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[QUOTE="powerstroker66, post: 517004, member: 8580"] next came the over welming task of paint and body work..the whole truck was ripped down with 400 on a 5" DA that i did and i got the body work close. My dad's friend owns a boddy shop so he helped me with the fine tunning body work and paint. [ATTACH=full]99973[/ATTACH] here is the truck all sanded....next its time for sealer [ATTACH=full]99974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99975[/ATTACH] Time to go to the body shop for final paint! [ATTACH=full]99976[/ATTACH] once at the body shop both doors and hood had to come off and james had to be painted. [ATTACH=full]99977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99980[/ATTACH] Now it was time to paint the outside it was based with 5 coats of Dupont GM code 6004R and 3 coats of clear. [ATTACH=full]99981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99984[/ATTACH] and the final product [ATTACH=full]99985[/ATTACH] now its time for the bed...i did all the body work myself along with reconstructing the inner wheel wells out of fiber glass..oh yea i found a rust free bed of a 97' gas job for $350 with a straight tail gate!! [ATTACH=full]99986[/ATTACH] then it was loaded up and shipped to the body shop aswell. [ATTACH=full]99987[/ATTACH] luckaly i had my dads toolcat to help me fork the bed in and out of the paint booth. [ATTACH=full]99988[/ATTACH] i forgot to take pictures but here is the bed painted and on the truck [ATTACH=full]99989[/ATTACH] they needed the truck out of the shop so the bed buffing had to be done back home [ATTACH=full]99990[/ATTACH] and here it is all buffed out [ATTACH=full]99991[/ATTACH] after finding a tire/wheel combo on craigslist i put them on the truck and drive it in the light to get a good pic of the blue with the wheels and it looks F*** sick!!! [ATTACH=full]99992[/ATTACH] it needed a new exhaust so i went with a 5" system [ATTACH=full]99993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99994[/ATTACH] now i just had to put the front end completley back together [ATTACH=full]99995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99996[/ATTACH] FINALLY the truck was basically done minus the tail gate and visor [ATTACH=full]99997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]100000[/ATTACH] About a week later the tail gate was done [ATTACH=full]100001[/ATTACH] and finally the visor [ATTACH=full]100002[/ATTACH] finally after 4 months and $7,000 and 100s of hours of time the truck was done and i was able to drive it. [ATTACH=full]100003[/ATTACH] I hope this put it into perspective at what is involved in doing these trucks. In my case i went with the best you could buy and doing everything but the body work myself saved me alot of money. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. [/QUOTE]
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