Finished Photos
Before & After
Running Boards
Truck Bed
License Plate
Rear Shocks
Rear Brakes
Electrical Wiring
Gas Tank
Bench Seat
Glove Box
Radio
Dash
Heater
Gauges & Switches
Windshield Wipers
Cab Vents
Grill
Radiator
Hood
Headlights
Front Fenders
Doors
If you paid much attention to the list on the
left side of your screen, you might of noticed that it is in a strange
order. Not alphabetically but in the order I have taken things off the
truck to work on them.The first being the running boards followed by work done to the bed of the truck. And as you can image with someone learning as they go along, the first thing they work on, is where they start to learn.
[Picture of the running board brace. Right side of truck next to rear fender.]
The way I started out was to simply remove the running boards and to sand away... That did not take long, that is to realize that with my current power tools and eagerness to get something done, this would take to long.
For example, a wire wheel on an old drill -- a bit cumbersome.
Also with the running boards, I learned that it is not easier or cheaper to use spray primer from a can but to actually invest in a good gun or two and go ahead and fork out $400 buck for some good epoxy primer.
As of right now, these running boards are still hiding under our guest bed with the wrong primer on them. I do though have the intentions of blasting them clean at some point and doing it right.
I guess you can just count this part, a learning experience.
After first going through a learning process a few years back it is now time to strip off the primer that was sprayed on the running boards before putting them away in storage.