Trail ride (minor battle damage)
#11
05-20-2009, 01:21 AM
LOL!! You owned me there dude, that was a good one!
I couldn't stand it before the first scratch (when I dropped my truck off the jack stands onto the axle shaft), but ever since it got its first scratch, its been a lot easier to stomach other stuff happening to it. That, and I'm not afraid to pick up a high speed buffer, or even a paint gun for that matter. 
I like the scratches a little, which is why I want to paint my truck with military CARC paint because I can't handle having a nicely painted truck and let it get scratched. If I did a killer paint job in Hemi orange I don't think I could park my truck next to other cars let alone take it on a trail. Lol.
DOn't know how you do it 95_318SLT.
DOn't know how you do it 95_318SLT.
#12
05-20-2009, 01:28 AM
You are better than I am in that department for sure. I will take the time to get rust off, and wash and wax, but I never buff. Maybe I should start? It could probably use it.
In all honesty though, I am very jealous of your flares. I wish I had a set to take off and buff underneath. Sooner or later I will find something. I got the second gen seats ready to go. You have a nice looking truck, helps when you don't have all that salt on the ground too.
In all honesty though, I am very jealous of your flares. I wish I had a set to take off and buff underneath. Sooner or later I will find something.
I got the second gen seats ready to go. You have a nice looking truck, helps when you don't have all that salt on the ground too.
#13
05-20-2009, 01:41 AM
Thanks!! Yeah, it spent it's entire life in this state (I have all the old registrations to prove it)... and we get a salt/sand mix on the roads maybe 2 or 3 days out of the entire winter, so cars down here stay in great shape.
Lol, I actually hate to buff, its a long, drawn out, tedious task, but the only reason the clear coat on my truck is so slick right now (not orange peely) is cause the week after I painted it I sanded it down with 1500 grit sandpaper and buffed it for 6 hours! (I know what you're thinking, why would I take it offroad right?) As much as I don't like buffing, I love the look of a freshly buffed car/truck. And as for taking off the fender flares... if you've ever gotten wax or rubbing compound on plastic, it turns it white... so I don't want that to happen.
Lol, I actually hate to buff, its a long, drawn out, tedious task, but the only reason the clear coat on my truck is so slick right now (not orange peely) is cause the week after I painted it I sanded it down with 1500 grit sandpaper and buffed it for 6 hours! (I know what you're thinking, why would I take it offroad right?) As much as I don't like buffing, I love the look of a freshly buffed car/truck. And as for taking off the fender flares... if you've ever gotten wax or rubbing compound on plastic, it turns it white... so I don't want that to happen.
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05-20-2009, 05:47 AM
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I know where you're coming from there... hell last few years, we used so much salt we were out by mid january... and winter's only getting started by then!