New guy with gen3 montero

[cnutco]

Great idea. I am still toying with the idea of adding shackle points somewhere on my ARB bumper. Right now I have my winch cable hooked to one of the recovery loops you are using.




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[jhill15]

Thanks man, I love the fact that there are 2 recovery points on the front. You should definitely add em to your arb that would kick *****!

 

[montypower]

Great idea. I am still toying with the idea of adding shackle points somewhere on my ARB bumper. Right now I have my winch cable hooked to one of the recovery loops you are using.

Wouldn't recommend doing that. The ARB bumper mounts are not designed for impact type pulling. The factory recovery loops work just fine.

 

[cnutco]

Wouldn't recommend doing that. The ARB bumper mounts are not designed for impact type pulling. The factory recovery loops work just fine.

Noted. Thanks for the heads up!


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[jhill15]

Wouldn't recommend doing that. The ARB bumper mounts are not designed for impact type pulling. The factory recovery loops work just fine.

I didnt know that either.

 

[jhill15]

I went out and bought some plastidip this morning and blacked out my hood. I thought I could do it better than some of the pics that I googled....however I think it can only be so good when using the rattle can. Anywho thats the beauty of plastidip when I get tired of it I can just peel it off.

Heres some pics

1st coat

2nd

3rd

Im not sure how many coats after the 3rd coat but heres what I ended up with

I think after doing this...whichx was only $15 I would pay to have a vinyl black out.

 

[Dolomiti]

awesome

 

[jhill15]

awesome

Thanks man.

I think i'll prob keep on there for a couple weeks but this is what it looks like in the sun...like it was spray painted lol. I found out there is a huge difference between the rattle can and using a professional sprayer.

 

[Jay Ayala]

Great job jhill15, I've been considering doing the matte black hood on my blue Raider for years. I finally made the decision to go this route too. I didn't know about Plasti Dip, this is the first time I've seen what this product is capable of. Instead I ran across Duplicolor's Custom Wrap which I assume is an alternative product. I wonder what the differences are.

1989 Dodge Raider 3.0L
1997 Mitsubishi Montero 3.5L

 

[jhill15]

Im not sure, I would like to give the duplicolor a shot to see the difference though.

The plasti dip is awesome but I think ive come to the conclusion that the rattle can is not supposed to be sprayed in a horizontal position or at an angle. The front of my hood where it is verticle turned out perfect as to where the top of my hood has alot of blemishes, spray lines, and an un smooth texture.

Thats the only reason I can think of as to why it didnt come out perfect all over. If I were to do it again and as a suggestion to you I would remove my hood and hang it then plastidip it.

Edit: I forgot to say thank you for the comment.

 

[Djbenny]

Any new updates?

 

[jhill15]

Nah, not really. I ended up removing the plastidip from my hood. Found out theres something going on with my rear brakes or something else back there. But mostly ive just been enjoying it!
I cant wait for some snow and take it up in the mountains to go snowboarding!

 

[BOPOH]

Great job jhill15, I've been considering doing the matte black hood on my blue Raider for years. I finally made the decision to go this route too. I didn't know about Plasti Dip, this is the first time I've seen what this product is capable of. Instead I ran across Duplicolor's Custom Wrap which I assume is an alternative product. I wonder what the differences are.

I've used Plasti Dip on many cars and wheels and from my experience Plasti Dip is more forgiving than Dupli-Color. Last one is hard to blend together between the spray lines especially if you have to cover larger area, but its good for wheel touch ups. When i used Plasti Dip on my front bumper it was all even dried like it was professionally painted - no lines, no overspray, just nice and flat. Dupli-color was totally different, looks good but when looking at different angles you can see where spray lines. (Sorry if's really confusing)

 

[jhill15]

Its been a while since ive updated anything on my rig and well....thats cause I havent updated anything on it...lame!!

But my credit card company just increased my limit soooo I think I may max it out!!! Jk my wife would kill me, literally lol. Im gonna have to wait for tax season.

 

[jhill15]

Finally an update! Installed a new double din head unit today.

after getting it in I did notice that my rear sub doesnt work. I never really payed attention to it with the stock radio but now that I have a new one I pulled the cover on the sub and nothing...im not sure if its the amp, speaker, or the metra 70-7003 harness. Ive hooked up many head units in other vehicles but none with a factory amp. The jvc manual said to hook the power antenna and factory amp into the remote wire. Power atenna works just fine but no sub. Idk...anywho I have pics of my install if anyone is interested.