Slash's Mopar Van: End of the Road

[Doodle]

+420 swag points for the NOS sticker. 👍

 

[Slash]

Aha there you go. Instant flat black wheels for free.

Basically

+420 swag points for the NOS sticker. 👍

I figured you guys would get a kick out of that

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Here it is after a wipedown on it's most visible parts. Didn't do anything fancy, just took some water and a sponge and wiped off a lot of the grime that had built up on the body from sitting. Looks 10x better now. I'm going to hose it down to remove the pine needles off the cowl and the roof as well as sponge the roof down; didn't bother today as that took me 2 and a half hours just to wipe it down. Hopefully this check comes soon so I can tape it all off and start applying the dip. If I have a enough I might do the wheels. Maybe.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

As promised here are the pictures of my friends van that he painted the bottom flat black and the wheels flat black. This is pretty much what yours will look like.

Before.

After flat black wheels and flat black bottom trim.

 

[ildd]

As promised here are the pictures of my friends van that he painted the bottom flat black and the wheels flat black. This is pretty much what yours will look like.

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Before.

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After flat black wheels and flat black bottom trim.

OH MY GOD that actually looks badass

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Reminds me of this:



Spool it up @Slash ! The ladies luv it

 

[Slash]

As promised here are the pictures of my friends van that he painted the bottom flat black and the wheels flat black. This is pretty much what yours will look like.

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Before.

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After flat black wheels and flat black bottom trim.

This is my exact plan. I may just have to do the wheels too. That looks really good.

Reminds me of this:



Spool it up @Slash ! The ladies luv it

Oh god I would do it too if it wasn't going to cost some crazy amount of money. I want my Mustang already

 

[Slash]

Yuck.

Much better

 

[Slash]

Harness the power of the Chrysler 3.3L.

 

[Ibonibo]

Harness the power of the Chrysler 3.3L.

Haha nice one.
my mom has the Chrysler. Now I don't know if it's a 3.3 or 2.8. But the rear muffler fell off. Now it sounds much better

Not the strongest engine, but very durable, if only the rest of the car was that durable...

 

[Slash]

I didn't really get on it too much since it was cold and hadn't run in a over a month. Hopefully when I put a battery in it it will fix the transmission problems. The motor itself isn't too bad...the rest of it is rough.

 

[Ibonibo]

Yeah ours too. I think we didn't spend a dime in the engine, but all the rest.

The Chrome

is getting really nasty. Looks like it decays

We had power steering, steering wheel, suspensions, .... And the underbody doesn't look too healty either. And obviously the exaust. I think only rust and dirt keeps it halfway together. But apparently the engines makes 400k easy.
But probably not in the same body

 

[Slash]

Yeah ours too. I think we didn't spend a dime in the engine, but all the rest.

The Chrome

is getting really nasty. Looks like it decays

We had power steering, steering wheel, suspensions, .... And the underbody doesn't look too healty either. And obviously the exaust. I think only rust and dirt keeps it halfway together. But apparently the engines makes 400k easy.
But probably not in the same body

I haven't put money into it other than $100 I paid for an entirely new brake system (nice to know people) and the shock tower cap because that rotted out. My "chrome" badges are flaking too

It's been pretty good to us and it's got 184,000 miles on it. Hopefully I can baby it a little but I'm probably not going to just so I can get on with my next vehicle. Don't want to drive this longer than I have to.

 

[Slash]

So I found this:

And our track allows this:

 

[Slash]

My rides been dipped!

I think it came out decent. My lines weren't perfect as some areas got covered more than others but its a beater van. I may or may not pull it of the side trim. I'm thinking I wat to go blackout theme with this but not ridiculous. Possibly getting some black trim around the wheels and going up another 3 1/2 inches with the dip as doing the bumpers and front grille completely black. Time will tell. I may go up higher in the rear but not sure yet. Still looks kinda crummy but its better than it did. Used 4 cans and half an unopened extra in case I need it. Not bad for a dippin noob I suppose. My finger is now numb from those damn cans. The overspray was kinda bad due to it being windy. I tried using a pencil eraser and I was like screw this so I grabbed a rag and a firm press against the paint in one stroke took it all right off.

Not quite as noticeable but I wet sanded by hand the rear bumper as well as a couple hubcaps to reduce the rust stains and it didn't come out half bad. Wet sanding and penetrating oil did the trick.

 

[savage388]

That looks much better. 👍

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Yes a lot better for sure. Now get some black on those wheels and it will look even better. Or remove the hub caps like you said in the previous post. The black wheels would really help that black accent pop on that van. Like the pictures I posted.

I am surprised you didn't do the ENTIRE lower part black so it all matched. Front bumper, rear bumper, and sides. Right now there is grey, black, and white. Kinda mismatched. Or is that just the angle of the lighting?? From the rear angle it looks like there is a grey bumper and the bottom of the hatch is black. Still a great improvement.

 

[Slash]

Yes a lot better for sure. Now get some black on those wheels and it will look even better. Or remove the hub caps like you said in the previous post. The black wheels would really help that black accent pop on that van. Like the pictures I posted.

I am surprised you didn't do the ENTIRE lower part black so it all matched. Front bumper, rear bumper, and sides. Right now there is grey, black, and white. Kinda mismatched. Or is that just the angle of the lighting?? From the rear angle it looks like there is a grey bumper and the bottom of the hatch is black. Still a great improvement.

I'm thinking about blacking it out. Black wheels, cheap black wheel arch trim (like the chrome old Ford pickups used but black) etc.

I am seriously considering doing the bumpers to color match it as it is indeed 3 different colors but $$$ is the issue at the moment. I suppose over time I will work up to it. I am considering going up another few inches and then doing the entire grille and front bumper, as well as being able to cover the last of that galvanized steel we put over top of the rust to get the hatch handle to work. Once I get some money I'll most likely do it. I agree it looks MUCH better. Still have a little wet sanding to do in a few places but it's a million times better than what it was.


EDIT:

Going to try my hand at tinting the taillights hopefully tomorrow. Going to stop at Walmart and pickup some of that black trim and a can of plastidip gloss. 2 coats of black and 2 coats of gloss should give me something of this effect:

 

[Slash]

Today's progress:

Tallight tinting! 2 coats of dip and 3 coats of glossifier. Don't think they came out half bad honestly.

Also:

And in preparation for the winter months to slow down some of the rust I dipped my rockers and bottom back sides of my door panels. Also door related I bought some black door trim and put some in from the trim line down just to pep it up a bit.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

For the doors you should've used apshalt undercoating. Offers more protection than a dip.

On the Ranger I gave the entire chassis and bed three coats of asphalt. Going to last me about 2 years lf snow and salt.

 

[Slash]

For the doors you should've used apshalt undercoating. Offers more protection than a dip.

On the Ranger I gave the entire chassis and bed three coats of asphalt. Going to last me about 2 years lf snow and salt.

I would have prefered it, either that or bedliner, but plasti-dip is cheaper. Not working so any money I come by I need to make the most of it.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

How much is plasti dip?

 

[Slash]

How much is plasti dip?

$7/can is what I paid.


Edit


Did this on both sides

 

[Team THRT Drift]

I paid 3$/a can of asphalt here. 8 cans. $24 for two years protection...not too shaby.

 

[Slash]

I paid 3$/a can of asphalt here. 8 cans. $24 for two years protection...not too shaby.

Unfortunately no one seems to carry it here. Not sure where to get it because of that.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Canadian Tire

 

[Slash]

Canadian Tire

We don't have that around these parts

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Looking even better. Great idea doing the rockers and inside the van because of the winter weather. That will help a LOT to prevent the salt / snow from eating away at the van. 👍

 

[Slash]

Looking even better. Great idea doing the rockers and inside the van because of the winter weather. That will help a LOT to prevent the salt / snow from eating away at the van. 👍

It'll look better once the bumpers get done and possibly the hubcaps. Still have a few more things to do, I'm going to wet sand my headlights to shine them up and also wet sand the rust stain off the hatch by the passenger side taillight. Hopefully I'll be able to dip that little bit of rust at some point and hold that off as well.

Really putting my hope into this dip to hold off some of the rust since this will be my prime winter vehicle.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

It'll look better once the bumpers get done and possibly the hubcaps. Still have a few more things to do, I'm going to wet sand my headlights to shine them up and also wet sand the rust stain off the hatch by the passenger side taillight. Hopefully I'll be able to dip that little bit of rust at some point and hold that off as well.

Really putting my hope into this dip to hold off some of the rust since this will be my prime winter vehicle.

I agree those matching black details will help a lot. I also agree with wet sanding the headlights. As you have seen from my posts, using 2,000 grit works very well. Then buff with some sort of cutting compound. I am sure you have something you can use to buff them after you are finished sanding.

I am a bit curious to how the dip will hold up to the winter and even more curious to how it would hold up to a drive through car wash. Wonder if it would peel off or actually stay on?

 

[Slash]

I agree those matching black details will help a lot. I also agree with wet sanding the headlights. As you have seen from my posts, using 2,000 grit works very well. Then buff with some sort of cutting compound. I am sure you have something you can use to buff them after you are finished sanding.

Yup, for sure. Hopefully I'll get away with 3 cans since it's darker than the white I started on. They say to use gray precoats on white vehicles but I didn't know this before I started so I ended up using more black then I needed. Since the bumpers are darker I shouldn't need as much to get a dark color.

The headlights are new housings my dad put on since the originals were cloudy. The drivers side has some crap I want to wet sand off. Not sure what grit I'll use, probably 2000 but I'll have to check my garage to see what I have and I have a lot of it. Unfortunately the drivers side mount was busted ways back :/

Not sure what I have laying around to buff them out though, I'll have to look.

I am a bit curious to how the dip will hold up to the winter and even more curious to how it would hold up to a drive through car wash. Wonder if it would peel off or actually stay on?

I've heard it depends on the application in a car wash. I've heard people have good results against pressure washers and others where it peels in car washes. I'm kinda scared to try it. Worst comes to worst I have to go to a spray washer where I have to get out and use a hose.