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shaving???
Hi, every one new guy here and have a couple of questions
1st a little about my project 87 SWB Silverado 3/4 drop 383 stroker stealth ram injection ![]() ![]() current ![]() now that i'm almost done with the drive train I'll be droppong it a little more then paint and interior I want to shave the body (door handles, bed pockets, tail gate, tail lights, fender marker lights & front bumber) is there any place that sells all the filler peaces for all this? I've found the tail light fillers but not the rest |
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Re: shaving???
Ebay or avsontheweb.com
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Re: shaving???
If its made http://www.grantkustoms.com/ will have it,Also try http://www.mar-k.com/ they are a vendor here they sell a lot of stuff.
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Re: shaving???
i have not seen any filler panels for the door handles, steak pockets or marker lights..but try lmc for the roll pan and taillgate filler panel. nice truck btw wht wheels are in the first pic?
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Re: shaving???
filler panels for the smaller stuff would be easy to make, its all flat. Even if you did find someone that sold them you could of made it all your self with a 24"x24" piece of sheet metal for cheaper.
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mar k has a stick in steak pocket hole covers but they are right most of the stuff is flat easy to make your own pieces.
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Re: shaving???
got any detailed pics of the white wall being buffed out? I thought about doing this with some skinny white walls I had on a 98 short wide but never did. Id like to see how well it turns out. Great looking truck too!
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they turn out pretty good I've done it a few times a lot depends on the person who cuts them out also, i've seen guys who done it them self's with grinders but the out come was not all that good when there done by machine like in the links they come out great hard to tell here is a few youtube links to it being done |
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mar-k makes the best filler pannels. I tried the egay ones and a few others and none fit as well as the mar-k ones. I also have their roll pan. I have been to there shop here is okc and i must say they do some research on their parts. I was told by them (4yr ago) that if i wanted something special made they could do it too.
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I bought them about 5 years ago of ebay a guy had them nib, but they are some of the crappiest plating truck was garaged kept never driven in snow and only a couple of rainy day they pitted and started to flake in the 1st year rusted the 2nd year I had them can say about the 3rd year cause I got rid of them lol |
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lol thanks for the info
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Hey stroker a buddy of mine body and paint man did all of his shaving and it turned out great hear are some pics.
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you have any leaks around the door since you shaved the drip rails? |
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No leaks it stays in the garage i plane on shaving my truck like that this spring useing the same body man and i plane on useing caddy like on the back no one has them around hear.
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I had a few guys tell me they get leaks around the upper door jam once they removed the drip rails thats why I asked I'm going to start shaving mine over this winter I hope a long with cleaning up the engine bay and installing the engine back in it, its been sitting the last two years untouched after the distributor gear got chewed up by the cam gear got the engine redone but its just sitting |
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Well good luck getting your truck togather stay intouch i hope to have my truck looking better buy the spring..
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i have had mine shaved for year and the only time i get water in is in a car wash with the pressure right on the jam. but i have never had leaks in the rain ect.
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maybe the guys I talked to had worn weather striping?
i'm concerned cause well this thing is under construction I plan on driving it I know once it gets painted up it probably wont be driven that much |
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#23 |
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Re: shaving???
like people said...get some sheetmetal and cut your own peices. the best way to do it is to put a piece of masking tape over each hole and then use your pencil to kind of trace the inside of the hole. you will know where the metal starts and ends. then cut the tape out and stick it on the sheetmetal then tin snip it out. it doesnt need to be perfect as your weld will compensate for a little gap. i would cut them all out then tack on each side of the door handle piece then move to the key hole then move to other door and do a tack here and there. never weld too much at one time because it will warp the door pretty quick. i would say the welding would only take an hour for all the pieces,if everything is cut and ready to weld in. make sure to prime the back side of the sheetmetal so it doesnt rust. you can get weld-thru-primer
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what gauge metal should be used?
i've read that I should use .023 wire in my mig welder with a low setting is that correct? |
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as close to the metal thickness of the metal surronding the hole. use a low setting on your welder and after you put a tack on, look on the inside of your door for signs of heat to make sure the weld penetrated or else it will just come off. also when you grind the welds dont grind all at one time because you can warp the metal that way also
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