Daily Driver / Tow Pig Build....

96stacked&smoken · Feb 29, 2012

Which one?

mjonesjr · Feb 29, 2012

96stacked&smoken said:
Which one?

Partin's.

96stacked&smoken · Mar 1, 2012

Ah they can be kinda sketchy.lol

mjonesjr · Mar 1, 2012

Depends on how well you know them.

mjonesjr · Mar 1, 2012

I realized my door pin bushings were wearing out. After looking at the price for new pins and bushings (along with the trouble to put new bushings in) and looking at the cost of new hinges, I decided to go with new hinges. New pins would have been about $10 per hinge and the complete hinges were $15 each for the uppers and $20 each for the lowers.

I got the passenger side done tonight. It really isn't as hard as it looks to be. Removing the door completely and marking where the old hinges where makes it super easy. I also replaced the factory bolts with new M8-1.25 x 35 bolts and washers.

I can tell you that after getting the door lined up and shutting good, the door shuts MUCH firmer and better IMO than it did before. It is a lot stiffer as well. I would say a lot of that has to do with the bushing behind the roller.

I will be doing the driver side either tomorrow or Sunday afternoon.

mjonesjr · Mar 14, 2012

I got a little rust fixed and covered with POR-15 getting it ready for the body shop on Monday. This stuff is super easy to use. I had some reservations about using it, but it is easy as long as you do the prep like the directions say.

96stacked&smoken · Mar 14, 2012

Have you checked your core support? Mine has some rust there and my truck doesnt have near the rust yours has. Jw.

mjonesjr · Mar 14, 2012

Yea I've got a few surface spots on the core support that I am going to hit with POR-15 before it goes to the shop. They will paint the core support as well.

96stacked&smoken · Mar 15, 2012

Take a screw driver to it. I bet there not surface.lol mine didnt look bad at all untill i started pokin at it.lol

mjonesjr · Mar 15, 2012

I have. I've got it down to bare metal now. It's getting coated with POR-15 tomorrow.

96stacked&smoken · Mar 15, 2012

Good deal then.lol you gona por-15 the frame to?

mjonesjr · Mar 15, 2012

Yea, that will be after it comes back from the body shop. Probably some time this summer so it will dry faster. POR-15 dries faster in humid weather.

96stacked&smoken · Mar 15, 2012

Ah cool sounds like it should stay lookin good for a long time

mjonesjr · Mar 15, 2012

Hopefully.

mjonesjr · Mar 16, 2012

I started the tear down to get the truck ready to go in the body shop on Monday. I am getting both bed wheel arches replaced and the dents fixed. I have a TON of new parts going on including new exterior door handles, emblems, grill, headlight bezels, mirrors, tailgate, and upper stone deflector.

Ready to tear down:

Tear Down Process:

The core support is a little worse than I thought on the bottom portion where the inner fenders bolt to it. I'm going to POR-15 the whole core support and make new panels for the inner fenders to bolt to. I'll do this once I get the truck back.