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The truck is in the body shop, getting a lot done. Its getting all the cabs rust repaired. front fender re welded and aligned (fender bracket snapped due to bad cab mount). misc rust fixed on truck, painting and installing a tailgate, new windshield, new cab supports, cab mounts, and floor boards.

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I also bought a new bumper with bumper guards. Still deciding if I should try to take the gaurds off or not.

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the chrome cleaned up really nice with 0000 steel wool and mothers mag & aluminum polish. and some mothers california gold wash n wax

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not sure if i want to sand blast the inside of the bumper and put it on my truck or just swap the bumper guards over. Suggestions?

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The guy I bought the bumper from also gave me a bunch of original paperwork for a 83 for free.
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Also picked up some nice tail light covers and a dash bezel for $14 from a junkyard.

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anyone ever restore a dash bezel? how would you go about it? what kind of paint?

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I bought silver carbon fiber look vinyl to redo my bezel. Cost about $6 for enough of the self adhesive to do the bezel and the passenger side to match. It fact I still have enough to do the door panels.

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Jamming truck man! Following for sure. Love the color and the rallies like mine!

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I removed my bumper guards and polished them as good as I could. Any ideas on how to fix the top carriage bolts spun hole and the bottom bolt that's snapped off? The bottom one i would think you could drill/mill out, but not sure what bolt will fit though such a tight space.

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What size lift is on this truck?

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4in

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That looks GREAT! How'd you go about doing this? Was it awful putting it on & where'd you get this? That wrap looks fantastic

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Wow....I can't believe you cut up a nice Silverado bezel just for the radio-the 88-91 Suburban bezels are easy to find and are already setup for the 1.5 DIN opening. Heck, I even have about 5 or 6 of them. The wrap does look good though-nice job.

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My bezel was already cut out for the single din radio buy the PO. I bought the vinyl on ebay (m2-racing is the name of the store). They have several styles and colors and different pre cut sizes. Putting it on was pretty easy but like all other interior work make sure you clean it real good before attaching the vinyl.

I used a xacto knife and a plastic scrapper. Since the surface is flat you shouldn't need a heat gun. After cleaning I laid the vinyl on the bezel and used the plastic scrapper to work it into shape and the carefully trimmed off the areas needed. There are multiple videos on Youtube that show how to cover items with the vinyl.

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Did you apply the vinyl then cutout around everything?

Yes I did. Now keep in mind that I was covering the original brushed aluminum look plastic. If you don't have that piece, the rough texture of the bare bezel will not finish out the same.
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With that lift and the 35" tires, do you have plenty of clearance in the front?
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That's what I have. Might give it a shot, looks really good on yours.

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yea i have no problems with clearance, but i have not done enough offroading to know the full travel.

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blasted and painted my bumper, bumper brackets, and bumper guards.

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I also got my new door locks in. Really easy, just take out a couple screws from door panel, remove window handle clip, unclip door panel from door. then remobe a tab keeping in the lock. the rest you can see from there

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Ill be putting in all new door window gaskets, ill try to take pictures. planning on redoing the whole vent window. either gonna acid dip or sand blast

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After that rust repair was the whole thing painted? Or just blended? Looks really good!

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I only blasted the back side. i painted with vht epoxy paint and then top coated with a silver paint

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think he's talking bout the cab.
looks good. had an 81. ran it to 300K but the rust was too bad.

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no the whole cab wasn't repaired. just rust spots. and the guy did a decent job. the paint looks good. but when you look really close, especially by the tailgate and bed sides you can tell the difference with the blue (very minor) and the silver is less "coarse" for the flakes. The guy didnt adjust the bumper when he put the bumper on, so the under side is chipped. there is a hear cleared over on the tailgate. a little overspray cleared over on edge of cab by the door seam. some overspray on the trim. a scratch and fingerprint in new paint by bottom corner of windsheild. and the seat belts dont work properly now. ones for sure broken. should have taken a much more in depth look before paying him. but they are very hidden and hard to find unless you start working on it. thats when i noticed. Any suggestions? I talked to him about the tailgates chipped paint, he said that he would fix it. what about the rest?

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lesson learned. don't go to a cheaper body shop. I'm surprised it came out like this after a very good restoration shop recommended me to him.

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Its been a while, i have done some smaller things lately. I recently started changing all the window gaskets, which will probably lead to me replacing my one door due to a big crease running down it. i have also bought a running 454 for $300 and 1 ton axles. This project is starting to become a bit more expensive that id like, but its all worth it.

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