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Looks good. I like the idea of a silver pinstripe

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looks really good! like the 2 tone and I too think a silver pin stripe would set it off!

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The paint looks good!! The pinstripe would really make it pop!! Good job!

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Nice job on the paint, and imo, I think silver or gold pinstripe would look killer.

Big John

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Thanks for the compliments.... I'm holding off on the pinstripe although I agree that it would make it look better but I got it this far without screwing it up so maybe ill put on a little down the road..... I put a couple of small touches on the stock air cleaners till I can afford the aluminum ones..
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Tinted the windows more , actually to much tint I wanted the windows to be lighter. Waiting on stacks
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Decided to do a little flame work on the back of the sleeper.... And just realized I should have made the darn flames red soooo here's a pic before I threw the plate in the alcohol
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The flames will look sweet in red!

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Sooooo I got to looking at the shocks on the truck and I started complaining about the color. Why the he%* would you make pink shocks for a tractor trailer? Then I stood corrected when the wife tells me there not pink..not my fault I'm a little color blind ... There purple which I don't see that being a good color for shocks soo a sanding I a started .... This is what I came up with
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Sooo this took me quite a while and it looks like the road to just finishing the shocks is gone to be a lot longer then I ever expected

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id say they are more pink then purple!! lol just paint them

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I definitely agree

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Here's the back of the sleeper but I'm still not happy with itAttachment 2633

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I don't see anything wrong with the flames, they look cool, um I mean hot.:eek:;):D

Big John

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Hahahahahahaha thank you Big John

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That is a really clean paint job, and a good choice on the colors! I've always considered Tamiya's truck shocks to be pink as well. Why they choose that color, I don't know. They probably didn't spend enough time in the anodizing tank. They were probably hoping for more red then pink!

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Got all the shocks done .... I couldn't bring myself to paint em

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Attachment 2650couldnt resist throwing the stacks on for a quick look... Just waiting on my parts and my buddy at the machine shop to finish drilling my new rails out... I didn't do em myself because I figured it would be drivin Like a three legged dog

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Haha, it is hard to resist putting them on isnt it??

Looking nice and shiny, a silver pin stripe will make it pop!

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i think it look awesome with out pinstripe the tinted windows match the black and all jives together. just my 2 cents. and your paint is killer!! did yo just sand down shocks or use a paint remover/thinner on them they look way better!

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thank you for the compliment.... it took a little bit and a paint job or two later to think of the scheme....its hard to make it different then eveybody elses. I actually ran a soft wire wheel on them at work then used 800 grit 1500 grit and then 2000 grit than some flitz polish, i swear by it. its even better than mothers