Visualizing Change before it happens...

IL8APEX

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So I've ordered a bunch of parts and can't wait for the weather to get slightly warmer so I can actually install them... I know, I've gone soft. I'm not crawling around on the ground when it's 35deg outside!

Anyway, I decided to start slowly and work some Photoshop to visualize the change.

STOCK: https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1jbSMPoe8ucigzs9

The parts list includes:
SVC branded Fox 2" Coilovers up front
BDS 1" lift in the rear
SVC Baja front bumper
SVC Baja rear bumper

That's the visible stuff. Everything else doesn't really change the curb appeal.

LIFTED: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cATq3UaZGa6UPWw96

That's on the stock wheels / tires, note that the shaving of the bed behind the wheels may or may not happen.
The last decision to make is whether to black out the rockers: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ocsC4ZKtZqqJ6V4Z9

Right now I'm thinking yes to the rocker blackout, but what do you guys think?

-Tom

(Sorry for the links... Got to figure out how to share publicly from Google Photos. I'll work on it!)
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So I've ordered a bunch of parts and can't wait for the weather to get slightly warmer so I can actually install them... I know, I've gone soft. I'm not crawling around on the ground when it's 35deg outside!

Anyway, I decided to start slowly and work some Photoshop to visualize the change.

STOCK: https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1jbSMPoe8ucigzs9

The parts list includes:
SVC branded Fox 2" Coilovers up front
BDS 1" lift in the rear
SVC Baja front bumper
SVC Baja rear bumper

That's the visible stuff. Everything else doesn't really change the curb appeal.

LIFTED: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cATq3UaZGa6UPWw96

That's on the stock wheels / tires, note that the shaving of the bed behind the wheels may or may not happen.
The last decision to make is whether to black out the rockers: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ocsC4ZKtZqqJ6V4Z9

Right now I'm thinking yes to the rocker blackout, but what do you guys think?

-Tom

(Sorry for the links... Got to figure out how to share publicly from Google Photos. I'll work on it!)
I like the look of the blacked out rocker panels...hhmmmm. Are you planning to paint, wrap, plasti-dip, something else?

The other mods look good...that rearend looks off to me though. Maybe it's just the style of the bumper you're planning or it's not Photoshopped the right way?
 

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I've been considering covering the rocker panels as well. Mostly for corrosion protection, since every vehicle we've had with exposed rocker panels like that start rusting from that area. One rock chip from a dirt road in the summer, and then douse in salt for 9 months in the winter. Not a good combination. I've been leaning towards maybe just doing some bedliner type stuff. I was also debating whether to do it in black or try and find a dark gray to match the magnetic trim of the Sport package. In my mind, the black would stand out too much as non-matching, especially where it meets up with the wheel well trims and bumpers. I'm not sure I would go up as high as you have pictured, maybe just to the first profile change line right above the bottom of the doors. Though the way you have it makes it line up nice with the area behind the rear wheels.
 
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@the1mrb: There is a "theoretical" line coming off the bottom of the tailgate that wraps forward about where I've drawn the top of the blackout... It think that makes a nice place to end a rocker treatment. I was planning on Avery brand Vinyl wrap. It's a lot thicker than typical 3M stuff, and warranted for many years in outdoor applications. Also completely reversible, unlike bedliner.

@BDoc: I think the trim behind the wheel probably looks funny because it eliminates a bend in the sheet metal that catches a highlight. The bumper is also a single tube. Eventually there will be a lot less metal back there than stock! Hopefully I can get to work on it soon.

-Tom
 

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Wonder if the city will notice you moved their manhole cover... :shock:
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