Truck Update: Rewrapped the Rex

[Badbrad]

Looks great! What kind of Jammers are you running? I’m not sure if i’m going to powder coat rings and skid plate or wrap them, worried about longevity.

 

[n8er]

Got some New Shooz! Bronze Fuel Tech-20x9 +1mm offset, 325/60-20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. I was a little nervous as I've never done a bronze wheel before. I've always gone with black. For this truck, it seemed to fit, though. Oh, I also changed the skid plate to Black.

 

[TReX-RAM]

Got some New Shooz! I was a little nervous as I've never done a bronze wheel before. I've always gone with black. For this truck, it seemed to fit, though. Oh, I also changed the skid plate to Black.
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The bronze works very well, good looking truck

 

[JumpSquadAuto]

Got some New Shooz! I was a little nervous as I've never done a bronze wheel before. I've always gone with black. For this truck, it seemed to fit, though. Oh, I also changed the skid plate to Black.
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Looks awesome. I am thinkin of doing bronze wheels as well. I think they work with big trucks.

 

[Jester]

How much did the train horn setup cost you?

 

[wade_huebner]

What train horn did you get and where did you mount it?

i have a hornblasters kit I’m taking off my current truck with the 5 gallon tank, dual compressors and six trumpets. I have it in the bed currently but i want to have a cleaner install on this truck.

 

[n8er]

How much did the train horn setup cost you?

What train horn did you get and where did you mount it?

i have a hornblasters kit I’m taking off my current truck with the 5 gallon tank, dual compressors and six trumpets. I have it in the bed currently but i want to have a cleaner install on this truck.

Funny story about the train horn. I was in Vegas for SEMA with couple employees a few years back, and we were drinking at an outdoor bar, don't remember which, and there were a bunch of trucks on the strip blasting their train horns. I was like, "Man those horns are fucking obnoxious as hell! I need to get one." Ordered 4 right there from Amazon, one for me, and one for each employee that was with. Honestly, not sure which train horn it was. Some cheapo non-brand thing. Came with the compressor/tank and the three horn setup for like $200 or something like that. It's loud, I do know that! Works great on people that want to go 10 under the limit in the fast lane. You know, those guys that you see look in their rearview and STILL don't move? Well one nice long blast when you're about a foot from their rear bumper is usually enough to move them over pretty quickly!

 

[TylerSTMW]

Good choice on the bronze wheels. Loving the combo.

 

[Humzila]

Excellent build - the dertails that are different really make it.

 

[HydroTRX420]

Can you tell us how difficult it was to add the demon eyes? I can’t find a video for our specific truck and so far no 1500’s either. Was there any drilling involved? Removing and baking of the lights with then resealing them? Thanks

 

[kmr]

Got some New Shooz! Bronze Fuel Tech-20x9 +1mm offset, 325/60-20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. I was a little nervous as I've never done a bronze wheel before. I've always gone with black. For this truck, it seemed to fit, though. Oh, I also changed the skid plate to Black.
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Truck looks great! Wish they would have that silver as a factory option. How did you end out doing your skid plate black?

 

[JMC86]

Got some New Shooz! Bronze Fuel Tech-20x9 +1mm offset, 325/60-20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. I was a little nervous as I've never done a bronze wheel before. I've always gone with black. For this truck, it seemed to fit, though. Oh, I also changed the skid plate to Black.
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20" and bronze look perfect!!

 

[n8er]

Well, I'm an idiot and backed into my Polaris Ranger, so I had some minor body work to do. Had to replace the rear bumper and a minor dent in the tailgate. Wrap was also scratched, so had to replace at least that part of it, and I figured I might as well do a whole new look. What really pushed me to redo the full wrap was that I wanted to do something to take eyes off the "mustache" grille. That has been my biggest gripe about this truck from day 1. Never been a fan. I figured someone would come out with an aftermarket replacement, but thus far all I've seen is inserts to go OVER the factory grille. I had the Oracle light bar then installed just below the "mustache" but it seemed to just draw MORE attention to the grille rather than hiding it. I decided to try something on my own, buying a grill made for a normal Ram 1500 and trimming and cutting to get it to fit the Rex. The result wasn't terrible, but I was still after something different. I saw all of the color match trucks out there and really liked the looks of especially the matched bumpers. However, the grille was even more pronounced than the factory black one.

Now, I've always done more earthy or neutral tones (gray, charcoal metallic, olive drab, etc.), but I saw the KPMF Matte Autumn Fire and kind of fell in love with it. I actually bought the vinyl over a year ago for "when I got around to it." When it came closer to wrapping, I started having second thoughts about the color as it was way more "out there" than colors I've done in the past. However I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The sand/prime/repeat was a HUGE pain in the ass, and next time I'd have someone else do it! However, I've never done paint work myself, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I will say I did NOT miss my calling as an auto-body/paint specialist! There's a reason they are paid well. By the time I finished I had literally two days before the snow flew, so I didn't get a chance to get any good outdoor shots before I had to throw my winter wheels on. Here's what I have so far:

 

[TReX-RAM]

Well, I'm an idiot and backed into my Polaris Ranger, so I had some minor body work to do. Had to replace the rear bumper and a minor dent in the tailgate. Wrap was also scratched, so had to replace at least that part of it, and I figured I might as well do a whole new look. What really pushed me to redo the full wrap was that I wanted to do something to take eyes off the "mustache" grille. That has been my biggest gripe about this truck from day 1. Never been a fan. I figured someone would come out with an aftermarket replacement, but thus far all I've seen is inserts to go OVER the factory grille. I had the Oracle light bar then installed just below the "mustache" but it seemed to just draw MORE attention to the grille rather than hiding it. I decided to try something on my own, buying a grill made for a normal Ram 1500 and trimming and cutting to get it to fit the Rex. The result wasn't terrible, but I was still after something different. I saw all of the color match trucks out there and really liked the looks of especially the matched bumpers. However, the grille was even more pronounced than the factory black one.

Now, I've always done more earthy or neutral tones (gray, charcoal metallic, olive drab, etc.), but I saw the KPMF Matte Autumn Fire and kind of fell in love with it. I actually bought the vinyl over a year ago for "when I got around to it." When it came closer to wrapping, I started having second thoughts about the color as it was way more "out there" than colors I've done in the past. However I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The sand/prime/repeat was a HUGE pain in the ass, and next time I'd have someone else do it! However, I've never done paint work myself, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I will say I did NOT miss my calling as an auto-body/paint specialist! There's a reason they are paid well. By the time I finished I had literally two days before the snow flew, so I didn't get a chance to get any good outdoor shots before I had to throw my winter wheels on. Here's what I have so far:

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The truck came out great. I like the look with the OEM front bumper and the ADD(?) rear.

 

[MyWifeLetMe]

Well, I'm an idiot and backed into my Polaris Ranger, so I had some minor body work to do. Had to replace the rear bumper and a minor dent in the tailgate. Wrap was also scratched, so had to replace at least that part of it, and I figured I might as well do a whole new look. What really pushed me to redo the full wrap was that I wanted to do something to take eyes off the "mustache" grille. That has been my biggest gripe about this truck from day 1. Never been a fan. I figured someone would come out with an aftermarket replacement, but thus far all I've seen is inserts to go OVER the factory grille. I had the Oracle light bar then installed just below the "mustache" but it seemed to just draw MORE attention to the grille rather than hiding it. I decided to try something on my own, buying a grill made for a normal Ram 1500 and trimming and cutting to get it to fit the Rex. The result wasn't terrible, but I was still after something different. I saw all of the color match trucks out there and really liked the looks of especially the matched bumpers. However, the grille was even more pronounced than the factory black one.

Now, I've always done more earthy or neutral tones (gray, charcoal metallic, olive drab, etc.), but I saw the KPMF Matte Autumn Fire and kind of fell in love with it. I actually bought the vinyl over a year ago for "when I got around to it." When it came closer to wrapping, I started having second thoughts about the color as it was way more "out there" than colors I've done in the past. However I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The sand/prime/repeat was a HUGE pain in the ass, and next time I'd have someone else do it! However, I've never done paint work myself, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I will say I did NOT miss my calling as an auto-body/paint specialist! There's a reason they are paid well. By the time I finished I had literally two days before the snow flew, so I didn't get a chance to get any good outdoor shots before I had to throw my winter wheels on. Here's what I have so far:

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@SRG_Joe is selling these. Might be worth checking out if youre looking for a new grille design. Truck looks badass with the orange and black

Thread 'Stainless Steel Grille new Design' https://www.ram-trx.com/threads/stainless-steel-grille-new-design.20436/

 

[OZ_TRX]

Dang that looks pretty good. If somebody did stealth ppf over the Harvest Sunrise color I bet it would be pretty close to this. You’ve got your own special edition!

 

[n8er]

The truck came out great. I like the look with the OEM front bumper and the ADD(?) rear.

Thanks! It's actually a Body Armor 4x4 bumper. It was a pain to prep for paint and wrap. If I was just going to paint, it wouldn't be terrible, but when you wrap it, you need nice clean edges/transitions. Those welds all had to be ground down and leveled out. Got it free from one of our suppliers, so can't really complain.

 

[Austinmtlhd]

Well, I'm an idiot and backed into my Polaris Ranger, so I had some minor body work to do. Had to replace the rear bumper and a minor dent in the tailgate. Wrap was also scratched, so had to replace at least that part of it, and I figured I might as well do a whole new look. What really pushed me to redo the full wrap was that I wanted to do something to take eyes off the "mustache" grille. That has been my biggest gripe about this truck from day 1. Never been a fan. I figured someone would come out with an aftermarket replacement, but thus far all I've seen is inserts to go OVER the factory grille. I had the Oracle light bar then installed just below the "mustache" but it seemed to just draw MORE attention to the grille rather than hiding it. I decided to try something on my own, buying a grill made for a normal Ram 1500 and trimming and cutting to get it to fit the Rex. The result wasn't terrible, but I was still after something different. I saw all of the color match trucks out there and really liked the looks of especially the matched bumpers. However, the grille was even more pronounced than the factory black one.

Now, I've always done more earthy or neutral tones (gray, charcoal metallic, olive drab, etc.), but I saw the KPMF Matte Autumn Fire and kind of fell in love with it. I actually bought the vinyl over a year ago for "when I got around to it." When it came closer to wrapping, I started having second thoughts about the color as it was way more "out there" than colors I've done in the past. However I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The sand/prime/repeat was a HUGE pain in the ass, and next time I'd have someone else do it! However, I've never done paint work myself, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I will say I did NOT miss my calling as an auto-body/paint specialist! There's a reason they are paid well. By the time I finished I had literally two days before the snow flew, so I didn't get a chance to get any good outdoor shots before I had to throw my winter wheels on. Here's what I have so far:

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Looks awesome.

Is that Go ManGo. My last truck was that color.

 

[IdahoKTM]

Looks awesome.

Is that Go ManGo. My last truck was that color.

He literally said, "KPMF Matte Autumn Fire".

 

[OZ_TRX]

He literally said, "KPMF Matte Autumn Fire".

Reading is hard lol