Changes are afoot

So these aren't the most exciting pictures, but I've started wetsanding in preparation for a new paintjob. I've never done this before so hopefully I'm doing it right.



Comparison to unsanded paint.


Should be in the paint booth within the next 2 weeks.

didn't you just get that painted like a couple years ago?

what color are ya going with?

I got it painted about 3 years ago, but the shop did a crappy job and so all the rust came through again. This time I'm doing it myself along with a friend who has a paint booth to make sure it's done right.

I'm going with a full black/red two tone separated at the body line. I think I'm gunna go with airbrushed barbed wire to separate the colors.

im diggin the plans

Knox wrote:

I got it painted about 3 years ago, but the shop did a crappy job and so all the rust came through again. This time I'm doing it myself along with a friend who has a paint booth to make sure it's done right. I'm going with a full black/red two tone separated at the body line. I think I'm gunna go with airbrushed barbed wire to separate the colors.

hmmmm kinda sounds ike a photochop some one did...........

Btw, thanks for that again

Looking at that photochop makes me think I might need black wheels in the future.

blackrims & red beadlocks FTW!

move the black down a bit farther and get rid of the barbed wire.

or just let him paint his truck the way he wants too...
or just wait for the finished product, and we'll all be suprised...
or, I could just shutup and go to bed.

night!

it would look stupid if he moved the blackj down form that picture...... the body line is were the black ends

More bodywork pics for the bodywork fans.

did you buy a door-popper kit or make your own? looks like its coming along

I got the solenoids from autoloc.com. And my alarm remote controls the doors.

nice..i need to learn to do bodywork

make sure you sand the bondo well and make sure its exaclty flush or when you go to paint the bondo work will look like ****........and spray a guide layer of paint to figure out where you still need to sand

ya so far its looking good!!! keep it up!..............that reminds me.........i should finish the body work on my car

Painted the top in red primer cause I hate it white and got new tires




I'll get daytime pictures one of these days. I don't bring the camera to the shop. And by shop I mean out back of my dad's warehouse.

So far so good mate!

Knox wrote:

Painted the top in red primer cause I hate it white and got new tires I'll get daytime pictures one of these days. I don't bring the camera to the shop. And by shop I mean out back of my dad's warehouse.

shoulda got super swampers! or some TSL's


those are some manly tires thar

but urs look good they kinad look like i-roks sorta kinda......

justinwebb wrote:

make sure you sand the bondo well and make sure its exaclty flush or when you go to paint the bondo work will look like ****........and spray a guide layer of paint to figure out where you still need to sand

no ****

If you are going to have a barb-wire stripe I think CHEVROLET written in barb-wire on the tail would be sweet, plus you have to work actual barb-wire into the interior as well for a complete theme.

...like barbed wire seat and steering wheel....make you think twice about putting barbed wire anywhere again

Haha. A barbed wire steering wheel would be a challenge to use.

I've been thinking through all the different options to separate the colors and I'm still not sure if I'm going to do the barbed wire or just go with a simple pinstripe.

And a little update here:
We're not going to have time to do the two-tone before I have to go back up to school so it's going to be sprayed all black now and when I come back for spring break or summer we're going to spray the red on bottom. So I'm gunna have a black Blazer for a while which will still look pretty sweet.

weld actual barbed wire in for the color line

looks like shes comen along...
id like to have a old chevy truck like that... but only ones ive seen for sale are rusted to hell!

my neighbor has 2 of them trucks... one droped and layen realy low and one just stock....
gotta love a old truck.... just raw components built for a beating and keep in ticken!!!
my brother used to have a older truck but his dumb @ss was to stupid to put it fully in 4wheel drive and ran off the road ran thru some bushes and side swiped a big @ss tree! all because he was to stupid to get out of the car and lock the hubs in!

I'd go with a simple pinstripe in silver or something to separate your colors.

As for wetsanding, the easiest way to do it for a first-timer is with a squeegee as the backing for your sandpaper, that way you don't end up with finger lines .

Here's the last red pics. Tomorrow you'll be seeing black pics.

ok get rid of those ugly taillights... get some stock style lights and tint em ;)