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esbyota
February 9th, 2009, 14:07
I have wanted to do this for years. Finally decided it needed to look good for BAP:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/DSC03742.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/DSC03741.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/DSC03757.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/DSC03750.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/DSC03766.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/esbyota/Striping005.jpg
Alex Paterson
February 9th, 2009, 14:24
looks good, I am sure it feels great to have it painted and looking finished. I was going to send my F150 out for paint but I had to RR the transmission instead :(

-Alex
esbyota
February 9th, 2009, 23:07
Yes, finally it looks all good. You decide what color and theme your going with?
Baja Fool
February 10th, 2009, 17:14
Yes, finally it looks all good. You decide what color and theme your going with?
I thought that was the color scheme....
Alex Paterson
February 12th, 2009, 22:34
Yes, finally it looks all good. You decide what color and theme your going with?


I thought that was the color scheme....

I am going to make it a surprise...well, I am going to go with two siler colors and see what I can come up with. I am woking on the dash right now. My goal is to just get the truck done and have it looking good all at once.

Alex
tool46n2
February 19th, 2009, 18:06
truck looks awsome! love the pinstripe.
KAILUAZ
March 2nd, 2009, 21:28
Leave it like it is, sweet!
JebusTheGreat
April 30th, 2009, 01:25
the truck looks good. what all did you do in the way of prep before painting? I would like some details because it looks great!

-sanding? block sanding? what sand paper did you finish with?
-Did you primer?
-How much paint did it take to do the whole truck?
esbyota
April 30th, 2009, 14:10
Started with 200. Did some minor body work in the glass and doors. Sanded the bondo down. 200-400-800-1200 wet. Hit it with a scotbrite pad then a tack cloth several times to get it as clean as possible. Took about 1 gallon in paint to do the entire truck. This paint was more or less a single stage paint so no primer. Truck was hit at the last short course race, bent the doors and glass but the paint didn't chip!!