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are you going to narrow the rearend any, or just run stock width and more backspacing, or will it work like it is with factory backspacing? i really am wanting some more meat under the rear of mine as well the 60 series look small on the rear.

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Hey Flips!
I wasn't going to narrow the rear end any, at least not initially, because a lot of the wheels for newer vehicles have a bigger positive offset. And since I want more of a Pro-Touring style wheel, I thought that I would have better luck finding a wheel style that I like, with the offset that I need.
But if it comes down to narrowing the rear, I could do that too. I narrowed the 9" rear & re-splined the axles that are in my dad's Pro-street '48 pictured a few pages back. He has 3 more of those rear end assy's and an assortment of center sections with different gear ratios sitting here, that he will never use!
One way, or another, it WILL have some big meats under the a$$-end!

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sweet, i have a 9 inch for mine thats 2 inches narrow than the one in it now, just incase something was to break with the slicks on it, thats when i will mail my tubs to ya:lol:

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Quite likely That something may break with that hypo-motor you have in that rig!
Do you want me to plan on it then? Ha-Ha!
BTW, I block sanded & sprayed my tubs with another coat of primer tonight.
They looooook perfect!!!!
Also, I was meaning to ask you, what brand of paint & clear did you use on your truck? And how happy are you with the results....Assuming that it is a basecoat/clearcoat finish.
And did you sand & rub it?....Or did a body-shop do it all?...Forgive me for not sifting back through your build for these answers if you already posted this info...
I got a quote today for Dupont clear, activator & reducer, gotta see what the reduction ratio is, & what it boils down to as sprayable product, but $500.00...Seems a bit pricey.

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i used sikkens brand base and clear, it was given to me by a paint rep, as far as the rubbing went i ultrafined it with 1500 then 3000 and used 3m rubbing compound with a wool pad, then went to 3m polish and a less coarse wool pad then 3m ultrafine mahine polish with a black foam pad. as far as the price of the clear you were talking about sounds about right and it actually a little cheaper than the sikkens, but here is one place you dont want to scrimp on materials. better materials longer its gonna last.as far as my paint job goes i have pretty much done it all except re -spraying my bed and drivers door,my friend who owns a body shop and was letting me use his booth was a little slow so he did it while i was at work, good to have friends.

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How much base & clear did you end up using?
Did you paint the bottom of your cab & inside the fenders with it too?
I'm trying to get a good idea of how much product that I need to buy, because I want the color to be from the same lot.
I was already thinking that I would need 2 Gallons of clear, unless I pick a color that I can single stage the underside with, and about the same with basecoat....Also pondering the idea of wetsanding it with a DA & 3M foam backed sanding media. I already have all of the 3M polishing media & foam pads.

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with the re-spraying of the bed and door, i would say at least 2 gallons of clear and probably the same in base coat, not really sure never really kept up with it, i did so many panels at diffrent times and just mixed it as we went. the bottom of my cab and also the inner side of the fenders and bedsides are done with raptor tintable bedliner so thers is some more base coat, i also used the bedliner in the inside of the truck floor and rear wall for sound deadning. even with solid colors i would get all my material at the same time, thats why i had to re-do the bed,there is about four diffrent mixes for victory red. by the way i love the raptor bed liner material, 4 quarts, a gun and the hardner for 109.00 on ebay with free shipping,and when tinted it looks great.

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Thanks for the quick response Flips!
Kinda what I was thinking then, 2 gallons of base, & 2 gallons of clear.
Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I've been doin some aluminum tig-welding for a buddy in the evenings & on the weekend, who is really busy at the moment...Gotta make hay when the sun is shining!
I gotta supplement my income to pay for this paint work somehow!
I like your idea of tint-able bedliner but the finish is a little rough for me...at least where it is in plain view. I'm thinking about doing those areas with 3-M schutzs, or a gravel-guard type of material instead...I think I spelled schutz correctly!

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Reading back through your build. Man you got some sick skillz!:metal:

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Hey Bomp!
Look who's talkin!
I appreciate all the comments
Haven't posted anything lately as I'm trying to get some color on this thing!
Maybe later this week we will blow some parts, and you can bet that I will post pics as soon as I do!
I AM SO ANXIOUS TO SEE SOMETHING WITH PAINT ON IT!

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Hey Bomp!
Look who's talkin!
I appreciate all the comments
Haven't posted anything lately as I'm trying to get some color on this thing!
Maybe later this week we will blow some parts, and you can bet that I will post pics as soon as I do!
I AM SO ANXIOUS TO SEE SOMETHING WITH PAINT ON IT!

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I haven't been doing anything lately besides final prep for paint. Real boring as far as photos go.
But I have had a chance in between paint prep, to build brackets for my radiator & fan, and mock it up prior to prepping the support for paint.
The radiator & fan are from an SS Camaro that was the donor car.
The brackets turned out really slick...I chopped off the original mounts on the fan shroud and now the fan hangs on the integrated hooks on the radiator tanks, and will simply lift off... and all of the hoses & transmission lines hook-up like from the factory.

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That is very slick. Nice work!
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:agree: :thumbs:

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YAHOO!!!
Tonight I finally got a chance to get a little color into the picture!
After work I went to my friends house, where we will be cutting-in all of the body panels with paint in order to shoot the back-side of a few panels, to see if I even liked the color that I have chosen....I am thinking thumbs-up!!!...I am pretty excited!
Bear in mind that these are the the unexposed sides of panels, and that a minimal amount of time was spent prepping, as compared to the exposed sides of these. Also it was simply a color test to determine if the color was what was interpreted from the color chip.....I am ordering more paint tomorrow!
Some pics are with & without a flash..

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And a few more pics!

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man... that is rich. love that blue.
solid color or 2-toning it?

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Thanks, I really dig the color too!
Yeah, It is gonna be 2-toned.
Corvette Jet-stream blue & Mercedes Iridium silver.

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It's always exciting seeing fresh Paint go on. That is really nice.
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I agree...finally got to lay down a little color myself this weekend. Nice work on the radiator/fan

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Thanks Guys!
Gonna try to spray some more color tonight!

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very nice color modge,love it, and the radiator is sick, heck you will be doing burnouts before you know it. fresh paint gets you pumped up and things really start coming together.

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Thanks for the comments Flips!
I am soooo pumped!

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A few more pics from last night.
Second session of paint....Starting to make progress!

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That does look awesome Modges !!
Better than mine.