My new project 86 Silverado

[77ChevySharkBite]

Looking sharp man! Can't wait to see it painted!

When I did some painting on my truck for my mirrors and stuff my dad suggested using coat hangers because I never would of thought it, made it look like I had my own little paint shop.

So when you plan to be finished with priming and painting? Sometime this week, and start putting everything back together next week?

[naphtali5725]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Looking sharp man! Can't wait to see it painted!

When I did some painting on my truck for my mirrors and stuff my dad suggested using coat hangers because I never would of thought it, made it look like I had my own little paint shop.

So when you plan to be finished with priming and painting? Sometime this week, and start putting everything back together next week?

yeah i just used bailing wire to hang pieces up.
i will paint it all tomorrow... then i'll start bolting stuff back together until i get it back to a rolling chassis...

then i'll start the drive down the long body work road, lot's of sanding and priming up ahead

[naphtali5725]

ordered upper control arm cross shafts from rock auto ... the originals were damaged...

probably going with Mcgaughy's 2.5" drop spindles, may go lower will decide soon

looked at auto parts places today (auto zone, advance auto, rock auto), and to replace all the brakes up front...rotors/bearings/seals/calipers/hardware/pads will be way more than 250.00

Mcgaughy's front brake kit is only 256.00 at http://grunionfabrication.com so if I can't find a whole brake kit cheaper than that, i'm going with it

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by naphtali5725

yeah i just used bailing wire to hang pieces up.
i will paint it all tomorrow... then i'll start bolting stuff back together until i get it back to a rolling chassis...

then i'll start the drive down the long body work road, lot's of sanding and priming up ahead

The joys of sanding and priming honestly I wont lie, yeah it might have been quite the pain in the butt to do, but nobody can ever say I didn't sand down and prime my own truck. Would I do it again, thought about it, but I probably won't

Just be patient with it man take your time, and if you have electric sanders definitely use one, if you don't have one I suggest go buy one, trust me I handed sanding the front fender of my truck then I found we had a sander, yeah let's just say once I found that sander I haven't turned back. We actually have 2 now one for me and 1 for if I have a friend that helps me.

[naphtali5725]

yeah, I have an air DA 6" sander, and a 1/4 sheet electric sander.
damn DA sander takes a crap load of air, i may buy me a electric DA sander, quieter and i don't have to listen to that damn compressor run constantly..