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Old 09-21-2003, 11:26 PM   #26
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...I can't stress it enough...make sure your body work is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT when painting anything black...even spots that felt perfect, and looked perfect, and where invisible with primer still show up with the black paint ....
Use a "guidecoat" over your primer. That will expose imperfections that you can't see, or feel.

It looks great so far. Keep it going before the cold sets in...
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Old 09-22-2003, 09:34 AM   #27
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What do you mean by "guidecoat"?
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Old 09-22-2003, 10:00 AM   #28
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Spray a darker primer color over what you have and block sand the truck. Any low spots will show up as dark circles, lines etc where the block didn't sand it. Black requires a PERFECT canvas...
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Old 09-22-2003, 10:07 AM   #29
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I know

But it's painted now ... I'll probably just save for a new box and have that painted black when I get it and switch them...and just live with the bad drivers side until then...

...but personally I'd rather have the ripples than they way it looked before!
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Old 09-30-2003, 08:28 PM   #30
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More pics

This is what happens when you have no box on the truck and have it in gear with your foot not fully on the brakes


Some interior primed pictures (put the seat back in to move it around)


The outside of the cab primered


Now for the painted parts:
That's just dust at the bottom...forgot to wipe it off before the pic I guess...




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Old 09-30-2003, 08:29 PM   #31
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The pictures arent' doing the paint justice, it's very shiney.

After wetsanding it will be very nice, but it'll need to be wetsanded to get the mild rippling out, and the bit of dust...damn dust!!!
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Old 09-30-2003, 08:56 PM   #32
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You gonna clean the frame up while you have it down? Looking good so far.
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Old 09-30-2003, 11:33 PM   #33
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I was going to clean the frame...but...it's too close to winter...I am basically out of time and have to get it DONE! So I'll probably skip the frame on this one
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Old 10-06-2003, 09:00 PM   #34
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Here are the pics of it painted...

My old man painting the doors...


The inside has paint



Polished the front bumper, it has some rust, but I'll get a new one eventually


Looking good!



Long truck


Put it back together...then did some other work and forgot to take a picture during daylight


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Old 10-06-2003, 09:11 PM   #35
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how would you rate the doors and where did you get em from? how much did they run ya?
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Old 10-06-2003, 11:15 PM   #36
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the doors are good, they were $110cad each, so about $80usd, I'm not sure where they're from, my dad picked them up...it was some parts place in Winnipeg that he got them from though.
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Old 10-07-2003, 01:53 PM   #37
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They fit good, huh? I was wondering the same thing.
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Old 10-07-2003, 02:05 PM   #38
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Yeah, they fit good. Only thing I've noticed so far is there is a screw hole missing for the vent window that I'll have to drill one for, but it shouldn't be an issue.
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Old 10-07-2003, 04:11 PM   #39
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Are you sure they aren't for an earlier truck? I think the earlier (70s) versions of our trucks used one less screw on the vent windows. If they are the wrong doors, your door panels might not fit.

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Old 10-07-2003, 04:27 PM   #40
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...I'll check the door panels later...but the doors are mounted and appears to be identical except for that one screw.
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Old 10-07-2003, 04:27 PM   #41
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...I'll check the door panels later...but the doors are mounted and appears to be identical except for that one screw.
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Old 10-07-2003, 05:01 PM   #42
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WOW you've been busy!! now go take some pics in the daylight so we can see it put back together

Great job!!

What kind of paint did you use?
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Old 10-08-2003, 09:56 AM   #43
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"Crappy Tire" paint...Duplicolor I think is what they sell?

I just lightly wet sanded the thing by hand for four hours yesterday, to remove those few damn runs and get it ready for the last coat...which hopefully goes on tonight.
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Old 10-08-2003, 10:18 AM   #44
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is that just a single stage paint?
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Old 10-08-2003, 10:27 AM   #45
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Old 10-08-2003, 10:43 AM   #46
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did you have to thin it at all? and what was the cost for your paint?
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Old 10-08-2003, 10:47 AM   #47
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It's mixed with reducer, 4:1 (paint:reducer) and the paint was only ~$80 a gallon, and I'm going to end up using two, but that's because the hood, doors, tailgate, and box's outside panels will have three coats, while the cab only gets two, but the first one is pretty thick.

I'm not sure what the reducer cost though...I didn't buy it, my dad did.
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Old 10-23-2003, 09:53 AM   #48
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The only thing worse than finishing with extra parts is...


...missing a part

Was putting the doors back together yesterday, and I can't find the passenger side window track...the one for the roll down window that is on the latch side of the door.

Crap, would have had the truck together if it wasn't for that. Well, I do need to buy some bolts to hold the mirrors on, but I would have figured something out had I had that piece and been able to finish if I could have found bolts to use.

B@H, off to the wreckers I go...or hopefully my dad sends one of the mechanics from the shop to the wreckers for me to get that track :p
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Old 03-01-2004, 12:22 PM   #49
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Well, most of the snow is off it, it's been parked for a while...but I finally got some daylight pics!


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Old 03-01-2004, 12:23 PM   #50
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PS, don't use crappy tire duplicolor paint...or maybe it was the primer, but it DID NOT STICK properly, it's flaking off in spots, and I don't know why!
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