ROWHARD FRONT VALANCE...SWEET!
I'd like to start this little step by step by first saying THANK YOU JOHN, to Rowhard.
The man went out of his way to "whomp one up" on the quick, before Moab.
Dude, all I can say is, I truly appreciate the extra effort, & absolutely top shelf product!...
This piece is of VERY high quality, & made of fiberglass, not plastic.
I hated to cut it, but I wanted to incorporate both a functional skid plate, & Johns sweet piece of art.
Getting started, measure - measure, cut - cut - cut...
Decided to drop the skid plate a bit, to reduce the amount of cutting.
After getting all the cutting done, & all the fastening holes drilled, it's important to use a strong detergent (dish soap) to remove all the mold release wax, so the primer & paint will stick.
Then scuff it up with some 220, followed by a 3M scuff pad. Then a couple of wipe downs with 90% rubbing alcohol.
If you're more picky than me, after the first coat of primer is the time to smooth out any surface imperfections with a bit of bondo.
Shot the back side with primer & black bed liner.
Then shot the front side with a few coats of primer, sanding lightly between coats.
A couple coats of paint, & a couple coats of clear...voila!
Time to make some bumpers to protect the fiberglass from the fasteners.
I used surgical tubing, cut to about 1/8" & used a flat rubber washer under the stainless washer, so nothing but plastic or rubber is touching the fiberglass.
Finally, the finished product...
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