because i had a pic i was goign to put there and i forgot lol its in the first post now though.

I'll take pics of what it looks like as of today sometime tomorrow. Grille has been sprayed black, front and rear bumpers were grinded down and sprayed as well. The whole undercarriage has been sprayed black and i also gave it a quick wash. Interior was gutted and i replaced the carpet with a grey one that i had up in my attic that was 100% better and cleaner than the disgusting crap that was in there when i got it.

 

disgusting seats and carpet



Grinded the bumpers (front and rear) and also sprayed the grille with plastidip




Cut out the typical rot on stepside tailgates so it doesnt look as bad lol


Interior back in with a different carpet which isn't disgusting

 

Looking better.

Bring it on over. We can get that paint looking like new.

 

haha i wish i was closer. i gave it a quick wash but thats it.

 

Well the POS headunit that came with the truck, the volume down button doesnt work. I have the headunit from the red truck but it had a different plug for another harness. I happen to have a ranger one laying around so I made the harness for it. The female connector is for my Remote to the amplifier, just gotta run the wire and then shrinkwrap.

 

i hate to admit it, but the interior on this truck looks just like mine :U

Looks like your already on a roll with this thing, its going to be another sweet rig when your done with it!

 

To bad the thing is as rusty as it is lol

 

haha thanks. It will get leather buckets sometime in the summer once i have money

you should of seen how much of a ***** it was to get the drivers side drum off. broke a hammer then had to use a 5lb hammer and that barely did anything. couldn't adjust the star wheel from the other end because it was rusted. i had my friend bring another can of PB blaster over and i'm going to soak the bed bolts again and see if they'll budge. Gonna go with a big snap on gun this time, should get them loose

letting something sit in the north east over the winter= fail

 

last week. brakes on all 4 wheels got redone. rear drums, shoes, springs, self adjusters, wheel cylinders, front calipers, pads, and rotors



(drivers side front wheel was done the day before thats why the wheel is on it)



Next will be balljoints whenever its nice out and then I'll be able to put it on the road

 

new dome light.

 

Yo9ur makin alot of progress. Do you have the paint bubbling on the bottom outside of your door too?

 

Nice progress, When i took the bed bolts out of mine to put a new bed on i didn't really have any problems with my bolts. i actually used my dads junky impact cause i forgot mine. altho i did break the little star bit or whatever, those ain't cheap.

 

no bubbling inside or outside the doors

surprisingly there was no rust under the drop-in liner. I used a breaker bar and it got them loose. my impact wouldnt of gotten em out and if i borrowed my friends snap-on one i would of destroyed the torx socket instantly lol

I hope the cab bolts don't give too much trouble.

 

WD-40 is your friend on those. I've never taken a cab off personally, but i hear they're a pain.

 

wd40 won't do anything unfortunately (i have a case) its just a lubricator. PB Blaster (penetrator) is what i've been using the past week. i've sprayed them everyday. My last truck wasn't bad but this thing was sitting for 7 months so who knows. worse comes to works the sawzall will come out lol

 

You still need a cluster lol

 

Die grinder and an Air chisel are my friends when stuff gets stuck at work. figure why not? if it breaks at work, i can just weld it in place.

 

yeah i know 75% of the dash lights are dead so i might as well swap it out but i also need money LOL. I should have enough in a few weeks. I need to pay title and registration fees, tax and insurance which is going to be quite a bit of $$

 

lol yeah

 

Haha, sounds good. Its still collecting dust in the closet so as of now it isn't going anywhere.

 

lol ok good.

 

I broke 3 bed bolts on mine but the crappy bed liner had been in there since 2001 and the front of the bed was rusted out so no surprise there.

PB Blaster is the most amazing penetrator I've used. That stuff is like magic.

 

Inner tie-rod tools are awesome. Saves so much time. Thanks to Toreador4x4 for all the tips he gave me when I did the same on the red truck, this was a breeze.

Inner/outer rods out



upper and lower balljoints will hopefully go in later today

 

Nice

 

Now, Don't pull a Fiddes and wreck your new rig a month after you get it! LOL!