1987 Chevy 4x4 Monster Truck "Before & After" Pictures

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1987 Chevy 4x4 Monster Truck "Before & After" Pictures


Here's the before pictures from the extreme makeover to my personal daily driver. The condition of the paint is exactly how it was when I purchased the truck. These picture were taken AFTER I washed and dried the truck, so any staining of the paint is actually a physical stain in and on the paint, not simply water drops or water smears after washing and drying.


Fair Warning --> This is going to hurt your eyes...


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This is a cropped-out close-up of the sun shot above...

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Some kind of crazy staining taking place all over the body panels...

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Plenty of swirls to go around for all the body panels, don't want any panel feeling left out...

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More pictures of the staining effect...

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And besides all the cobweb type swirls and stains in the paint, to top it off someone hacked it all up through the misuse of a rotary buffer. I present the dreaded holograms...


Here's what the paint looks like when the sun hits it...

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Holograms from the mis-use of a rotary buffer...

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Ouch! What an eyesore!

The good news is I have a team of guys and gals coming to Autogeek to perform major surgery to this truck and if history is any indicator, this truck will look like it has a brand new paint job.


:)
 
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The truck looks like it got repainted and the chrome is amazing. You guys did a excellent job. Paint looks wet and deep. Wish I could have made it, pizza looks good also. Once again a supreme extreme makeover.
 
Wow! Looks great now Mike.
The team did an awesome job and made it Show Car Garage worthy :props:
I see why you did not want to drive around any longer with the paint in such terrible condition :buffing:
 
david11g35 said:
wow! what a difference! The sun dont lie. :dblthumb2:
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I purposefully parked the truck in the same place for the before and after pictures. Next I took the pictures around the same time each of the days, used the same camera, (trusty, dusty Canon Rebel t1i), on the same setting, (normally no flash setting) and then take a series of pictures from the same general area. Basically put as many controls into place as I figured would be good enough, (I'm not going to turn this into Rocket Science).

That's a simple way of documenting before and after using the sun. Of course, you need the sun for it to work...


Comment about the paint...

Somewhere in the sign-up thread I mentioned the owner was never happy with the paint job, alway thought there was something about the look that wasn't right. The problem was the way the paint was buffed out. Another part of the problem was some kind of chaotic stain on the paint, (before pictures were taken after the truck was aggressively washed).

So the reason the paint didn't look right was because of all the swirls, holograms and staining as well as overspray.

"It's the guy that does the wetsanding, cutting and buffing that,
makes or breaks the final, end-results"​

We measured the paint before starting and it measured out in the 3-6 range, some places in the sub-3 mils level.

To me, for a custom paint job that still has orange peel, I'd say it measures out pretty thin. So I didn't want to get too aggressive by wetsanding this first time so we just stuck with polishing with Pinnacle polishes and everyone was free to use whatever tool they wanted.

Started with machine decontamination using Nanoskin Autoscrub pads on Meguiar's, Porter Cable, Griot's DA Polishers and the Flex 3401. Did the two-step polishing processes using cutting pads and polishing pads, then machine waxed with Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax.

I think everyone would agree that whatever the brand of clear that was used actually buffed-up to a clear, deep, wet-look.


Sure gets a lot of thumbs-up and comments wherever I park it...


It's a blast to drive...


:)



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^^^^ :wave:

That's going to be the most "Famous" tailgate ever! :xyxthumbs::D

As always, it was a pleasure and I feel special that I had the opportunity to participate on this one!Im the MANforget the fender, I was proud of my windows :D ok not counting the little ones :doh:
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
"It's the guy that does the wetsanding, cutting and buffing that,
makes or breaks the final, end-results"
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This is SO true, sometimes to the point that the end result simply cannot be visualized. AMAZING transformation, great work guys! I'm going to head over there next time I have a Thursday night off :props:
 
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