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I was going to get the brackets, aircleaner and valvecovers powder coated and decided to try eastwoods under hood black and was pleased. I used the Dupli-Color Engine enamel spray and was pleased with the results. Sandblasting the parts before you rattle can them is key.
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i'll just drool over yours today while i watch 20+cms of snow fall lol
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Thank you all for the great comments I appeciate it.
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very nice work indeed. I know looking at the engine bay of my truck yesterday it looked like a daunting cleanup task, and it didn't have the engine in it!
did you remove the fender wells to paint them, or just careful masking?
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You brought the engine to raw metal? Unreal...your a craftsman.
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WoW she looks beautiful
what time can I expect you to do mine now ? hahaha would you mind sharing what all you used such as products and stuff and what tools you did for the cleaning and sanding down ??
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And thats all i have to say about that
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very nice job. now if i could just find 12 days.
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Looks great! Looks like new
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You did an AWESOME job Yezzi! The engine compartment looks amazing. And in just 12 days, wow! Did you remove the inner fenders and the intake? I know you said you sandblasted them but did you put them in a cabinet or use a spot blaster? By the way, your rattle can work is superb.lol
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I didn't remove the fenders or the fender wells I just used a lot of tape. I used a sandblast cabinet with black slag media on all the brackets, pulleys, exhaust manifolds, etc. I replaced a lot of the nuts and bolts with grade 8 and blasted them to bare steel and satin cleared them to match. It gave that OE raw look. I also used the eastwood satin clear on the firewall to inhance everything. |
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I. love. that. truck.
Seriously Yezzi, that looks great. I really do like your truck. A lot. Gives me something to shoot for.
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looks like it. I believe he said he started by painting that and it went from there. Mine is on the other fender (87 r10)
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Good job! looks great!
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Very Nice!.. Did you mask off the decals or find some repos?
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She's a Beauty !!!
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That's one of the best looking square bodies I've ever seen...
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damn that looks amazing!!!!!!
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