Well guys, I am getting quite a chunk back from Uncle Sam so I am doing some surgery to my 88. I just finished with the wheel wells on the bed. I really wanted to cut them out and weld new in, but I can't weld.
So I cut all the rust out and bondoed them with fiberglass bondo and then finished it off with lightweight filler. It looks pretty good for the first time I have EVER done body work, or at least I think so. My neighbor is letting me use his garage and air tools so it's really going well. Tomorrow the tool box is comming out, the bed is getting pressure washed real good and then we are going to pull it in the garage and take the bed off. He has a 4000lb winch mounted to the roof of the garage so it will make it easy. We are going to sand blast the bed and put a "rhino" liner on it. I really need to ge the parts ordered to do the rocker panels and cab corners. Anyone have any ideas about the cheapest place to get the weld in pannels? How about those rubber fender flares? I need some to cover the imperfections from my inexperienced trial. Any cheap places to get them? Any prefference on brand? Oh yeah I need a bench seat too. I don't think I will find one cheap though.
We are going to paint this truck Cobalt Black. It's going to be SWEET! Well I will take some pics so yall can see how it's comming and such!
Oh yeah, I am going to take all the rubber off and do away with that shit. I don't really like it, they make the truck look decent, But I am not going to mess with it. I like the nice clean look. I also want to get the 95-98 style mirrors and grille for it! That would be AWESOME!