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shdw03 · Apr 12, 2013

baseballfanz said:
Man it's coming along real nice. Can't wait to see when it's done.

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Thanks BBF. Just sucks that I gotta work so damn much. A two-three day job will probably take me 2 weeks to complete

shdw03 · Apr 13, 2013

round 2 for filler primer. Still have some pinholes I gotta try fill and sand out. Getting frustrated with this thing. Feel like just painting it, but I know that I will hate the result and end up doing it over again anyway. gonna take a break for a day and resume sunday

shdw03 · Apr 16, 2013

Round 3...

So I found a crack where the plastic didn't bond too well. Kinda hard to see in the picture

So bust out the CA glue and sand it down to plastic

and fill it back up....sand some more

off to prime again. Bought some metallic gray paint. Hope it matches

shdw03 · Apr 16, 2013

Well...I guess that there are a lot of weak points cause this crap keeps cracking..ugh!
Kinda fed up already... Gonna throw some paint on it

shdw03 · Apr 16, 2013

after a few coats, kinda screwed it up. Gonna have to sand down and redo but wanted to get a good picture of what it would look like. nevermind the pits where the tablet goes, gonna be covered up anyway

shdw03 · Apr 16, 2013

picture from this morning. not liking the paint. too glossy and I think it may be a little too dark. Off to find another shade of gray.

baseballfanz · Apr 16, 2013

Starting to look real good.:thumbsup:

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shdw03 · Apr 17, 2013

painting round 2:

Think that I found a paint color that almost matches the stock Nissan Titan bezel/trim

hard to tell from the pics, as the paint is drying but as close as it gets...gotta find a trim peace to match tho

about 4 coats in.... wish I had a garage to work in, its windy and messing up my paint job

now literally sitting, waiting for the paint to dry

shdw03 · Apr 17, 2013

still gotta dry, but its almost there... hopefully a light sanding, polishing???? if not, gotta go buy another can of paint

Still gotta test fit!!! hope everything still lines up

shdw03 · Apr 17, 2013

I'd say pretty damn close to stock color, used 4x4 switch cover for reference

here is the color used

baseballfanz · Apr 17, 2013

shdw03 said:
I'd say pretty damn close to stock color, used 4x4 switch cover for reference

Look like a good match to me.

sharkey · Apr 17, 2013

Do mine next

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shdw03 · Apr 17, 2013

test fit ok.....

I think I gotta redo the paint... not happy at all, but it will have to do for now

honda250xtitan · Apr 17, 2013

from the pics the paint looks like a perfect match. Nice work.

shdw03 · Apr 18, 2013

honda250xtitan said:
from the pics the paint looks like a perfect match. Nice work.

it did.... then took some polishing compound to take out the sanding marks and boom 3 shades darker...lol

shdw03 · Apr 18, 2013

Titanup07 · Apr 18, 2013

Great job. Turned out really good

titanss · Apr 18, 2013

Very nice install!

Manontheruf · Apr 19, 2013

? sir. Is the slot below the tablet and above the stock radio display the "new" location to load the stock cd player?

shdw03 · Apr 19, 2013

Manontheruf said:
? sir. Is the slot below the tablet and above the stock radio display the "new" location to load the stock cd player?

yeah. tried to move the hu down, but without making a new bracket, it sat too low.

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