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Did you drive by there today?
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Man I am still stuck at work. Looks like I'll be here until at least 9.

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That sucks. It could be worse though. I'm stuck at work until August 6th
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So I rode with a buddy of mine to the paint shop to get an estimate on his 64 Impala. The guy told me that a bay cleared out and my truck would begin tear down Monday! Super excited
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SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad to hear that man!!

If you can do a favor when you go check it out again can you check your tires for me please sir! :)
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Oh dang, I forgot! I'll check them for you
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It's all good man no biggie!
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Well I made it by the paint shop Thursday and got a couple progress pics. Friday they were finishing up the ding repair and getting ready to take the truck apart to start block sanding. Hopefully I can get more pics this Friday.

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Woohoo!!!!!

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6 more months and they will get it in the paint booth :-)

Let's hope not...... Looking like they are moving along

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Haha, he told me it should be complete in 2 - 4 weeks. He originally told me it would be out around the the middle / end of this month so he is on schedule.....for now!

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Looking good. Yours may be finished before mine lol. I need to call my painter tomorrow and see what's going on. I was hoping to have it back by this weekend so I could put it back together.

Do you know of any powder coaters in our area?

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Extreme Powdercoating in Beaumont. The guy that owns it is named Chris Comalander. I know they do commercial type work and most likely can do what you need. Their number is 409-796-1335. They also have a big plasma cutter if you want something cut out.

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Thanks. I'll give them a call. I just need a few miscellaneous interior parts PCed like the seat frame and e-brake handle
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How's progress going?
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Nice to see some fellow southeastexans on here rather than a bunch of damn california people. Nice truck

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I have a painter and a bodyman also if anyone around here needs a quote
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Any updates?
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Hey guys, I have been incognito for awhile. My truck still isn't finished!!!:devil:
I asked for a completion date Friday and they said approx 3 weeks. I've heard that several times before so I'm just hoping to get it back before Christmas, :lol:. The windows are being removed today, they said after the windows are removed they plan on priming and block sanding one more time. Tearing the truck down and putting it in the paint booth. On a positive note, I did get my badges in this past weekend though.

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They need to hurry up!!! I want to see some paint :lol: it looks good even primed!

Those badges are KILLER!!! I love it man!! They everything you expect them to be?

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Haha, You want to see some paint? How do you think I feel :lol: Man the badges are more than I expected. They are domed faced and solid polished aluminum. They come with the 3M adhesive tape stuck on the back. Very Very nice.

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That's why it's called "paint jail" and not "paint vacation". :lol:

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I hear you there brotha, it'll be done. I'm really blown away by those badges there amazing, I mean I knew they were going to come out awesome but it actually makes you speechless. I need to catch up on my truck. :lol:

Well it might be paint vacation for the truck but for the owner it's paint jail. :lol:

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Man that just totally sucks that the paint guy just can't look you in the eye and tell you that in 6 months you will get your truck back.......instead they lie through their freaking teeth so they get the job....A$* Holes.

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I feel your pain. I have been getting the same story but mine has been in longer. Since March. Ouch.

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Yeah it's aggravating. If it takes 6 months just tell me that.

Man that sucks!!!!

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I got a call from the paint shop this morning. They told me that my new hood should be in around noon and they started taking the truck apart this morning. They asked if I could come in today and pick out the paint so they could get it into the booth. It's been along time coming and I have gotten aggravated somewhat waiting but I must admit. I am SUPER EXCITED!

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Got a few updated pics. Hoping I'll be driving around in a couple weeks!

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That paint is killer!!!!!! I love it man!! :metal:

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Thanks! Man I was happy when I seen a little paint on it. They didn't have much done (Paint Wise) but some paint is better than no paint. :lol:

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I couldn't agree with you more man!

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I want to sign my name into the wet paint :-)

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Oooohhh, I hate it when they shoot metalics with vertical panels laying down. So many times I can see the difference when the panel is vertical again when hung on the vehicle. I hope that you can't see the difference if they shoot the fender laying down like that! EEK!

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Looks good! What gray did you end up going with? And too bad none of our trucks are done for the 11th St cruise tonight!

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You did the photoshop. I guess it's the least I could do! :lol:

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They hang them in the paint booth to shoot them. I think they were giving the primer time to dry. lol, no worries.

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I picked my colors from their paint chips and don't know the name of the colors. I can get the code off the chips if you'd like. Yeah it sucks that we missed the cruise. I missed the Silsbee cruise and 11th street.

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Updates from today. They have everything painted gray except the cab and bed. Once all the gray has been sprayed they'll re assemble the truck and tape off to spray the silver. After that they'll wet sand and buff the truck and spray in the bed liner.

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Where did you get that badging??? Sorry if you've already said and I missed it. They are awesome.

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I designed it and sent it to Billet Badges. You can check out their website. They are very very good quality. Solid aluminum polished and powder coated lettering.