Damn this thing has a lot of surface area!

The objective wasn't to get it perfect, there is still A LOT that needs to be done. Windows, wheels, tires, wells, restoring the trim and getting rid of some of the deeper swirling....but this is a start. Unfortunately I won't be able to do what I want this weekend, but she's looking A LOT better.

Will finish the rear portion tomorrow.

How it started





After a pass with white pad and SSR1


Another comparison




After applying Natty's blue, one coat




I still have to do the rear half of the truck.


Easy to see the difference between the bed and the cab (hi-res)

 

Looks great! Good choice of products too. Whenever you're free drive down to Miami and do my lightning.

 

Huge difference. Man that paint was rough looking.

 

Thanks man. There is still swirling that needs to be removed but it's going to take more time than I have right now. Not to mention I need to get some step ladders so I can get to the top.

I also dragged the wife out to the garage with me so she could appreciate what it takes to truly keep up her toy. Also, to show her how to properly maintain it. She actually got excited about it.

Needless to say, when I told her to look at it in the sun she had a HUGE smile on her face.

Still need to do the fender well trim, but waiting until the Black WOW comes in. APC didn't seem to have much of an affect.

So, onto the final pics.

Step bar before and after. I used PB's APC and a brush to clean the plastic and used a bit of claybar and APC to clean off the rubber/tar that accumulated on the inside of the setup. Seemed to clean up the oxidation as well. Wrapped it up with PB's Black hole.





If it's one thing that irks me about this truck is the water that gets caught in the bed rails and drips down. I'm thinking about lining it with some RTV to prevent this from happening.


The left piece has been cleaned with PB's APC and a plastic brush, the right is what it looked like when removed from the truck.


Before using Diamondite glass restorer and glass cutting pad with PC. Hard to see the etching but should give you an idea.





Final product




The cherry on top

 

Nice work

 

Hi-res pics are nice, but any way you could scale them down so it's not wider than most people's screens? It makes the rest of the thread really hard to read when you gotta keep scrolling back and forth.

 

I reduced them all, may take a bit to update.

are you using IE or Firefox? Firefox on my PC doesn't seem to be updating while IE has one of two pics reduced.

I may have to reupload and change the file name.

 

Well done...was that the new formula of SSR1 or the old?

Yellow is the new one...pink is the old one.

Again, nice job

 

It's fixed - thank you very much. It was just that one you had marked as hi-res.

You can force a page reload with current info with F5 with any browser.

 

Just went back to the photos...GASP, didn't do the wheel wells? All that work and my eyes go right to the dirty wells...LOL

Just kidding..not really, yes kidding...kind of

 

No prob glc, thanks RR

Just didn't get a chance to get to that, although I was able to test it out. I'm amazed at how well PB's APC works!

 

Great job, The truck definitly shows you put the time into it.

 

Very nice work man... well done!

 

Thanks everyone.

RR

Sorry, didn't answer your question.

I used the old SSR1 that I had left over.

 

Check out the new formula of SSR1...its different and much better.