Air Dam Done! PICS!!!

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Well after a little bit of frustration and a little bit of elbow grease, I was finally able to paint my air dam. First thing I would like to say is: It's great to have good friends who are there to help you, if it wasn't for my friend Evan, I wouldve probably screwed this up.:drink

Taking off the air dam was a real bitch, the three center clip holders were a pain in the ass. But once we FINALLY got the air dam off, we cleaned it with 91% rubbing alcohol. After cleaning it, we added a coat of adhension promoter. We let it sit for 15min before we started painting it.

After letting the promoter settle in, we started painting.We used Krylon's Fusion Plastic Paint. Now it took a couple of sprays to get the right coat on and making it look clean. The paint dries pretty quick. After we felt that it looked right, we let it sit in the garage over night. Today we installed it back onto the truck. NOTE: I only drive my truck on weekends, it stays in the garage during the week, so it has plenty of more time to settle in. So here's some pics...

BEFORE

AFTER

Evan hated Chevrolet after we was finished lmao

 

[wsmithduramax]

looks good man, nice work as usual:thumb:

 

[SSchmi5519]

Looks nice. Report back to this thread every so often and let us know how it holds up to use.

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

One of my buddies' suggested that I paint the tow hooks red, I was kinda against that idea, what do u guys think?

 

[Noreaster]

Looks good
Don't paint the tow hooks red
Id paint the bowtie red or black

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Looks good
Don't paint the tow hooks red
Id paint the bowtie red or black

Actually I just want a new factory OEM bowtie, theirs a small spot on mine where the paint got bad, i would like to have a new one

 

[SSchmi5519]

Don't paint the hooks red. If you're going to just get a new one, paint that 'tie black. It will look good.

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Wow, never thought i would see this thread back up lol. Nah I never painted the tow hooks, kinda dumb idea at the time. I'm now tryin to figure out what to do with the bowtie.

 

[SSchmi5519]

I am doing the same thing this week and remembered to check here to see if you used a promoter or not. Black bowtie looks good imo, especially after the OEM one gets a few rock chips etc in it.

How is your valance holding up to chips?

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Its holding up fine. I didnt wash it for awhile when I washed my truck. I waited a week before I even touched it with my soap mitten.

 

[2500HeavyDuty]

looks alot better :thumb:

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Little off topic, but does anyone have the part number for the 2001/2002 Silverado Heavy Duty Bowtie?

 

[Diesel Pilot]

That looks really good.

I still think the 01-02 HD chevy's are the last really good looking truck Chevy has produced. I'm not saying the newer ones are ugly but the 01-02's are just plain awesome looking.

My dream duramax (including mine) is an 01 Chevy LT CCSB in burnt orange.

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

That looks really good.

I still think the 01-02 HD chevy's are the last really good looking truck Chevy has produced. I'm not saying the newer ones are ugly but the 01-02's are just plain awesome looking.

My dream duramax (including mine) is an 01 Chevy LT CCSB in burnt orange.

Yea! The burnt orange was a awesome color I thought! The closest thing to your dream truck I've seen is this 8.1 CCSB Chevrolet 2500HD burnt orange truck that a woman drives. She's got a little too much chrome on it, but its cool to see the color.

 

[seth999]

IMO I would paint the bowtie...ohh yeah burn orange is a nice color choice:thumb:

 

[Colt]

I like the 00' to 06' GMC fronts and hoods for solo look it's lines are just nicer and blends into great hood air scoop blends on a few trick customs I've seen in mags.

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

Update: The piece is still holding up great. And I just replaced the bowtie with a brand new factory bowtie. The truck is starting to look new again.

 

[Duramaxallison08]

What about a red and black bowtie. Leave the outside area in grill black and paint bowtie red or vice versa. Think it would look really good.

 

[SparkZ03DMAX]

What about a red and black bowtie. Leave the outside area in grill black and paint bowtie red or vice versa. Think it would look really good.

Well I've never had a problem with the factory color. I just got a new bowtie from GM. I like how it looks so I dont think I'll be painting it. But I could paint the old one??? maybe.

 

[Noreaster]

hows the paint holding up?