New street toy build

imelmo · Feb 11, 2013

That paint is gonna be hideous.

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Super Diesel · Feb 17, 2013

Well... did it get painted?

jdgleason · Feb 17, 2013

Super Diesel said:
Well... did it get painted?

This paint job is gonna take quite a bit of time

we will post some progress pics of body work and such as we get them.

Powerstroked162 · Feb 17, 2013

Super Diesel said:
Well... did it get painted?

Naw, not many $12,000 paint jobs are done in 6 days lol

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MINK · Feb 17, 2013

Powerstroked162 said:
Naw, not many $12,000 paint jobs are done in 6 days lol

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12k! Ouch, seems way steep

jdgleason · Feb 17, 2013

MINK said:
12k! Ouch, seems way steep

Lol he didn't pay 12.... Just what was estimated as retail for all body work, custom stuff, and caliber of paint that will be used.

Pizza pig · Feb 17, 2013

shoot, my buddy spent 6k+ on just the cans of paint for his house of color, at cost. And he just painted a VW Corrado, not a truck. Good body work materials are Expensive! And it doesnt pay to use mediocre stuff, just doesnt look as good.

pog · Feb 17, 2013

Powerstroked162 said:
Naw, not many $12,000 paint jobs are done in 6 days lol

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god dam. 12k.. that come with a lifetime of these to touch it up whenever? it be dat high end smooth and durable paint

jdgleason · Feb 17, 2013

pizza pig said:
shoot, my buddy spent 6k+ on just the cans of paint for his house of color, at cost. And he just painted a VW Corrado, not a truck. Good body work materials are Expensive! And it doesnt pay to use mediocre stuff, just doesnt look as good.

Amen brotha bro.

Super Diesel · Feb 18, 2013

Powerstroked162 said:
Naw, not many $12,000 paint jobs are done in 6 days lol

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Actually, I've seen 15k paint jobs get done in about a week. People must work slow over there, kinda like you with those Apex Manifold numbers that you're a year late with delivering. :flipa:

I didn't realize they had a lot of body work to get done too. It's all good, I was just curious. I'm anxious to see what this thing is gonna look like.

Are you guys going with a House of Kolor paint or are you using something else? I'm "getting close" to my shortbed conversion, I was planning on getting a decent paint job myself, but I'm gonna have to wait on that. With the way things are going, I'm probably looking at getting furloughed here soon at work. I'll have to settle with my Dark Stone paint scheme for the moment.

imelmo · Feb 18, 2013

I paid $3k total for the paint job on the Pumpkin. LOL

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JDub · Feb 18, 2013

I had a kid in auto body school paint mine...think it was about $400. Haha

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Dmstrucks02 · Feb 23, 2013

Jacob@DP-Tuner said:
I had a kid in auto body school paint mine...think it was about $400. Haha

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That's more my speed LOL

Super Diesel · Feb 24, 2013

I like the way you guys cut the frame, how much did ya'll cut out? I was planning on cutting mine this weekend coming up (1 March) but the guy who's buying my flatbed backed out on me... so I'll postpone it a little longer.

Also... since you guys have already done the work... is there ANY way to make the 38 gallon tank fit? It'd be awesome to have a Regular Cab Shorty with a 38 gallon tank.

jdgleason · Feb 24, 2013

Super Diesel said:
I like the way you guys cut the frame, how much did ya'll cut out? I was planning on cutting mine this weekend coming up (1 March) but the guy who's buying my flatbed backed out on me... so I'll postpone it a little longer.

Also... since you guys have already done the work... is there ANY way to make the 38 gallon tank fit? It'd be awesome to have a Regular Cab Shorty with a 38 gallon tank.

I cant remember exactly how much I cut out... 14 or 16". I dont see a 38 gallon fitting. Especially if it's 4wd.

jdgleason · Feb 24, 2013

Well, probably about time for another update. We decided that it would make a lot more sense to just send the bed and the cab to paint and leave the chassis at the shop so i could work on it.

So, a couple weeks ago, I built a dolly to set the cab on to take to paint.

And here is the cab on the dolly and the truck heading over to my buddy Dennis's. He owns Ozzie's body shop here locally and they do some bad ass work.

And we took the chassis over to the other shop so I can tinker with it.

MorganY · Feb 24, 2013

Thats one way of doing it lol, sweet! Can't wait to see the finished product. 12k for a paint job with some body work doesn't surprise me one bit.

jdgleason · Feb 24, 2013

Younger1993 said:
Thats one way of doing it lol, sweet! Can't wait to see the finished product. 12k for a paint job with some body work doesn't surprise me one bit.

Worked out better than I anticipated to be honest lol

HD F250 · Feb 24, 2013

I hope you plan on leaving those snazzy grab rails on the bed so all the drunk rednecks don't fall out when you goose that little shorty. LOL

Super Diesel · Feb 24, 2013

jdgleason said:
I cant remember exactly how much I cut out... 14 or 16". I dont see a 38 gallon fitting. Especially if it's 4wd.

Very cool, thanks. And dang... I was hoping that I could get that 38 gallon tank to fit, oh well. Just another part to buy at the salvage yard. It's going to be a good looking truck when ya'll are done. I know Steve's probably pretty excited about it, I sure as hell am!