What did you do to your Gen3 today?

[chrisp2493]

Also speaking from experience, you have to really know what you are doing in order to get a cheap spray gun to do a nice finish. When I worked in a spray shop my boss always bought cheap harbor freight guns, it’s so much harder to paint with cheap equipment, to the point of extreme frustration lol. If you are serious about it, invest in a good quality gun, you learning curve is so much easier when your gun will lay a good pattern without much adjustment. Then you only have to worry about your technique

 

[Demon-HeMi]

Also a hint on prepping a panel, when it comes to sanding out a scratch, do not just sand the scratch, get a long sanding block and smooth it out...



This is how much sanding was needed to take one scratch out of this bed...

 

[Demon-HeMi]

Also speaking from experience, you have to really know what you are doing in order to get a cheap spray gun to do a nice finish. When I worked in a spray shop my boss always bought cheap harbor freight guns, it’s so much harder to paint with cheap equipment, to the point of extreme frustration lol. If you are serious about it, invest in a good quality gun, you learning curve is so much easier when your gun will lay a good pattern without much adjustment. Then you only have to worry about your technique

cheap guns are fine, but you will have a ton of wet sanding and polishing to do, same principle as rattle canning, to me the finish work doesnt bother me, just make sure that you use quality paints, no autozone duplicolor crap, some good PPG paint will make a world of difference, and since you would be very green with no experience in trying to paint a vehicle, then i will suggest a few extra coats of clear so that you have more material to wetsand when done for the final polish

 

[chrisp2493]

cheap guns are fine, but you will have a ton of wet sanding and polishing to do, same principle as rattle canning, to me the finish work doesnt bother me, just make sure that you use quality paints, no autozone duplicolor crap, some good PPG paint will make a world of difference, and since you would be very green with no experience in trying to paint a vehicle, then i will suggest a few extra coats of clear so that you have more material to wetsand when done for the final polish

Yeah they work ok, but it’s a major pain, 2 years of spraying with harbor freight and guns bought at an auction are my proof lol. Yeah they work, I sprayed tons of doors and trim, but it fought me every step of the way. When I got ahold of a quality gun the paint just flies on

 

[Demon-HeMi]

Yeah they work ok, but it’s a major pain, 2 years of spraying with harbor freight and guns bought at an auction are my proof lol. Yeah they work, I sprayed tons of doors and trim, but it fought me every step of the way. When I got ahold of a quality gun the paint just flies on

absolutely, spend the money fort a Sata gun and call it a day, we repainted my silver truck a year ago and it has never been cut or polished, it literally left the paint booth and we assembled it, and it looks great...

here is a pic a few days after it came out

 

[Demon-HeMi]

No polishing what so ever

 

[02ramboi]

Painting a car is an art to me takes skills and you know if you have them or not but I strongly suggest getting the body panels you need and change yourself really easy primer them and give a little try to paint it even if it isn’t good your going to repaint the truck anyway just make sure there primered


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[02ramboi]

But I say get the truck mechanically good so you can safely drive everyday lol then start with the body last thing you need is a fresh looking truck that is broken and can’t drive lol


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[cliftonclendenen]

Also speaking from experience, you have to really know what you are doing in order to get a cheap spray gun to do a nice finish. When I worked in a spray shop my boss always bought cheap harbor freight guns, it’s so much harder to paint with cheap equipment, to the point of extreme frustration lol. If you are serious about it, invest in a good quality gun, you learning curve is so much easier when your gun will lay a good pattern without much adjustment. Then you only have to worry about your technique

I second this......kinda..... I once bought a harbor freight paint gun, and I sucked with it. I then bought a $40 Neiko (I think that is how you spell it) and painted the fenders and hard top of my dads jeep and it turned out great!


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[cliftonclendenen]

I second this......kinda..... I once bought a harbor freight paint gun, and I sucked with it. I then bought a $40 Neiko (I think that is how you spell it) and painted the fenders and hard top of my dads jeep and it turned out great!
Pretty much, you dont NEED to spend hundreds of dollars to paint, but the more money you put into it, the better your results will be.

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[ramportin1]

But I say get the truck mechanically good so you can safely drive everyday lol then start with the body last thing you need is a fresh looking truck that is broken and can’t drive lol


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This

 

[ramportin1]

i would not recommend you paint your own panels, it is in fact a art for one, for two it takes lots of practice and for 3 it requires MAJOR patience and i know (like me) patience is not your strong suit lol. There is also many other factors outside of simply painting, then you have your finish work (your paint will not come out like demons silver truck so lose that image right now,) then you have your tinting about 80% chance actual "code" paint isnt going to be a flawless match even after the finish work, its actually fairly common for code to not match brand new vehicles that havent even been driven lol.
also dont primer the panels if your going to take them to a shop for paint, prepping is included in the paint price so that includes primer and some shops like my brothers if you primered it then they make you sign a waiver voiding there lifetime warranty because they didnt do the prep work.

My advice here is, like 02ramboi said, focus on mechanical and due services, get it in healthy happy running shape, thats whats really important. Dont let the neglected paint fool you, that paint can be detailed to a brilliant shine for MUCH cheaper, and that paint is actually quite awesome when detailed correctly.

 

[02ramboi]

i would not recommend you paint your own panels, it is in fact a art for one, for two it takes lots of practice and for 3 it requires MAJOR patience and i know (like me) patience is not your strong suit lol. There is also many other factors outside of simply painting, then you have your finish work (your paint will not come out like demons silver truck so lose that image right now,) then you have your tinting about 80% chance actual "code" paint isnt going to be a flawless match even after the finish work, its actually fairly common for code to not match brand new vehicles that havent even been driven lol.
also dont primer the panels if your going to take them to a shop for paint, prepping is included in the paint price so that includes primer and some shops like my brothers if you primered it then they make you sign a waiver voiding there lifetime warranty because they didnt do the prep work.

My advice here is, like 02ramboi said, focus on mechanical and due services, get it in healthy happy running shape, thats whats really important. Dont let the neglected paint fool you, that paint can be detailed to a brilliant shine for MUCH cheaper, and that paint is actually quite awesome when detailed correctly.

Very well said also keep checking the scrap yards you never know when you will run in to a truck the same color as yours you can take the panels off


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[ramportin1]

^^ good point!

 

[Drunken Hamster]

Okay. Thanks guys. I wasn't planning on doing paint and body first, anyway, but the big dent in the front fender is bugging me.

Not to mention the dumb crease on the middle of the bed side behind the wheel. The other roughed out dent in the lower bedside behind the other wheel isn't as big if a deal aside from the rust from the chipped parts of the paint.

And idgaf about the dent in the rear bumper at all, as I'll be replacing it with something else, anyway.

I am absolutely doing all servicing to this truck after I get tires. Tires are part of it, technically, but those are my last big purchase before I do the full tune up, trans flush+change and diff servicing. And probsibly an oil pan gasket.

As far as mod plans go, I'm not gonna set anything in stone until all functioning components are sound aside from shocks and a tune being the first thing after tires and the rest of the servicing.

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[xtremewlr]

Final piece to the new seat puzzle, the 4th gen jump seat. Just need to see if I can get a good black leather replacement cover for it so it matches the rest of the seats. This one is leather but it's grey, as you can see.

 

[Jerseystyle]

Final piece to the new seat puzzle, the 4th gen jump seat. Just need to see if I can get a good black leather replacement cover for it so it matches the rest of the seats. This one is leather but it's grey, as you can see.

Are 4th gen seats plug and play so to speak?

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[xtremewlr]

Are 4th gen seats plug and play so to speak?

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Yes, mostly. The front seats are a direct bolt in, you just have to match the pin-outs for the power wiring. The rear seats are also bolt in, assuming you get seats for a quad cab. The seats that I got are from a crew cab and the rear seat mount will take minor modifications to work from what I understand. Mega cab seat won't fit the rear as they are completely different. The rear crew mount needs to have 2" cut off the back and new mounting holes drilled. I might be able to transfer my original mounting brackets over to the new seats as well and not have to do any cutting/drilling. The seats are due to arrive this Thursday so I should be able to find out Friday or Saturday what needs done with the rear and start working on adapting the wiring for the front power and heating.

 

[Jerseystyle]

Much obliged. I need new seats and this definitely broadens my search scope.

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[ramportin1]

Final piece to the new seat puzzle, the 4th gen jump seat. Just need to see if I can get a good black leather replacement cover for it so it matches the rest of the seats. This one is leather but it's grey, as you can see.

This interior is gunna be beautiful brotha!