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More final assembly details.

We cut new green tint glass for it and blasted the regulator track. New glass tape to hold the glass in place.


New inner and outer wipes.


Rear edges curved and flattened to fit behind the glass run channel.


Glass installed.




Inner door panel and handles installed.


Polished screw heads.



New handles.


Aftermarket (ugh) mirrors didn't fit the shape of the doors at all. The base was straight instead of being curved to match the shape of the door.




The edges also have alot of distortion that wasn't polished out.


Hairline scratches that need to be buffed out.




Ground the edges down to match the shape of the door skin.




Ground all the distortion out of the edges.


Sanded smooth, ready to be buffed.




After buffing, compared to a straight out of the box mirror on the right.






The other step plate installed.


Buffed the driver's side door lock. Before and after.




Reassembled.



Driver's side door panel, handles, and arm rest installed.




Radio intalled and wired.



Wetsanded and painted the underside of the hood with low gloss black enamel.












Latch and radiator seal installed.


Latch detail.


Turnsignals installed with new wiring harness.


Had a pair of tailgate hinge bushings made from UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weigh polyethylene). UHMW is self lubricating, is soft enough to keep the paint from chipping inside the hinge sockets, and hard enough to keep the tailgate in place. They fit tight enough in the hinge socket that they won't rattle either. Much better than the original metal bushings.





Had to enlongate the holes for the tailgate hardware.



Tailgate installed.







Polished and cleared tailgate chains. Applied Duragloss Rubber and Vinyl dressing to the chain covers.




I didn't weld the bed cross sill in so I could adjust the tailgate gaps. Adjusted the bedside in at the top to even out the gap after this pic was taken.



Had to repaint the bumper so I thought I'd test fit it and the splash pans before I shot the paint.




The driver's side top edge curled in towards the bed too much. Had to fix that.


Marking the bumper brackets for the splash pan bolts.


Smoothed and polished all of the bumper bolts.


Splash pans and bumper brackets painted and installed.




Wetsanded and buffed the bumper.





Bumper installed.