Painted the cowl today...it was completely faded so now its nice and shiny! Pics up soon after i finish school work...can also write up a how to if wanted (i know theres one out there but i believe its for a 2005 expy/f-150 and the process for mine was completely different)

Pics Up!

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Simple DIY mod, pretty quick and cheap and in my opinion worth the effort. Just cleans up the look of the truck and for my situation, continues the blacking out theme

 

i need to do this mod on my expy, what paint did you use ?? it looks good !!

EDIT: and did you clear the cowl ?? or just leave it as is

 

So i took the cowl off and just washed it and cleaned w/ rubbing alcohol then i used some rust-oleum all surface paint (we had some in the garage for when my brother painted the plastic grill on his d max)...you can probably find some better paint but that stuff worked fine...i sprayed 3 coats (first light then the next couple heavier) and 2 coats of clear

The only thing is, just because of the nature of the surface, paint doesnt adhere very well so i probably shouldve done a light sand or used a better primer because when i reinstalled them i got a couple of scratches