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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Lookin great!!! Can't wait to see some outside shouts, and some with the new wheels and tires on it!

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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Those colors look great together, hurry up and get it outside, your killin us.


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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 04:56 AM
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We had rain most of the day yesterday so we didn't get it outside for pics. We'll get it outside today because we still have the tailgate to paint inside. We got the wheel well trim on, the red pinstripe between the two colors, repaired the emergency brake center cable which was broken, and hopefully found the problem of the battery draining down. There was a constant power drainage, and it looks like the most common culprit was the problem, the glove box light.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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It's gettin' closer to being done....
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We still have to figure out what to do about the windshield trim....

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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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I finally figured out how to embed the Mach-1 video....Duh !!
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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tailgate painted, vinyl letters on, Cummins badge on....
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 12:17 PM
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Looks dang good. What else do you pan on doing to her?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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Man that thing looks gooooooooood.

that is a beautiful color blue.

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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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Thanks guys.
My brother Steve picked that color. He just picked it out of the chips at the auto parts store. I like it too.
We still have to paint the wheels. The new beauty rings are due in today (hopefully) so we'll put them on along with the center caps (original) that are in good shape.
Couple little things like re-routing the battery ground cable, figuring out why the left turn signals quit working, few other minor things. That's all scheduled for tomorrow.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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where did you get the letters, what did they set you back, are there lots of colors available ? ? ?

thought i would get 3 questions for the price of one.

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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 1STGENFARMBOY
where did you get the letters, what did they set you back, are there lots of colors available ? ? ?

thought i would get 3 questions for the price of one.

Dar
Dar, I got them on Evil-bay for $20 shipped. I would give you the link but, I think I saw here where you can't post ebay links?
Colors were; Red, black, white, gray, gold, silver and other colors on request.
Search eBay for: DECAL LETTERS THAT FIT 1981-1993 DODGE RAM TAILGATE (that was the exact title)
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:16 PM
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We still gotta do something about that rusty windshield trim too....

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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:38 PM
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Thanks Willie
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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That's looking GREAT!!!

As for the windshield trim...I would recommend the black trim rather than the chrome. I ordered the chrome push-in trim and within 3 years it is looking terrible again.

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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 05:45 AM
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That's looking GREAT!!!

As for the windshield trim...I would recommend the black trim rather than the chrome. I ordered the chrome push-in trim and within 3 years it is looking terrible again.

--Eric
DITTO.
Jim
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