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Steel....

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Steel. Somehow the PYO's just looks to "easy" to me. They lack style and originality in my opinion. To me, it just looks slapped on.

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Bringing some money to the painter and will get some updated pice tonight. No color yet i dont think but by weeks end should have some

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You might set a record if your truck already has paint! It took me 5 months to get paint.

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Well, it doesnt take and shouldnt have taken that long, but bodyshops take in so much work at once they cant finish one. This guy i just caught at a good time and paid enough money to have it done quick

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I think the PYOs bring the truck up to date without overdoing it. Plus no matter how hard you are on them, within reason, they can almost always be brought back to a shine.

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x2. I've been following your truck since you gave the steelies a fresh coat of gloss white. Freshen them up one more time and put the dog dish caps back on, OEM style. You can always have a second set of shoes as the mood strikes, but I'd redo the factory steelies and caps and at least keep them if not run them.

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x3 on Steel. They look great on these old trucks.

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Looks like he put somw flake in the paint, i dont think factory apple red had flake in it

Surprised by the opinions on the wheels, figured the new ones would be a sure winner.

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Bought some stainless bolts for the rear axle shock mounts. Going to look good when headlights hit them.

Also some smaller stainless screws for under the hood

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My 1986 chevy k20 has the same "teepee" badges on it. Does anyone know what that means? Camper special? i thought they didnt make a camper special for those years thanks:metal:

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Camper special is correct.

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the hood, tailgate, and cowl have all been wet sand and bust. They are smooth as glass. The rest of the truck looks freaking awesome, it's sitting in the booth painted. I gave the mexican buffer dude an extra 100 dollars under the table to make it as smooth as the hood when he cuts and buffs it tomorrow. I am beyond happy




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Nice! As far as the flake, i would imagine he mixed the paint to the spec that was called out for the color code you gave.

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he said the factory color code in the glove box did not mix up as he wished. So he barfed the glove box really good, it still have the original paint and had a computer matched. He does not know how they flake got in there but we both love it.

some updates. The first picture should be off the old style license plate push intype light, over time the lenses turn yellow and break and just look bad. So I made the hole bigger and drill two other holes an added the other style that screw in and never yellow. Still have to do the other side. Also got my new, used fender emblems in, and I started working on my rear tailgate bezel. It is kind of dinged up so I bought a Do It Yourself auto body repair thing at the parts house to knock them out. Hopefully it will come out nice and I can polish it like I did the cab trim.


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i think some of the paint codes have been reused in gm. so a 85 code blue with no flake is now a 2008 blue with flake. ran it to that when i was working for a shop and wanted to redue my 86 c 20 the boss mixed some up and we spryed a old door and i looked at it and ask that is fact for 86? why does it have flake? never did do the truck or find where the screew up was

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I am jealous. My truck is pretty much ready. I have the inside of cab, door jambs, back of cab and firewall all painted. Just need to finsh putting the A/C box in and drivetrain so I can put the front clip on and then paint. I am soo ready for mine to be done. However I am trying to get another part of my business going otherwise it would be done. In due time though. Your truck is coming along very nice and quick. I can't get over how fast it is getting done. Mine was in the paint jail for over a year and still not done. Looking forward to your finished product.

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Looking good Nick. Man I paid a hefty price to have mine painted but it wasn't near as quick of a job as yours! I'll have to use him for my Chevelle project....lol. Looks very good.

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Thanks dude. Our prices were close, yours $4700 right? Mine was $4600. That was with me doing all the dissasembly and ill have to reassemble. Yeah you definitely wanna use these guys on the chevelle. He doesnt operate like other body shops and when he says itll be done you can count on it.

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Claytona08 this was at parkdale mall today

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It wound up costing me about 5600. Yeah I'll use them for sure. Man I can't wait to start on the Chevelle project but I need a good shop to work in. :lol:

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Super Nice!!! :metal:

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Wow, they increased the price on you? Thats sucks

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Spent the better part of the weekend tapping dents out of this damn tailgate bezel, the sanding and polishing and painting etc. Looks better than it did, and will look better than the holes in the tailgate showing. Supposed to go get my truck tomorrow but with 50% shot of rain it might not happen, cant tow it an hour home in the rain with no glass

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Well I had them do the bedliner, paint the interior etc. so I actually drove the price up. :lol: How much was the tool you used to tap out the dings on the tailgate band? I need to do one that I have in my garage.

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It wasnt really worth the $22 i spent, all you need is a small hammer and various things like i used a small drillbit to lay in the edges and tap them out. And just something flat and hard to put behind the bezel to tap against

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I'll have to give it a try then. Thanks for the info

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Its exciting thats for sure!

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You sure don't waste any time. Got the truck all put back together already. Congrats. Looks good. Satisfied with the paint job and everything?

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Lol a lot left to do! Driver side has nothing done to it lol. Ive been on it non stop just takes a lot. Plus i shut the damn hood without attqching the cable back up to the latch LOL. waiting on lugnuts that will be here friday, the wheels are held on by 3 lugs each and caps are taped on for pics lol. Its come a long way but atill a long way to go. But yes i love the paint

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What a beautiful truck. Congrats.

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Turned out really good!

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Thanks guys, i was able to move the rear bumper in 2", it has bothered me for years how far it stuck out. Also, if you cant afford new bilstien shocks, just sand and paint your ild ones, then throw some random srixkers on there lol!

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Or....
Sand & paint the wheels you already have & put the money spent for the new wheels (& subsequent required parts) toward the better shocks (Bilsteins) & then you don't have to ;)

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2 cold! :lol: