Made some “anti-squeak” washers from an old vinegar bottle.

Body panels finally spot on..

Getting close now!

 

Coated it in 1200 degree paint to try and ward off some of the rust for a while.

 

 

Finally decided on tires for the wheels.

Wrapped the exhaust.

....still pounding away at the body work.

 

The tires look great!

Body work takes a lot of time to get just right. It is worth it to spend the extra time now. The T100 will look great when you are done!

I don't think I have seen someone wrap the exhaust to the end of the tail pipe, just headers. Did you do this for any particular reason?

 

I knew if I waited long enough, you'd solve this hood/ brace problem, on my truck, for me ��
Bet you'll put on more than the OEM widely spaced dabs of the original stuff - which let loose over time starting 'bout the 3d year.
BUT I've come to think of it as my version of a "shaker hood" with out the big block price.--sigh.

 

Purely cosmetic. I had about 3 ft left over in my drawer from my Harley and decided to see how it would look. Lol.

 

Yeah, well, the 3M stuff is NOT cheap. It’s holding up really well. I used two whole tubes of it and the hood does NOT appear to have any signs of letting go of this stuff.

time will tell with black paint, high surface temps, etc, but I think this is the solution.

oh, and if you’re going to buy it, I would suggest checking the gap between the roof brace and roof too. It’s ALSO probably come unstuck as well.

 

Nobody wants to see 6 months worth of bodywork in a thread, so I spared everyone.

I went ahead and put Dynamat in the inside of the fenders, and then mounted them all up with stainless steel bolts and washers this time.

I hit the under edges of the tailgate with POR15 and did the same on the jambs of the bed for the tailgate as well.

i’m not Really sure if there is supposed to be any sort of bushings on the “hinge pivot things” for the tailgate, so Inwent ahead and made some after seeing how much the metal was worn.

Took a spray paint can, cut a long strip off it, measured up the diameter of the pivot point, cut to length, melted the ends together with a lighter, then reinforced with 2 part epoxy. I’m thinking maybe this will provide a smoother pivot without all the metal on metal contact.

 

Also, finished the last portion of the wiring harness.

Full disassemble, clean all wires and connectors with electronics cleaner, install new flex-loom, re-wrap with super-33 tape, and re-route.

 

Early on I ordered license plate light housings, but it only comes with the inner assembly. Does anyone know where to get the liters from?

 

After rebuilding the entire harness I just HAD to do an LED upgrade for the bulbs.

I am going to ASSUME that I’m going to get hyper flash now?

 

I plan to paint it next Saturday.

Hopefully my paint skills have not faded and I don’t waste a full load of PPG paint. Lol...

 

You did a lot of work!

Things are coming along nicely!

 

For this, I’m using PPG dark grey sealer (about 10 shades darker than the etching primer in this photo)

Hoping to get (3) coats of black, but we’ll see how far it stretches.

Before the clear goes on the tailgate, I’m hoping to get the decal I had made on. Hopefully this will allow the decal to be buried under the clear coat to pay homage to the style of the T100, but bring it to a more modern look.

Wish me luck, as paint day is ALWAYS the most stressful day of a build!

 

Thank-you sir!

I’m WAAAAAAAAY past my intended schedule.

 

In case anyone is ever looking for that part number!

 

Surprisingly, my fishing line alignment was only off by .25 !

 

I see you got the T100 painted!