Very productive day... (pic heavy)
 

Been meaning to take care of some truck love lately, so this week I was able to pull it in and rebuild the front end and do some rust prevention on the bottom of the doors. I kinda got carried away and spruced up both doors rather than just limiting myself to the bottoms.

I'll post some more pics once I get everything back together.

Replaced every moving part on the front end, including the brake hoses.

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Decided to redo the steering wheel and paint the guages.

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A while back I found some pristine door panels at pull a part, so I snagged them, painted them and put some of that sound dampener stuff on the back.

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Looks good, what kind of suspension parts did you use?

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where did you get the frontend rebuild parts at?

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I'm ready to see how this turns out...seems pretty cool!

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very nice!!!

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very nice!!!

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You said it Very productive day and all looks very nice

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Nice work man.

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Looks good, did you get the cluster back together? I'd like to see how it looks painted green.

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Here are the completed pics. The gauges turned out a little darker than I thought they would... almost black. But when the sun hits it you can see the contrast and it looks good.

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Wasn't really digging the in-progress paint pics, but wow does that look nice!!

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Thanks for the compliments. For the front end parts, I just went down to the local 0'reilly's. Mostly McQuay Norris and some Master Pro stuff. Drove the truck to work today and it rides fine. The biggest difference? I sure feel the authority of the new springs and sway bar bushings. =) I don't hear anymore popping of bad ball joints either.

I've got a little bit more adjusting to do with the alignment to do yet, but it's definately an improvement.

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very nice!

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Very nice!

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I do like the dark green in the guages!