you took it apart or your wife?????? see attatched pic!!!BLACKWOLF said:I took mine off and all apart, but not at the pivot. Mine came color matched from the factory.![]()
I know but they are texturedBLACKWOLF said:I took mine off and all apart, but not at the pivot. Mine came color matched from the factory.![]()
Not all 6 piecesslammed1 said:DONT DO IT!!!!! I did the tear down of my mirrors(6 pieces all together) to paint them and I regretted it while I fought to TRY to put them back together(after paint).......you can get just as good a Job with a good painter shooting them assembled as you would tearing them down like I did!!!!
Try and use two coats of building primer on the mirrors and sand the primer for a nice smooth look and not the mirror "PLASTIC" itself.......it will turn out like mine did........ask anyone whose seen them and you will know(they are as smooth or smoother than the trucks paint!!!
Pics would be much appreciatedLow1 said:taking the mirrors apart is quite easy actually....all you have to do is tilt your mirror all the way up and in towards the truck. then you will see a plastic slid tab at the bottom of the backing plate on the mirror itself, push this in and then slide the mirror assembly down and now you have access to the mounting nuts that hold the swivel portion...if you have any questions let me know and i will try and get some pics for you to look at.
6 pieces from 2 mirrorsuncbob said:Not all 6 pieces
Only the base and mirror assembly from each other
I was thinking maybe paint it as an assembly since you can get to all the area that will be seen . If texture doesn't come out right I can always redo or get a pro to do itslammed1 said:6 pieces from 2 mirrors
I separated the two clam shells from each other and that left the base with the mirror only sticking up....I dont recommend this way even though I was able to get a nice finish in all the cracks and crevis's........a little texture wont look bad as long as the paint is nicely put on and the finish is good!!!! There are many textured painted mirrors on this site from what Ive seen!!!
slammed1 said:you took it apart or your wife?????? see attatched pic!!!
just kidding bro!!!
hemi1569 said:Blackwolf, Can you tell me exactly how you painted your grill so good? I want the SAME RESULTS!!! I have a black ram hemi and the chrome is fffing killing me
I take anything they except at the gas station. So yes.hemi1569 said:Do you take pennies
Do you still have any texture to them at all??? I painted my tailgate handle last night, and it is almost too smooth. It looks like a piece of bright red glass. I sanded them smooth from 120 grit to 600 grit prior to priming. I kind of wish I had left a hint of texture to them instead of sanding them so smooth. Maybe once I get it on the truck I'll have a different opinion.slammed1 said:Try and use two coats of building primer on the mirrors and sand the primer for a nice smooth look and not the mirror "PLASTIC" itself.......it will turn out like mine did........ask anyone whose seen them and you will know(they are as smooth or smoother than the trucks paint!!!
Well the ones in his picture sure are smooth and as he said maybe even more so than the truckEZ4U2CHere said:Do you still have any texture to them at all??? I painted my tailgate handle last night, and it is almost too smooth. It looks like a piece of bright red glass. I sanded them smooth from 120 grit to 600 grit prior to priming. I kind of wish I had left a hint of texture to them instead of sanding them so smooth. Maybe once I get it on the truck I'll have a different opinion.