Project: 4x4 Under Construction

[85Monster]

Saw this at McDonalds..


More sanding..




Roof and more rust removed/covered in bed. Not priming the whole thing because I'm going with a bed liner eventually, the roll/spray in kind.

[85Monster]

And the wolf puppy. Dirty as always but still...growing fast!

[J@mes]

what bedliner are you gonna use? I had to stop by advance earlier and i was checking out this kit for 100 bucks that i may do. I'm using the tractor grade primer from ace first though cause it's got rust inhibitors in it,and my bed had quite a few rust spots.

[85Monster]

I haven't decided yet, I was just going to look at the price ranges, and get one from somewhere in the middle. Haha. Definitely a roll in one though, since from what I've heard the spray can ones don't have a lot of the rubbery chunks and it doesn't come out very thick. So I'll roll on a few coats, then maybe over the years if it's necessary just do some touch ups with the spray cans. I'll definitely post up a review of whatever I end up with though.

[J@mes]

Steer clear of the walmart kind. It's a halfway decent brand,but it didnt last worth a shit on my bagged truck (bed) however it's doing decent on the frame. First time i loaded something in the bed,it scraped the liner right off. I've heard good things about herculiner.

Check out the stuff at advance. I thought about doing something cheap,then paying a friend to spray a shit-ton of clearcoat over the liner. I'll probably try the 100 kit though. It's a pretty legit brand.

[J@mes]

Btw,the spray cans are also super expensive. You get WAY more bedliner for your money with the gallon cans. You're paying for the aerosol in those cans. Waste of money.

[85Monster]

Yeah herculiner and rhinoliner really stand out, but the advance or autozone(closer to me haha) brands seem to be okay. There's like Duraliner and rustoleum brands there..

[85Monster]

This was by far the worst area I've had to sand. All the body lines and rounded spots and stuff. Especially the thumb indention at the gas door.




Someone Has repainted the bed in it's life. From right to left, their paint, their primer, factory brown, factory golden brown base coat, factory primer, factory...whatever the black layer is haha. So there's a two extra layers on the entire bed. Ugh.


More on top of the cab done, along the drivers side door.


More spots for water to leak in. Great. I don't even know what I should fill it with.




My work shop. The great outdoors.


Okay so this.......


Was filled with this




And it's jacked up like that for more frame priming and such.




Getting dark.


I even removed and washed the bump stop. Looks like a new part haha.

[85Monster]

Are my pictures too big? Do they fit a normal screen? I'm using a small netbook and they don't quite fit here, but I've never looked at my thread from another computer...haha

[J@mes]

They seem fine on my phone

[stevbrei]

They fit perfectly on my MacBook screen.

[stevbrei]

I wish I had a "workshop" like yours. I have a lot of sanding to do on my truck, but my apartment complex won't let me do it in the parking lot.

[85Monster]

Aight thanks. And good. I don't have a clue how to change the size

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by stevbrei

I wish I had a "workshop" like yours. I have a lot of sanding to do on my truck, but my apartment complex won't let me do it in the parking lot.

Haha yeah we live out in the middle of NOTHING. On top of a hill. With a creek running all of the way around it. No rules!

you could always just go park somewhere until someone makes you go away. Just park in the back of a big parking lot. haha

[85Monster]

Man I just realized the body lines look like a wave in the last picture of the truck...they're really not that bad. It's only the door that hangs low. Just so everybody knows. Everything else is straight and lines up good.

[85Monster]

I might get a set of the chrome fender trim, all four, brand new, polished stainless, for 30 bucks from a guy near where I live tomorrow..hope it goes through. haha

[J@mes]

Eh..

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiko

Eh..

To each his own And if I end up not liking them, well they only bolt/screw on so it's not a problem. Haha

[J@mes]

I think personally it would look way better with the black flares. Just my opinion though.

[85Monster]

Ehh. Maybe I'll find out one day. haha

[J@mes]

Could always keep an eye on my '93. It'll have some soon as i get extra money and have time to go pick them up.

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiko

Could always keep an eye on my '93. It'll have some soon as i get extra money and have time to go pick them up.

Yeah I'm watching that thread too. Haha

[85Monster]

Okay I finally got some color on the frame. Black of course haha. I don't have pictures at the moment, I did some of it the other day, then it rained, all terrains always throw mud everywhere it got dirty...so! once the paint I just sprayed on dries for a few hours I'll wash off the mud and take some pictures of what I've got so far.

[project blazer]

Nice man I've been away for a while but I'm glad to hear you got you an job and still kick en ass on your s10 man good work

[85Monster]

Okay I lied. Didn't clean the mud. But I have a reason! I started painting elsewhere as well....so here's the rails






Here's where I also started painting, and the reason I didn't move my truck and wash it...Passenger wheel well

[85Monster]

Guess all of this is the next project haha.


I'm pleased with the results. A little over spray but it doesn't matter, that will all be painted with the body whenever that happens.


Just for giggles, what it'd look like lifted more(notice the jack is still under there)


Nice and black


Also squeezed in a little more primer work right there at the end of the day




I'd love to fix this thing up. It's just been sitting there for like 5 years. Used to be my dad's daily/work truck. Fuel pump went out on it...and there it sat.

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by project blazer

Nice man I've been away for a while but I'm glad to hear you got you an job and still kick en ass on your s10 man good work

Yeah I'm trying to keep it going. Slow and steady

[85Monster]

I also just picked up a window crank remover tool at autozone so I can finally get around to fixing my passenger door handle. I probably could have just made one of these things but it was only 5 bucks so what the heck.

[85Monster]

I also went ahead and ripped out the remains of whatever this is called, mud flap like thing between engine bay and wheel well, and as I went to take the picture my brilliant little wolf dog tried to steal it haha

[project blazer]

Lol my dog does the same thing the other day I was doing ball joints and had all the boxes sitting out and here comes my dog and steals one of the boxes and runs off lol

I like that ol e short bed wanna sell it?

[85Monster]

Yeah they're always coming up and stealing things from me, especially tools with squishy handles..pliers, screw drivers, one of the ratchets...haha

And actually, my dad is considering selling it. It's got sentimental value since it's pretty much what got us through a lot of hard times early on, cutting grass and hauling pallets and stuff, and he sold his first car for it(70 something firebird, 400 pontiac motor)...but he said it's a lot of work to fix it up nice, and it's just sitting there so he thinks he wants to sell it...still kind of on the fence though.

[project blazer]

Lol yeah I here you when my dad passed away a few months back people were always asking what we ( me and my brother ) were going to do with his truck ( we kept it lol ) its rusted beat up and almost exactly the way it was when he parked it lol

I'd love to get a square body full size. Some day. Though
Maybe an elcomino would be better for me.

[85Monster]

Sorry about your dad man.
But yeah el cominos caminos(?) however it's spelled...they're awesome.

[project blazer]

Yeah its been kinda rough but we just take it one day at a time

Yeah I seen the duritos jacked commercial on tv and the have an elcamino all lifted
Its bad ass four wheel drive its awesome

[85Monster]

I hear ya. I've seen that commercial too, I'd love to have that for a toy.

[project blazer]

Hell yeah I'd take it in a heart beat lol
Kind weird though its got coil springs in the rear
And ifs in the front?

Any way I like it

[85Monster]

Haha I didn't pay that much attention to it, I was just laughing about it.

[project blazer]

Lol yeah its pretty crazy

[85Monster]

Okay so for the past three days or so, it's been raining almost nonstop...well I came back to school last night for this event thing, and there were like 6 cars in the wholeeee high school parking lot. Big ass parking lot. And it was wet. And some friends were there...so I drifted everywhere! Haha it was a blast. The back end of these trucks are so light they just whip right around like it's nothing. Some of my friends joined in and it was a lot of fun. I'm impressed by my truck, didn't know it had it in it to actually keep a legit drift going on, especially in these all terrain tires. haha. I wish now we had taken videos, even though it was dark out there.

[project blazer]

Yeah I have a 95 and ( 4.3 ) I had to put a fuel pump in it and I drove it around with the bed off SKETCHY lol it was crazy how fast the ass end would come around

But these s10 beds are heavy as F any way

[85Monster]

I bought a seat cover today, but I'm not too happy about it. Universal my ass. But it's better than slowly tearing a deeper and deeper hole on the driver side so it'll do for now.

[NJtruckin]

im honestly jealous of your truck. i wish i had one of them.

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by NJtruckin

im honestly jealous of your truck. i wish i had one of them.

Haha wow thanks, never thought anyone would be jealous of this old beater. I notice in your signature it says you have 4.10s...how's your gas mileage?

[85Monster]

It looks blueish in the pictures but it's not, that's just whatever that material is called reflecting the light...it's black and gray in person.

[stevbrei]

Quote: Originally Posted by 85Monster

Haha wow thanks, never thought anyone would be jealous of this old beater. I notice in your signature it says you have 4.10s...how's your gas mileage?

It's not an old beater anymore. I'm a huge fan of your truck too.

[stevbrei]

What kind of seat cover is that? Did you buy it locally or order it? I need to get one for my truck.

[85Monster]

Quote: Originally Posted by stevbrei

What kind of seat cover is that? Did you buy it locally or order it? I need to get one for my truck.

The name brand is Elegant. I picked it up off the shelf at Autozone for like 40 bucks.

[85Monster]

Can't wait for carpet, headliner, and black seat belts...oh and the 4x4 shifter housing thing, keep forgetting about that. haha

[85Monster]

Finally took my door panel off today to fix the passenger side outside handle. That was a huge pain in the ass. The connecting rod from the handle to whatever else is in there was bent all out of shape for some reason, it was bad. I didn't know it was out of shape until I took the driver side panel off to see what it's supposed to be like. So I straightened the rod out, got it all back into place and realized the plastic clip that holds it in at the top is broken...so until I get another one, and a whole bunch of the clips that hold the panels on, my doors will be naked. Haha, oh well, they needed to be cleaned out and painted/sound and heat insulated anyways.

[NJtruckin]

its not an old beater. its a nice truck with a lot of potential. as for my 4.10s, its about 20 hw, 18 city. i rev about 3k on the highway.