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hrc200x · 09-30-2003, 11:17 PM

Gibble · 09-30-2003, 11:34 PM

the frame is nice but...

...I hate to tell you this but...someone stole your engine!

Lynx · 09-30-2003, 11:37 PM

mmmm that frame looks awsome!!!

**N2TRUX** · 09-30-2003, 11:58 PM

Good job dude. Give us the scoop on what ya did? Is it painted or powder coated. We demand the details...

PHOENIX · 10-01-2003, 12:21 PM

Looks great!

loweredd · 10-01-2003, 02:42 PM

I like how all the bolt and rivet heads are black.....NICE touch.

brad2 · 10-01-2003, 07:29 PM

Even thought it will be mostly covered up you'll be glad you did it. Plus it makes your truck drive better

hrc200x · 10-02-2003, 09:38 PM

Thanks, yes it looks cool now, but I bet after a year it will be chipped and what not, but its better than the rusty frame it was before I started. Its not powdercoated unfortunatly, its just XO-Rust which is similar to Rustoleum. I brushed it on hoping it would be thicker and not scratch/chip as easy. I painted each individule rivit/bolt that was still in the frame with a small artist paint brush.

All the metal lines like tranny cooler, gas, brake lines are red. Front and rear end will be black, tranny and tcase will be orange, tranny is a 350 so that will stay aluminum. The tcase has aluminum covers on it (203) so they will stay aluminum also. I'm leaning towards painting the body black. But, winter is comming, we've already had a couple inches of snow that melted so the project is going to have to get put on hold for awhile.

**N2TRUX** · 10-02-2003, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by hrc200x
.... Its not powdercoated unfortunatly, its just XO-Rust which is similar to Rustoleum. I brushed it on hoping it would be thicker and not scratch/chip as easy.....

Does it look as good in person as it does in the pics? From here it looks like a nice textured powder coating. Ya got a link to this XO-Rust stuff?

*1FaastC10* · 10-03-2003, 04:58 PM

looks good! i h ave a friend who painted the frame on her Monte Carlo about the same shade of grey.

hrc200x · 10-03-2003, 06:12 PM

It looks very good in person. Its shiny, but if you look real close you can see brush marks. It seems that the brush strokes show more where there was paint on the frame that I wire wheeled off than where large ammounts of rust were. I'm guessing that it won't hold up nearly as well as powdercoat would. Also, paint each rivit by hand is asking for a slip of the wirst, so there are a few spots where I got some black onto the grey and probably some where not all the rivit is black. I'm assuming the shinyness will fade after a bit also.

Nope, I don't have a link to XOrust. I work at a hardware store that carries it. I'm pretty sure its just like rustoleum, its oil based. Maybe a search on the net could find some results

Slonaker · 10-03-2003, 11:15 PM

I did a Google search for the XO Rust. Everything seems to indicate that it is a True Value Hardware store brand, similar to Rustoleum.

Slonaker

09-30-2003, 11:17 PM	#1
hrc200x Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 203	Updated frame pics __________________ '75 Chevy 3/4 4x4, 6" suspension lift, 3" body lift, 3" lifted gas tanks, '83 cab, '88 clip, 35" cooper tires, American Racing Baja rims, 350, 700r4, 208.

09-30-2003, 11:37 PM	#3
Lynx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Posts: 513	mmmm that frame looks awsome!!! __________________ Ben 1983 Silverado SWB 305 2002 Silverado Extended Cab 5.3 http://members.shaw.ca/bkennett

09-30-2003, 11:58 PM	#4
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Good job dude. Give us the scoop on what ya did? Is it painted or powder coated. We demand the details... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

10-01-2003, 12:21 PM	#5
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	Looks great! __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

10-01-2003, 07:29 PM	#7
brad2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmond, ok Posts: 1,056	Even thought it will be mostly covered up you'll be glad you did it. Plus it makes your truck drive better __________________ 74 swb 71 2wd Jimmy 82 2wd Blazer

09-30-2003, 11:34 PM	#2
Gibble mmmm....Rye and Coke Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: MB, Canada Posts: 485	the frame is nice but... ...I hate to tell you this but...someone stole your engine!

10-01-2003, 02:42 PM	#6
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	I like how all the bolt and rivet heads are black.....NICE touch.

10-02-2003, 09:38 PM	#8
hrc200x Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 203	Thanks, yes it looks cool now, but I bet after a year it will be chipped and what not, but its better than the rusty frame it was before I started. Its not powdercoated unfortunatly, its just XO-Rust which is similar to Rustoleum. I brushed it on hoping it would be thicker and not scratch/chip as easy. I painted each individule rivit/bolt that was still in the frame with a small artist paint brush. All the metal lines like tranny cooler, gas, brake lines are red. Front and rear end will be black, tranny and tcase will be orange, tranny is a 350 so that will stay aluminum. The tcase has aluminum covers on it (203) so they will stay aluminum also. I'm leaning towards painting the body black. But, winter is comming, we've already had a couple inches of snow that melted so the project is going to have to get put on hold for awhile. __________________ '75 Chevy 3/4 4x4, 6" suspension lift, 3" body lift, 3" lifted gas tanks, '83 cab, '88 clip, 35" cooper tires, American Racing Baja rims, 350, 700r4, 208.

10-03-2003, 04:58 PM	#10
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	looks good! i h ave a friend who painted the frame on her Monte Carlo about the same shade of grey.

10-03-2003, 06:12 PM	#11
hrc200x Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 203	It looks very good in person. Its shiny, but if you look real close you can see brush marks. It seems that the brush strokes show more where there was paint on the frame that I wire wheeled off than where large ammounts of rust were. I'm guessing that it won't hold up nearly as well as powdercoat would. Also, paint each rivit by hand is asking for a slip of the wirst, so there are a few spots where I got some black onto the grey and probably some where not all the rivit is black. I'm assuming the shinyness will fade after a bit also. Nope, I don't have a link to XOrust. I work at a hardware store that carries it. I'm pretty sure its just like rustoleum, its oil based. Maybe a search on the net could find some results __________________ '75 Chevy 3/4 4x4, 6" suspension lift, 3" body lift, 3" lifted gas tanks, '83 cab, '88 clip, 35" cooper tires, American Racing Baja rims, 350, 700r4, 208.

10-03-2003, 11:15 PM	#12
Slonaker Insert Witty Text Here Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,415	I did a Google search for the XO Rust. Everything seems to indicate that it is a True Value Hardware store brand, similar to Rustoleum. Slonaker __________________ '86 Chevy C10 (Sold 04/19/13 ) Stock '01 Silverado



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