"The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

[HzEmall]

Originally Posted by Gordonr1973

Gregg's Distributing made them for me to my lengths. I don't know the brand of the hose.

They are probably BrakeQuip

[Gordonr1973]

Wet sanded today and shot second high build coat:

[Gordonr1973]

Base and pearl coat sprayed down this morning. Just clear coat left to do after lunch.

I forgot how hard it is to always watch your hose and not rub any panels with anything while spraying paint is!!

[Greenlee]

Nice!

[kikkegek]

Cool!

[Gordonr1973]

Couple more pics with the clear sprayed down

[mooseknuckles]

looks good!

[y5mgisi]

Do you think there has been a big difference in initial quality of the paint/clear with the better paint gun?

[Gordonr1973]

I'm not the best painter so a bit better gun helped me I think.

I've tried cheap guns from China & ones that are entry level. I think today the clear just seemed to lay out a lot better.

[y5mgisi]

Seems its a razor thin line of laying it on thick enough to make it lay out right, but not so thick that it runs.

[Gordonr1973]

Couple more from tonight after cleaning the shop up a bit!

Seems like its going to be moving fast now

[Gordonr1973]

Hood

[Gordonr1973]

Sound deadener in.

[Greenlee]

Looking good Gordon!

[Gordonr1973]

Seals - It grommet through the firewall for LS wiring harness.

[y5mgisi]

Love those grommets.

[jpnh]

coming out good/nice job

[Jermdeane]

I'm working on doing the same swap to my 87 right now. I'm currently working on the chassis, then it's on to brake and fuel lines. What type of lines did you run? If I remember correct from the pictures it looked like rubber instead of a hard line. Thanks in advance and I love the build so far, keep up the great work.

[Greenlee]

Gordon, where did you find those grommets? They look better than the factory ones. I have had trouble finding any grommets at all in the larger sizes. Thanks

[Gordonr1973]

Brake lines were made by a hydraulic shop. Tim id'd them a few posts ago.

The grommets are called "Seals-It". I got them at Summit Racing.

Been working on improving the rats nest of wiring.

[Gordonr1973]

I'm wiring the "window relay mod" and figured this pic I found on the interwebs might help someone else out too.

Several threads on here that describe how to do it if you're interested.

[Sodell]

Gordon, Looks great, should be on the road in no time... what brand clear and activator are you using?

[Gordonr1973]

Everything I used was PPG on this truck. But will be trying Valspar on my car next.

[Gordonr1973]

Relays all wired in for the windows.

[Lq9'ed 80 Sierra]

Originally Posted by Greenlee

Gordon, where did you find those grommets? They look better than the factory ones. I have had trouble finding any grommets at all in the larger sizes. Thanks

I am not Gordon but I'll answer your question. Earls Performance.