Exterior mods: painted exhaust, tow hooks, calipers + rhino lined lower grill and skid plate

[Mikein the burg]

Looks Great. I Coated my Jeep Comanche with the Bed Liner and a short nap roller. I will do the same as you on the skid plate. Did you paint the calipers? Also, I installed these paint matching inserts on the tailgate and removed the Raptor Decals. I like a clean look.

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[Sizzle Chest]

It does not bother the sensors, they were removed prior to spraying. Lightly tinted them to make them disappear a little bit.

Buddy of mine owns a custom shop and did the work. Yes, calipers are painted.

 

[Mr0h]

Holy cow I love this. I was planning the exact same in the front (exhaust is chefs kiss 🤌) but I cannot get the front bumper piece off. Did you do that yourself? I looked through a few threads but only saw detailed explanations for non-Raptor. Getting the bolts off was easy but then I couldn’t tell how to release the clips (or exactly where all of them were).

Also, the liner doesn’t affect those front parking sensors?? Wasn’t sure if / how much of them you can paint.

Looks amazing!

I took mine off recently and had it wrapped with black vinyl. After you remove the bolts start on the passenger side with a plastic trim tool wrapped with painters tape. Once you pry the end clip you have more leverage for each subsequent clip. Take your time and be gentle. There are 2 torx screws in the center that you need to remove before it will come all the way off. I worked the passenger side to the middle and then did the drive to the middle before removing the torx screws.

don’t worry, if you break a clip it’s nothing JB Weld can’t fix!

 

[mooner3]

I took mine off recently and had it wrapped with black vinyl. After you remove the bolts start on the passenger side with a plastic trim tool wrapped with painters tape. Once you pry the end clip you have more leverage for each subsequent clip. Take your time and be gentle. There are 2 torx screws in the center that you need to remove before it will come all the way off. I worked the passenger side to the middle and then did the drive to the middle before removing the torx screws.

don’t worry, if you break a clip it’s nothing JB Weld can’t fix!

Appreciate the info! So you were prying from the outside?? Yea I guess I didnt have a good sense of how much force is needed, and I was only trying from inside.

 

[Fattirz in NC]

I thought you were holding out for an 8ft bed?

Never wanted a 8ft bed! I was mainly hoping for a Tremor and would have loved a 6’ bed option with that. I’ll go for a bed rack for kayak and paddle boards since all we get is a 5’ bed option.

 

[Mr0h]

Appreciate the info! So you were prying from the outside?? Yea I guess I didnt have a good sense of how much force is needed, and I was only trying from inside.

yeah I prayed from the outside. It took a good bit of force to pop the end clips

 

[Double B]

Did a few cosmetic things to the RR. (I still need to tune it!)

Took the exhaust down, primed it, painted it matte black with a high heat ceramic paint. Painted the tow hooks and brake calipers Code Orange like the interior accents. Also Rhino lined the front lower grill/skid plates. I like the look and the silver/aluminum as they come from the factory was the only 'silver' pieces on the truck except for the exhaust.

Looks terrific! How much of a pain was it to remove the lower grill and front skid plate?

 

[Sizzle Chest]

^^Thank you! I can't tell you, a buddy of mine did it for me.

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