depo headlights to use. my other ones were old and the uv layer got buffed off in a spot and fogged up inside only were the layer was gone. im also going to be redoing the demon eye and maybe drls.

the led strip was what i had in there before for the demon eyes and its now black and stiff. its like it got cooked

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:16 pm

2 leds wired up so far for the purple demon eye. still have a bunch more

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:18 pm

Yeah LEDs hate heat, demon eyes generally don't have long life if you use your headlights often.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:30 pm

yea i see that haha. i get bored with stuff easily so im sure ill open them up and go with something else sometime. to bad there wasnt away to take the projector out without taking the lens off.. i thought of trying to do something like that with the spare headlights but idk

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:35 pm

That would probably promote insane water leaks and I'm not sure it would be all that structurally sound. Retros are fun

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:45 pm

haha yea for sure. i like the idea but. not really possible for me.

o i forgot i made this out of my spare hvac. not going in my car. stickers would never make it in the cold and heat haha

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:02 pm

man the hvac looks good

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:11 pm

I bought myself an early christmas present, a powder coat gun on black friday from harbor freight and finally got a stove and wired it up to plug into the 250 in the garage. Hoping this works

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:00 am

Bought the candy purple from powderbuythepound and powder coated a ring I made for my retro shrouds.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:18 pm

got my new depo headlights for the retrofit

powdering another ring and my intake tube.

the tube finished

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:33 am

powder coating looks great man! Ive seen those at harbor freight before. i was going to pick one up but i dont have a crappy oven lying around to bake them in.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:59 am

thanks man. yea i just searched craigslist for a week or to and found one for 25 bucks so i just use it for powdercoating. its definately worth it.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:20 am

skaterking411 wrote:thanks man. yea i just searched craigslist for a week or to and found one for 25 bucks so i just use it for powdercoating. its definately worth it.

holy crap! maybe ill have to check Cl for one

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:26 pm

Yea its definately worth it.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:27 pm

great work

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-30-psi- ... 94244.html
Not a bad price either.....

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:35 pm

Thanks!

yep that's it. I had a coupon so ended up paying 65 with a two year waaranty and a thing of a black powder

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:10 pm

PC looks dope. Is it hard to get a even, glossy finish? What did you do for prep on the items?

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:15 pm

^ same question as anthony.

DOSneons · Post by **DOSneons** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:16 pm

glasswars wrote:PC looks dope. Is it hard to get a even, glossy finish? What did you do for prep on the items?

x2 i would love to spend my xmas money on some powdercoating equipment but im afraid ill mess shit up

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:45 pm

glasswars wrote:PC looks dope. Is it hard to get a even, glossy finish? What did you do for prep on the items?

Thanks

I just sanded them down and cleaned them off. I used candy purple so its transparent. I put it in at 400 degrees for 10 mins then turned the stove off and let it cool for 5 or 10 mins then cracked the stove open and let it cool the rest of the way. If it cools to quick it will lose its gloss. Its important to che k and make sure you have enough on all over because on the bottom of the intake it didn't get as much and the purple isn't as "deep" and you can see through to the metal more. Hope this helps

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:41 pm

Hell yeah, powedercoating is so win! Great work!

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:04 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Hell yeah, powedercoating is so win! Great work!

yes it is. thanks man!

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:30 pm

skaterking411 wrote:
MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Hell yeah, powedercoating is so win! Great work!
yes it is. thanks man!

I wonder if I should do up my SC in powdercoat.....