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Last week I pulled it out of the garage to turn it around so I could work on the front fenders (Metaltech).
I towed it with my four wheeler and my 12 year old daughter "drove" the curiser.
Gotta love the blue rims!

I can't wait to get this thing all a uniform "color" hehe.
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I cut our the inner fenders from my old front fenders and welded them onto my Metaltech fenders. This process was done over the course of a year, working on them now and then. I would use whatever rattlecan paint I had lying around to cover areas I had worked on, that is why sometimes in my photos the fenders are red, other times they are black and so forth. I had some surface rust on the fenders from a years worth of lying around, so today I sandblasted them, finished some weld grinding, and primered them. I will paint them black and then cover the outside with the camoclad to match the rest of the rig.

Here are some pics.
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Dude,

Your Cruisers got wood!

Very nice wrap. I sent CamoClad a message asking if they have the new digital camo pattern that the military is wearing. I think that would look sweet.

Good luck.
 
It looks supercool! Can't wait to see the finished product, just don't take the pics in the woods :)
 
Obviously you got it to go around small compound curves but is it sliced or just stretched to conform?
 
Bump for updates?
 
Look for a product called clear shield. You can buy it in a gallon container for about $60. Roll that over the camo since that vinyl is not very good w/UV. It'll make it like it was laminated and keep the color looking good. Otherwise...even though it's solvent printed, it'll fade quickly w/ no lamination. If you have any ?s shoot me a pm...wrapping vehicles is what I do for a living :D
Looks good...and a big high five if you've never wrapped before...excellent job.
 
My wife would fxxxing kill me if I worked on any part of my cruiser on the dining room table! Looks good BTW
 
X - 2 My wife would ****ing kill me very slowly if I worked on any part of my cruiser on the dining room table!

Or she would try to park her car in my shop or something.


Colorado Boy-74-FJ40 said:
My wife would ****ing kill me if I worked on any part of my cruiser on the dining room table! Looks good BTW
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D'Animal said:
X - 2 My wife would ****ing kill me very slowly if I worked on any part of my cruiser on the dining room table!

Or she would try to park her car in my shop or something.
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Trade her in.
 
D'Animal said:
LOL!

She built me a 40 x 60 shop. Her theory is that if my crap wouln't fit in a 40x60 then I have too much crap. She also said no chain saws in the house.

She is a keeper. :D
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wow. Definietly a Proverbs 31 woman! Keep her!
 
rust

The funny thing is it may actually do a good job protecting from rust too. Wherever I've peeled off stickers the paint underneath was perfect

I'm not so brave but might do tailgate as a novelty--you've done a great job applying it
 
Almost all cabs here are totally covered in some kind of film, somewhat like window tinting. Because of special taxation rules, a cab-owner can sell a cab after 2½ years with a profit, so they do what they can to keep them nice. The film protects the paintwork and is a great add-space, so you see all kinds of mercs (almost all cabs here are mercs) with adds on, like a cab covered in pinewood, because it advertises for pine flooring.
 
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