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**botmfedr1** · 04-11-2012, 08:09 PM

Just my two cents. Several of my brothers do bodywork/paint for a living and in most cases if they are given the opportunity to remove the body they will. Especially since you have the frame pretty much completed. So perhaps you should get a bodyshop to media blast the entire tub. As you may have read on here, once you get into the body channels- there might be more rust issues than you see on the surface. I am on my 3rd , this one a Blazer and as i suspected...more issues.
media blast
fix all rust issues
under coat
body work, then put it back on frame....then paint. Trust me...you don't want to manuver a freshly painted body onto a frame...
Nice work so far!

mondo

btw...I am active duty Army, 20+ years and counting...Godspeed for your brother!!!

04-11-2012, 08:09 PM	#125
botmfedr1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Harlingen, TX Posts: 1,098	Re: The "In over my head" build thread Just my two cents. Several of my brothers do bodywork/paint for a living and in most cases if they are given the opportunity to remove the body they will. Especially since you have the frame pretty much completed. So perhaps you should get a bodyshop to media blast the entire tub. As you may have read on here, once you get into the body channels- there might be more rust issues than you see on the surface. I am on my 3rd , this one a Blazer and as i suspected...more issues. media blast fix all rust issues under coat body work, then put it back on frame....then paint. Trust me...you don't want to manuver a freshly painted body onto a frame... Nice work so far! mondo btw...I am active duty Army, 20+ years and counting...Godspeed for your brother!!! Last edited by botmfedr1; 04-11-2012 at 08:13 PM. Reason: .