A FINE shameless plug, at that! lol. Fantastic, THOROUGH instructional!

 

Right on, Brian! You're a bright and capable(also ambitious) guy, .....I'm sure it will look great! And heck, even if it's not perfect, ....the money you're saving????? Yeahhhhhh booooooey! lol.

PS> Edit; Saw a 70CST 4x4 Chevy Today, SUNSHINE YELLOW!(i asked him)...and it looked SUWEEEEEEET! I know, it's a different body, but I think it'll be suweeet as well! lol.

 

Yeah $75 for a set of hubs isn't bad. And i didn't pay that much shipping on my paint, hmm.

Good link, i was checking it out earlier.

Saving money is key!!! And nice i'm glad to hear there are other sunshine yellow trucks out there!!!

 

ya man well i gotta a couple gallons of paint and clear so maybe thats why but i think the sunshine yellow is gonna look nice. did you see the examples of the yellow on the paintforcars website???

 

Yeah i saw the examples, those cars looked good!

 

ya man i cant wait. lol im glad i saw this thread cause you saved me a butt load of money on paint!!! haha

 

Good, i'm glad this thread helped someone out!

 

So you all got me on this paint my own truck kick. I'm going for it when I have the time/money...... And the more I think about it the more complicated my thoughts get.... SO, does anyone know if you are rolling on the boat paint. Before the clear coat, can you paint on a designs (I.E. the retro 84-85 decal designs) over the base coat? Then clear coat over it? Will it work? Will it stick? Or was there a reason they used decals on the original......?

 

Well we are just spraying on our paint. That's the way to go, no clearcoat just straight paint. And about the decals i have no idea...

 

well i got the same paint that swimmerboy got. its a one stage acrylic enamel paint that is from wat i hear pretty shiny on its own. lol however i got some clearcoat just in case it aint as shiny as i like. oh and im spraying it on like swimmer is also

 

Sorry for the tangent, Brian, ...but I have to say, I LOVE THAT PICTURE in Helidriver's Avatar! Great Pic, Helidriver, your boy walks tall!

Happy Independence Day, guys!

NOW, COUNTDOWN TO YELLOW AND GUNMETAL GREY IS ON! Excited to see the process, pics, etc., from both of you, Brian and BackGate!

 

Happy Independence Day! and less than a week until i'm YELLOW!

 

mines getting painted next monday to man, cant wait to compare pics and opinions on the paint!!! lol and once again man appreciate the help on the paint swimmer

 

Sweet! I cant wait to see it done! And im glad this thread can help you out! I want other people to see this and get ideas for their rigs.

 

i hope you take lots of pic of the process. lol i only have a camera phone but ima do my best to get some good pics. haha

 

That's all i have too! haha

 

ya man well what body work you have to do? my buddy pretty much got all mine done this weekend. its amazing what you can do with just a hammer! lol

 

I had to bondo over the rear fenders, replace the front bumper and i need a new door. Once I get the door i will be all done!

 

Before;





After;





And i had to replace the passenger side front fender too.

 

well no matter the application ( i don't have access to a sprayer) i guess the question is can you paint designs on paint and have it look decent? i would imagine it's no different then puting a second coat on a base layer...... guess the edges and chiping/flaking is my question.

i was doing the clear coat thing too to make it more shiney since i'll be going black.....