Okay, so we decide to hold out on priming for the next morning. We wake up around 8:15-ish (EST) and go outside. My friends dad (whos done a lot of painting before) has already set up the bumper on a sawhorse and put a but more Bondo on the holes. We then wrap 120-grit around a block of wood and sand it down



I wipe it down with some paint thinner to clean it all off. I can say that that stuff lets you know if you have open wounds!! Ouch!! I dab a whole 2 coats full on there to make sure I have the bumper all cleaned off. A squeeky return from running my finger down it lets me know I'm done.



^^ Haha, old panties serve as my cleaning rag ^^

Here's the spray gun kit his dad owned. Brand spankin new and never been used before. Also came with a dual-stage water catch thingy.



This one is after we sanded it all down and I cleaned it off, my friend helps his dad strain the thinner into the paint gun:

 

Here's the first shot of primer going on the bumper:

 

 

All the pictures above say the same thing. About 20-30 minutes later it was dry to the touch. He put about 2 coats on it, so it looks beautiful. What amazaed me is that it dried white. I thought it would be primer gray, but came out white. Heres some a few minutes later bolted onto the truck. From a distance I swear it looks like a SVT with the white bumper (kinda)

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^^ \/ \/ \/ My friend is holding the valence on. I was thinking about doing that white, but from the looks of it, I think I'm going to leave it as is, or even do it over with gloss black and CC it with the bumper. I left it off because I plan to paint the bumper this weekend. Just for looks \/ \/ \/ ^^



From a distance, you can't tell its just primer, but as you get closer, you can see the difference. I can't wait to do the actual paint and CC! So what do you guys think?!?!


In other news, I also ended up being a last minute save for our boating trip to the Suwannee River when my friends dad's Toyota broke down so we ended up loading my truck and towing HIS boat to the river. I've never lowered a boat into a slipway before, let alone do it with my truck. 2WD handled it no problem. Taking it out I didn't like how much slip the clutch had, but I'm at least proud of saying I've done it before. The boat was a 16' fishing John with a 40-hp 3-cyl on it. The steering linkage broke on us out in the river PLUS the Florida Wildlife people (Game Warden) pulled us over with their little blue lights atop their boats because the girls riding with us were hanging their feet off the bow while in motion. Just a warning... what a day, whew. Let's hear comments...

 

Wow, this is also a before picture of the picnic table too

Also I'm not really digging the chrome surround with all this white on the truck.

Bumper's coming along great though.

 

Wow, I said that immediately after we put it on. I might think about PTM it white maybe?

Thanks for the words guys, I shocked my parents when they came home, they couldnt believe it's only primer

 

that made a huge difference, your truck looks so much better. nice work

 

Will you please do mine next ? Stone Green please :-)

Nice job !
Fish

 

dang raptor what a huge differnce i wanna paint my chrome now lol

 

Looking good Raptor I think the chrome will look ok if you leave the valance black. Witch is my vote.

If you go white I think the white surround will look better.

There was a thread awhile back where someone used a spray paint type of bed liner for his bug shield and lower bumper maybe that would work for you also..

 

what did i tell you.. not hard, kinda time consuming thats all! good job

 

looks good man. much better than before. if you wanna get rid of one of those grilles let me know. id be glad to take it off your hands.

 

Haha, thanks guys. Keep in mind though, thats only primer! Next weekend I'll be doing the actual paint and clear coat so it will be all shiney and ready for pictures!

I am going to leave the valence black, and the surround chrome (for now). If I still am iffy about it, I'll do the surround in white.

 

Looking god man! What kind of spray gun is that? That would be handy for small projects.

 

I'm not sure, I remember seeing the name on the box though, I'll try to get a better look. It was a neat kit, I might have to get one of those. My friend now wants to repaint his Firebird (you can see in some shots) because its cracked, faded, etc.