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**crossy** · 09-28-2005, 11:47 AM

well i've fixed more than one in my life and on the 81-87 trucks i prefer the Coverlay brand cover. some covers are much thinner and are so warped out of the box that they are horrible. PREP WORK is the key . dry fit it several times and trim lightly where needed , usually only on the ends. THEN PAINT if you want to. clean your existing pad several times with laquer thinner then alcohol(not your good stash) just the Isopropyl type. apply silicone the way they say too. dont overdue it. WEIGHING IT DOWN until it dries is another critical thing. I use BIG Chilton manuals which incidentally is the ONLY thing i have found that Chiltons books are good for. :-). let dry overnight. DAVE

09-28-2005, 11:47 AM	#3
crossy Oh,you can't buy that new Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsville,N.J. 08070, USA Posts: 2,042	well i've fixed more than one in my life and on the 81-87 trucks i prefer the Coverlay brand cover. some covers are much thinner and are so warped out of the box that they are horrible. PREP WORK is the key . dry fit it several times and trim lightly where needed , usually only on the ends. THEN PAINT if you want to. clean your existing pad several times with laquer thinner then alcohol(not your good stash) just the Isopropyl type. apply silicone the way they say too. dont overdue it. WEIGHING IT DOWN until it dries is another critical thing. I use BIG Chilton manuals which incidentally is the ONLY thing i have found that Chiltons books are good for. :-). let dry overnight. DAVE __________________ "been there, done that, ruined the T-shirt". 2007 LBZ GMC Sierra, ECSB 2006 LM7 RCSB Silverado 98 Vortec project. 94,3500,6.5L 4L80 81 SWB GMC POS finally gone 73 Pinto, stock, w/CragarSS's-eww 84,C10 SWB-Yella,stock 86 K10 SWB-Red, hopped up 305,4/S LOTS of Cummins trucks. Last edited by crossy; 09-28-2005 at 11:48 AM.