I'm one of you guys now

[joe231]

yeah i decided to shave the drip rails and the rear cab trim while I was at it

[JohnC]

Bet you looked like a welding maniac out there. Attention have welder need metal! Must weld must weld.

[joe231]

now I need to learn the finer points to smoothing everything out after I weld it, I'm a newb with filler

[JohnC]

Yeah I'm with ya there. I don't know squat about bodywork.

[menace121978]

dang, i'm laughing my @ss off right now!.... everything from the flintstones to "have welder, need metal, must weld!" Sounds like something i'd do... start filling in the body gaps and have to dukes of hazard it!

btw the panel was like $30 shipped i think. i know it wasnt over $40 for sure.

[Jonboy]

The filler is the easy part. Fold it instead of stirring to help work out the bubbles, sand it down, prime, guidecoat, block, reprime, done. Repeat as necessary.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by JohnC

Yeah I'm with ya there. I don't know squat about bodywork.

Originally Posted by menace121978

dang, i'm laughing my @ss off right now!.... everything from the flintstones to "have welder, need metal, must weld!" Sounds like something i'd do... start filling in the body gaps and have to dukes of hazard it!

btw the panel was like $30 shipped i think. i know it wasnt over $40 for sure.

glad we can entertain ya Dennis

cool, you got pics of the replacement in your thread yet

Originally Posted by Jonboy

The filler is the easy part. Fold it instead of stirring to help work out the bubbles, sand it down, prime, guidecoat, block, reprime, done. Repeat as necessary.

cool, sounds so easy when you say it like that

[menace121978]

Man, you dont mess around... just right to the point. not yet! i'll get them up today for sure. i was at a get together yesterday out in Colorado i havent had a chance

[joe231]

Cool!
did you fly out and back? or drive? is that what the pic in the pic on Glock's thread all about?

[menace121978]

yep, we were planning a vacation around the Colorado gtg and Amy's schooling got in the way. They promised we would be there 1 way or the other! we're planning another this spring and we'll be driving out.

[Driveway Dreams]

Dennis, you crack me up. Guys pm me if you have a body work question. I can answer alot of them. Just let me know if I can help at all. That is afterall what I used to do, well a little body and I painted full time. Now I do it all on the side.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by menace121978

yep, we were planning a vacation around the Colorado gtg and Amy's schooling got in the way. They promised we would be there 1 way or the other! we're planning another this spring and we'll be driving out.

cool, sounds like fun!
another 6-700 miles and you can come to the OKC meet

Originally Posted by Driveway Dreams

Dennis, you crack me up. Guys pm me if you have a body work question. I can answer alot of them. Just let me know if I can help at all. That is afterall what I used to do, well a little body and I painted full time. Now I do it all on the side.

Thanks for that!
what product line/company do you like to use?

[highperf4x4]

Man all this on-topic stuff is giving me a headache.

The patches look good joe. At least one of us has been busy on a truck!
You'll have some insight when mine are ready eh?

Originally Posted by Driveway Dreams

Dennis, you crack me up. Guys pm me if you have a body work question. I can answer alot of them. Just let me know if I can help at all. That is afterall what I used to do, well a little body and I painted full time. Now I do it all on the side.

You sir............... will be hearing from me.............

[joe231]

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

Man all this on-topic stuff is giving me a headache.

The patches look good joe. At least one of us has been busy on a truck!
You'll have some insight when mine are ready eh?

yes sir, I need all the practice i can get
I'm all for bartering also
I'm sure we can work something out

[scotts62]

[jgh64pkup]

looks good joe

[jchav62]

Nice looking work Joe!

[joe231]

thanks Gage and Joe!!!

[scotts62]

You get that other corner in yesterday?

[highperf4x4]

Originally Posted by scotts62

You get that other corner in yesterday?

you get me a link to that vinyl?

[joe231]

I almost got it out
gotta finish it up today.
I pulled the bed back off and went to start and realized that some dumbass (me) left my cordless drill battery charger unplugged last weekend, so I didn't have any charged batteries.

so in the mean time I decided to pull one leaf back out of my rear leaf pack. It rode way too rough with all of the the leafs in there. So hopefully it will ride better now. I want to get the ride kinda dialed in before I do a flip.

I also started smoothing out the back of the cab where I pulled the trim and grind-ed the trim pins off. I'm going to need a slight amount of filler, glaze, or something to finish it off. So a question for you Scott, can i use that dolphin glaze for this? Does it need bare metal to adhere well, or can i put it over the primer/sealer?
here are a couple pics







and I picked up this body saw from Harbor Freight for $16.99. It zips right through sheet metal. It is much faster, less dangerous, and less messy that using my angle die grinder and a cut off wheel



I gotta get back after it so maybe I will have some update tonight


Travis, what vinyl? you brought it up so now you gotta share

[highperf4x4]

Your pics on a coffee break or what?

Scotty was supposed to be showing me a GMC vinyl for my truck. And what the crap is dolphin glaze?

[joe231]

actually I was up late last night so I didn't get started very early....i'm in here on the computer now because I had a question about the corners

Scott might be able to explain it better, It is a product from U-POL. It is a glaze, i think it is mostly used for filling small surface irregularities...

[highperf4x4]

I was referring to your "pics". they're either on a coffe break or they don't exist. At least not on my screen anyway.

[menace121978]

Dude, FIX THE PICS! NOW!!!!!