So today I decided to put some graphics on my truck. The victim is a 2002 Extendo cab Chebby Silverado 4 WD. Now I am replacing my 2002 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner with this as the PreRunner is just to small to haul stuff to Missoula including management and the head of security (90+ pound Roscoe). And we needed the 4 WD the last time we were over there.
Anyway, the used Leer Shell I picked up is a dark maroon metallic and I thought I had gotten as close to it as I could with the vinyl selection but as it turns out - not that close, oh well it's in the family and won't look to bad.
First off I created the graphics and I wanted to do a 3D look so I got a shade lighter for the top and a shade darker for the underside of the graphic. I got the very next on the color chart (of vinyls available). Here is the basic layout on the truck.
Next I started from the right and moved my way towards the back. I'll just put a few more shots up so you can see what the heck I'm talking about. ;-)
Ok so the truck has all the graphics on it. Now comes the hard part, doing the doors as you have to cut the graphics and wrap the tiny part around the door jamb. You did remember to clean those out didn't you??? Or was it me who was supposed to do that? I start with the easy parts and work towards the middle door.
Now that I have finished the middle door the graphic looks like this, not to shabby but the color is off from the shell, Oh well.........
I decide I'll try my 3D look and see how it "really looks", if I don't like it I'll remove the colors right away, if not I'll leave and enjoy it.
I decided I did not like the dark color as it is just way to purple, it's supposed to be the shadow parts of the graphic with the light coming from the front, however it just wasn't speaking the love to me so I ripped off the dark color and have decided I'll cut more of the light and just do an outline. It'll be just fine when I get R done and since I only did one side the other will go great & easy next weekend. ;-)
