got some more painting done today,finished the inside colors and the outside in E-coat.
Attachment 2747
Interior gray and iris done.
Attachment 2746
Door in Epoxy Coat
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got some more painting done today,finished the inside colors and the outside in E-coat.
Attachment 2747
Interior gray and iris done.
Attachment 2746
Door in Epoxy Coat
Doing the spray bomb thing or do you have HVLP?
Looks good!
I have 2 Pro-Tek HVLP's and a cheap siphon gun for primer. I do use spray bombs for small stuff.
That's badass dude.. what mufflers do you have on it?
The mufflers are Dyno-max Ultra Flows, their the older style none welded body. 2.5" in and 2.5" out
Folded over the lip on the fender to give the tire more clearance.
Attachment 2760
Notching the flange.
Attachment 2758
Flange folded over
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JB Weld to make smooth.
Why not bondo?
Bondo will crack were the JB Weld will bond the metal together and flow into the cuts.Also the JB Weld put a little more strength into the edge.
How about fiberglass resin? That crap does not crack even with lots of flex.
Fiberglass resin is great for flexibility but has no structural strength without the glass.
I agree - devcon makes metal - filled 2 part epoxy that works so well it can be drilled, tapped, ground, and with withstand up to 300 degrees
Got some more stuff done today, E-coated the valance and started on the bumper mods.
Attachment 2786
Valance
Attachment 2785
little more air flow for the rad.
going to try and make steel end caps for the bumper and maybe go with a different set of turn/marker lights.
You going to chrome the expanded steel?
Say yes....
Nope, might go black but not sure if I'm doing the bumper black or body color yet. If I go body color I will see how it looks and then maybe paint it black.
Chrome goes on the inside not the outside :P
My buddy who painted Geronimo got a set of metal end caps from a Toyota truck bumper, possibly a early 4runner, and grafted them onto his 81 Arrow truck.
That was the other way I was thinking of going Pennyman. I found new end caps online for $13.00 but I'm not paying $89.00 shipping per.
Spent a few hrs going through my parts box's ...... can't find my inside light and my passengers side headlight bucket is from something else. Oh well off to Pick and Pull tomorrow and see what I can find. Going to look at some different bumper turn signal lights while I'm there.
Was out at Pick-N-Pull for a few hrs yesterday and found some bumper end caps off an 86 Nissan. Started doing a rough fit up on my bumper and with a little cutting,grinding and welding it looks like they are going to work. I will take pic's of what was needed to modify them to fit.
Attachment 2876
First test fit for clearance.
That is such an awesome idea and I bet it'll look amazing! Is my bumper taller than yours? Something tells me I wouldn't be able to use those end caps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fordubishi
-RHP
Here we go with the end cap mods........
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shortening the caps.
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Notching to clear fender lip
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Rough fit up before doing some welding to fill the back of the cap.
The first gen bumpers are the same sizes, the only real difference is the holes in the center. So the caps would fit the 84-86 as well with these mods.
Few more pic's of the bumper work.
Attachment 2885
both caps on and rough fit.
Attachment 2886
Drivers side cap.
Attachment 2887
Passengers side cap.
Started welding up and blending in the end caps.Still have some touch ups and smoothing to do but it looks like is going to turn out ok.
Attachment 2902
Drivers side cap welded.
Got the welding and grinding done. Have some small pin holes to fill but basically the bumper is done.
Attachment 2906
Drives side
Attachment 2907
Passengers side
so i now have an all steel 1 piece bumper :))
Yet another mod to the bumper. Making a LED truck turn signal fit into factory location.This is the first rough set up.
Attachment 2913
6.5" X 2" truck light.
take it you are not going to use the rubber grommet to hold in the light.
Truck lite now has LED head lights. CLICK HERE