The start of my new Rig.

[slackerman]

How'd the body hold up at the seams? Looks like one popped loose? Where'd you get the bumper from? The truck looks great!

Up untill the last 15mins good, i took a good flip backwards and tumbled a good 15ft and the bed seam broke but it wasn't held as well as the others.

Bumper is from a summit

 

[hanstone]

That place looks sick. Looks like it has everything.

 

[NGreen]

Up untill the last 15mins good, i took a good flip backwards and tumbled a good 15ft and the bed seam broke but it wasn't held as well as the others.

Bumper is from a summit

How are you holding the seams together? Just CA glue?

 

[slackerman]

How are you holding the seams together? Just CA glue?

On my last body the Hilux i just used CA. On then Ford i tried something different.

CA, works decent to get the joint in place, then i backed the joint with styrene, and use some Plastruct- Plastic Weld.

The part ob the bed just had a small piece of styrene behind it. The rest of it all had the whole joint top to bottom backed.

Then used some green putty, and sanded it all down.

 

[rustykaos]

Those shots look amazing. Congratulations with doing that many of the 2.2 gates."thumbsup" Build looks awesome as well. 8)

 

[Norcal_GIT_r]

What a sweet rig.
hope you get your body repaired.

 

[PontiacGT201]

Man you got to watch out for them Giant Mountain Dogs, haha. Truck looks good. great pics

 

[slackerman]

He's my Spotter :mrgreen:

 

[slackerman]

Went out Exploring today with the pup in BFE miles outside of town.

only had my phone that was almost dead to get a few pic.

Stopped at on of the lakes to let my pup swim and found som mud

and one random pic i had on the phone

 

[atvdude775]

Do you guys have the sh!tlbuffout stickers down at the shop? I want some for my xj and yota. And be sure to post up on here or reno4x4 next time yall go to moon rocks. Id like to do some scaling with new people.

 

[slackerman]

Im not sure when they are going out again but it will be on reno4x4. For the stickers i snagged the last 2 i could find lol

Do you guys have the sh!tlbuffout stickers down at the shop? I want some for my xj and yota. And be sure to post up on here or reno4x4 next time yall go to moon rocks. Id like to do some scaling with new people.

 

[slackerman]

Headed out camping this weekend so i toss something new at my f350. Going to test it out this weekend and if i like it, time for some new paint.

 

[TAT76]

You truck is sweet. Have to love hard bodies, being able just to sand and repaint is nice.
Few questions if you dont mind.
After using putty do you prime then paint?
What sand paper do you use? I can't seem to get the scratches out, even after I sand then putty then sand again then prime with black to help show flaws but I always seem to end up with new areas that you can see sanding marks. Could it be just from the black?

 

[slackerman]

You truck is sweet. Have to love hard bodies, being able just to sand and repaint is nice.
Few questions if you dont mind.
After using putty do you prime then paint?
What sand paper do you use? I can't seem to get the scratches out, even after I sand then putty then sand again then prime with black to help show flaws but I always seem to end up with new areas that you can see sanding marks. Could it be just from the black?

Thanks, I filled with the putty, then tossed down some primer, then i tossed on some black semi gloss paint so i could see all my imperfections. Lil overkill but you can see everything, then i sanded out the shitty looking areas, until it looks like above. I used 150 grit last night to get the bad spots out, them 300-400 on the rest, and finish it up with a wet 800 grit sand. Re-primer and paint and all good. Painted it with automotive touch up rattle can.

 

[slackerman]

So got bored and decided to rock the new soft cab and roof rack, so i tossed on some 2 tone paint this time around, we'll see how long until its time to redo again:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: Figured im just going to Sratch the shit out of it so i didnt take as much time sanding or painting this go around.

 

[DemonDancer]

great work..looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Benzbuildr]

Nice rig. I like the soft top."thumbsup"

Good job on the body work.

 

[geekfreek95]

thats beastly man im getting a honcho at the end of october i cant wait

 

[slackerman]

Thanks For the feed back so far All.:mrgreen:

 

[VintageCopal]

Sexy!

That is one sexy truck you got there. The camper wasn't needed but itsa pretty sweet!"thumbsup"