Wham-Bam POS Paint Job

[jjester6000]

This $300 1988 Chevy C1500 is very solid mechanically (I just installed a new transmission).

It just looks like a Piece of ****.

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I am not about to spend $2000 on redoing the body on this thing, so I decided to do a cheap ass paint job on it.

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After fixing the larger rust holes with some old license plates, I went on sanding.

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I took the whole truck down with some 220, then 320.

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I also fixed a couple of dents, and spot primed all the bear metal.

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[jjester6000]

I then ran to the store and picked up 4 cans of that Rustoleum Turbo spray cans.

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I have an actual spray gun, and have done some passable work in the past, but my buddy is barrowing my air compressor, so I decided to use spray cans.

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3 coats later, the truck is transformed.

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[PlayingWithTBI]

I was contemplating doing the same thing. Looks good from here, how good does it look close up?

 

[RichLo]

Nice! I just did that same thing to my yard truck the past summer. I started to run out of time so it only has 1 coat on it now so it still needs another couple coats and wet sanding before I post up the results

 

[jjester6000]

I just added a pinstripe and some other things.

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I also made a youtube video detailing the whole process.

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[1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2]

A fresh coat of silver paint on the wheels would be cool too! Looks great! Nice boat in the background too, you live by a lake?

 

[brian5365437]

Not bad at all for a rattle can job!

 

[TravisR]

Man, you are right about that molding adhesive in the video. That stuff is really hard to get off. I've been warming mine up with a heat gun and using a plastic trim tool to try to scrape it off without scraping paint off. It's ridiculous.

 

[jjester6000]

A bit of an update here.

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I did some cutting and buffing, and it turnedout great.

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I also did the '74.

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[jjester6000]

I also did another paint job on my '95 Suburban.

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Its got 335k, but runs perfect.

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Unlike the '88, I actually put some effort into the prep work.

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I fixed some dents, welded up some rust holes, and even masked it off well.

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All I got to do now is get a bumper, and some new trim for it.

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