The Build of My $200 Dollar Truck

[stepsidesquare]

I'll get you some pictures when i get off work

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[CoolDude1975]

Now this is a mod that i cannot stress enough to do if you work on anything at night. This is the LED light mod, made popular by a Gearhead4life on youtube.

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I could swap a motor in with those lights going.
Now before i swapped the motor, i got rid of the old steelies, (i wish i didn't) and got a set of 2010 camaro rims.

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Now you will need 4 5x5 to 5x4.75 1.5 inch wheel adaptors to run these wheels. All four corners will need to be trimmed or rolled to get these to tuck.
Back to the engine.
The 4.3 came out easily. ( A big thank you to @Dgonz )
I sent that motor off to a better place.

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The chrome rims look 10 million times better on that truck then the steelies did!

 

[mattbrat004]

Welded some holes made from the ghetto slide hammer job previous owners did. Followed with fiberglass filler and then a large coat of filler to blend it together with the roll pan. Gonna sand it down tomorrow and it should be getting ready for primer.

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[stepsidesquare]

Didn't get the pictures last night got home from work after dark. Here's some in case you still need them

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[laidbackbigun]

Can we get some updates already, I wanna see it.

 

[mattbrat004]

Not much has happened to the truck lately. I still gotta do my required assignments for the class. A little update though. I pulled the truck out and ran it a little to charge the battery... next thing you know I'm out driving down the street with no bed on. Missed driving it. I will get back on it tomorrow. Bed has one more panel to straighten and then it's onto primer. Cab is in much better shape than the bed.

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[mattbrat004]

More progress. Over the last few days ive been only able to touch the truck a couple of times. Finished filling the roll pan tab, slung a thin coat of filler on the bedside above the bodyline, went over the bedside before the rear wheel with some filler as well. I will finish sanding some of the excess filler off, and then we will put a thin coat of primer over the box, and ill get to sanding. Tailgate is up next. On a side note, looks like the truck will be refinished the original color. WA8624 (Olympic white)

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[laidbackbigun]

was the instructor the deciding factor on the color?

 

[mattbrat004]

Yep. He wants the truck done like a customer car. To him that means painting interior, inside door jambs, inside fenders...etc. I really wish I could paint it different but I can't argue about it. It has to represent the school.

 

[laidbackbigun]

I went thru that same thing at Wyotech. I had to paint my car as if it was a customer's car. I argued that I was taking a additional custom paint course but I did not win. So instead I painted interior pieces and underhood pieces the color I wanted the car to be.