Re: Truck loaded up headed for paint...
sorry all. Just got back. Took us almost 12 hours to get there Friday, traffic and so many accidents on I-10.
Only took us 9 hours to get home which is good, I had to drag the uhaul back with me.
My Friends shop is 3315 Red Bluff Road in Pasadena Auto Collision Experts. He does excellent work, has had several trucks in magazines that he painted.
As for how long it will be there, I learned a long time ago not to get a "date" from the body shop, lol. Hopefully by end of year. I am not in a big hurry. I think I decided on going with a pearl white on top, then a blue on bottom, He wants to do some kind of graphics, I said ok, but nothing crazy, I'm not into that. He had a Hyabusa in his shop he just did with white pearl and red, after seeing that, I was totally sold, it looked slick. We went over tons of color books and I gave him a few choices of blues, all were pretty close matches. Anyway, we had a good time, went down to schlitterbahn in galveston, our kids had a blast, I have 3 he has 5! It was like a school field trip anywhere we went.
His chihuahua had puppies and my kids would not let me leave without one for them...I guess that is a small price to pay, huh?
I am going to keep my mind off my truck for awhile and maybe get my garaged cleaned up a bit. I'll post some pics if he sends any..I am ditching the side mirrors and getting the holes in bed rails/stake pockets shaved. Think it looks better smooth.
Updates to come!
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