New/Old Project Truck 2000 Silverado

[Daviddear30]

The project escalated quickly

The cheap paint job it had caused a lot of problems. Removing the lower trim removed a lot of paint


Had to do some wet sanding and body work.

Do I know how to do bondo? Nope. We shall see how this turns out.


I don't need the color to match as I will be plastidipping over it all.

I do need it all to be smooth.

Body filler
Sanded
Blow dust off with master blaster
Wax/grease remover wipe down
3 coats of builder primer so far

3rd coat drying now. View attachment 76530View attachment 76531View attachment 76532View attachment 76533View attachment 76534View attachment 76535View attachment 76536View attachment 76537View attachment 76538View attachment 76539View attachment 76540View attachment 76541View attachment 76542

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[Daviddear30]

Tons of dust all over it but it looks OK ish

I'll wait a couple days before wiping it all down/washing it

Definitely not pro quality bodywork.

I don't really need the color to match. I just need a smooth surface to plastidip over


Unfortunately they are out of the dip I want to use so I'll be waiting a while longer. View attachment 76543View attachment 76544View attachment 76545View attachment 76546View attachment 76547

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[Daviddear30]

Found some cheap cmx detailing supplies at Ollie's for stupid cheap.

Had to test them out.

Haven't used the wash soap yet View attachment 76557View attachment 76558View attachment 76559View attachment 76560View attachment 76561View attachment 76562View attachment 76564View attachment 76563

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[Daviddear30]

Couple outside shots.
Definitely not a good color match based the lower parts do not have clear coat. View attachment 76565View attachment 76566

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[Daviddear30]

Replacement power mirrors.
Under $100 shipped for both
These are all black. The ones on the truck are black and chrome put the chrome is beginning to fail

Man older truck parts sure are cheaper than corvette parts

Body filler mixing book.
100 pages of fresh spots to mix small batches of body filler

Window trim removal tool
16" block sanding board View attachment 76580View attachment 76581View attachment 76582View attachment 76583

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[Daviddear30]

About to start prepping the used hood

The paint is in bad condition but much better than my hood View attachment 76584View attachment 76585View attachment 76586View attachment 76587

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[hoyt66]

Following this and loving it! Read a lot of your Corvette posts. Appreciate your effort and attention to detail. Look forward to seeing the finished product here. Great job!

 

[Daviddear30]

Thanks. This one has proven a bit more difficult due to the poor paint in a few places

 

[opie2]

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[Daviddear30]

Plan B or Maybe C

Well I decided to try chemical stripper on this test hood.

Should have tried this before testing body filler but this is a learn as I go process.

Need to get this down to metal. Fill in the 1 or 2 dents. Then prime it.

It has about 87 paint chips and it me filling them all in and getting it smooth was tedious and not fun.


Last pics were from a few test scrapes
Still got to wait a few more minutesView attachment 76599View attachment 76600View attachment 76601View attachment 76602View attachment 76603View attachment 76604View attachment 76605View attachment 76606View attachment 76607

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[Daviddear30]

This Craftsman paint remover/resurfacer tool is pretty fun.

The chemical stripping did a lot of work. Then I used a turbo nozzle on an electric pressure washer to get the loose paint off.

Then the resurfacer to remove the bull of the rest.

Still have some work to do. Think I'm done for tonight.

Pretty tiresome too View attachment 76608View attachment 76609View attachment 76610View attachment 76611View attachment 76612View attachment 76613View attachment 76614

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[Daviddear30]

Took it down to bare metal
Sanded it. Resanded it. Sanded some more

Coat 1 of white primer laid down with a 5 stage hvlp sprayer

This sprayer will have a bit of orange peel as it isn't a large air compressor but thats OK because plastidip will be the finished product and it will be satin with a bit of orange peelView attachment 76620View attachment 76621View attachment 76622View attachment 76623View attachment 76624

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[Daviddear30]

I tried again to fix those 2 areas. They look much better but not perfect for certain.

I didn't need to add the black paint but I had it here so I added it. Mistake made

The white primer sprayed so good

The black paint sprayed like trash.

Same brand paint. 1 was primer. 1 wasnt. Primer seemed to spray better with this setupView attachment 76625View attachment 76626

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[Daviddear30]

Took this stock hood down to metal then primed it

May wet sand it super smooth. Not sure yet. It will go back on before dipping.View attachment 76690View attachment 76691View attachment 76692View attachment 76693View attachment 76694

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[Daviddear30]

Been a while since I have worked in this

Bought a huge new inflatable paint booth

Plan to finish this project as my parents house. They have way more room (13-14 acres) and no pesky HOA to deal with

Going with lava red plus their new body armor pealable bed liner type textured finish

Truck is 24 years old with 220k miles. It definitely needs a refresh

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[Daviddear30]

Truck is washed.

Plan to drive it down to moms tomo am

Set up the tent.

Drive it in and do a touch up wipe down (no hose and no excess water)

Then start dis assembly

Then tape up as much as I can Thursday am before classes.

Then maybe finish masking Fri am and start spraying


Removing these:
Taillights
Head lights
3rd brake light
Exterior window trim metal piece
Tail gate handle
Rear extended can windows (they swivel and pop out)

Thankful to have access to mom and dad’s land to set up the huge inflatable paint booth. Excited to try that out and see how it goes.

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[Daviddear30]

Prep day went great. Loving the new inflatable booth so far. It’s massive

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[Eldorado2k]

Sorry if I missed it, but how much was it for that huge inflatable paint booth?

 

[Daviddear30]

Sorry if I missed it, but how much was it for that huge inflatable paint booth?

I got it for $911 shipped from Vevor .com in a bit of a sale.


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[Eldorado2k]

I got it for $911 shipped from Vevor .com in a bit of a sale.


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That seems like a pretty good price for such a big item.

How does any dirt tracked inside by the tires affect things? Is that a big deal or no?