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West TX Z build up thread

Ive been here for a while and decided to make a build up thread of my truck. Its an 1984 Sivlerado with a SBC 350 with a mild cam, headers, and dumped Flow Master Super 40's. The truck runs well but needs some work done. I plan on a new SDPC Crate Engine some time soon. Best part that the truck is RUST FREE!!!! Here is a pic of the truck the day I brought it home. As the thread continues you can see the progress. Thanks and feel free to comment and give suggestions!

Day 1 at my parents house:
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Notice missing door lock.

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My dad looking at the locks.

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Nasty tint job.

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Ugly busted interior
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First thing I did was fix the door locks. Next was buy a brand new windshield. The original was cracked horribly. Look below.

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Next was to give a temporary fix to the ugly head light trim. Look below.
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Here I removed the grill, and bezels, sanded and painted with semi gloss black.

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While I was at it I figured I'd do something about the nasty peeling window trim.

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No pictures of me gutting all the stereo wiring. But the sound system was a mess. I dont care much for a radio in my truck so I removed EVERY single speaker, busted amp, "wall of subs" and other useless crap.

Started taping up the windows to sand and paint. Again, this is just a temp fix until I replace all the trim when the truck gets painted in the future.

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Next I sanded down the trim with a series of sand paper. No pics sorry.

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Here I used some semi gloss black paint. Its good stuff. This was done in March and it still looks great!

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Next was the front wind shield. I believe the original windshield is still on? I cant tell. Either way, its new now. lol

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Sanded and painted
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Back and sides done.

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Front done.
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New Glass. ;)
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That's a pretty decent truck to start off with. The work you did looks great. Keep it up and keep posting the pics. We all love PICS!! So what's next?

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nice job keep up the good work with more pics lol i need to do my window trim.

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Nice!
it's amazing the difference some of the little details can make :metal:

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Added a tailgate band thanks to Texasfunk!! I plan to polish it soon or have it power coated lightly in the EOM silver color. I'm pleased with the look for now. :D

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Hood Shot

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My twin at the Slaton TX car show. lol

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Looking good man! Detail tip: If you wipe a light coat of WD-40 on that tailgate band it'll make it look like new and have depth.

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Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado (Post 4149244)

Looking good man! Detail tip: If you wipe a light coat of WD-40 on that tailgate band it'll make it look like new and have depth.

:metal: Thank you!!!

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Yeah it's the little details that count. Tucking the bumper as you did makes it look so much better. We did ours that way, and some goof came in the wrong way in the apartment complex while we had the bed off and smacked the bumper. Here's what we did with the rear bumper.
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Not trying to hijack your thread

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Originally Posted by nbpro (Post 4149297)

That looks awesome. Ive never seen anything like that. Is it painted now? I'd like to see the finished look. :metal:

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Well, I just got home from TexasFunks crib. We swapped wheels before he sells his truck. I've been dying for some OEM rallys.

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Texasfunk txting. lol

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Swapped!!
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I'm real happy with the look. I think my old Eagle Alloys looked better on Texasfunks truck than mine!! lol

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Looks killer!!
Thomas is selling his truck :jdp:

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rallys are the best look! nice truck

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that is a nice ride indeed one day i hope to have mine looking that nice. so West Texas Z what drop do you have ? on your suspension

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Originally Posted by West Texas Z (Post 4149680)

I'm real happy with the look. I think my old Eagle Alloys looked better on Texasfunks truck than mine!! lol

only because you have the rallies now... :lol: jk jk

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Originally Posted by joe231 (Post 4149794)

Looks killer!!
Thomas is selling his truck :jdp:

and unfortunately yes! i didnt want to, but i bought a new car, and before buying that new car i should have checked the insurance :/ i took a loan out to buy the car so i didnt have to sell the truck, but the insurance is going to KILL me, so i want to pay the car off so i dont have to have full coverage..im going to miss this truck, but i think the 99 t/a will fill the void nicely:devil:

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Originally Posted by joe231 (Post 4149794)

Looks killer!!
Thomas is selling his truck :jdp:

Sad to say yes, the truck is SOOOOOOOO clean.......and FAST. Who ever gets it is going to have a monster of a truck.

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that is a nice ride indeed one day i hope to have mine looking that nice. so West Texas Z what drop do you have ? on your suspension

I've never noticed until last night when me and Thomas were looking at it. I believe the front springs have been cut a coil and the rear is missing two leaf springs. It came like that. I still want to go lower. ;)