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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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And now painted with bedliner...did the plastics on bumper too...

I have many pics that ill post throughout but its like i said its a pain doing it on the phone



Dude that looks AWESOME. Did you only paint the front end with bed liner? or the whole truck?

Also, what brand of bed liner did you use? Aerisol spray I assume?
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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Yup bought the cans at walmart...took two cans to do that....now it has a layer of some black gloss over it.

And yea its only the front fenders bumper and hood thats done...currently sanding the rest of my truck and it will all be painted like that...cant wait she looks mean
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 02:05 PM
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And heres where i got hit...i cut a hole and pulled alot of the cab straight....i need a longer prybar to get the rest but after some more prying shell look decent...and after some bondo work....



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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Ok got another question....i know im buying a new control arm but i was looking and saw the bushing set for $60... now ive used the search feature and read a couple threads that say you can freeze the bushing to get them in without a press....now is this a reliable way to do it? I dont want to tear them apart and not be able to get new bushings in
 
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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Frrezing? Yes, but a regular freezer isn't much help. Use a CO2 fire extinguisher...not that's cold and will shrink anything!
 
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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I would highly reccomend paying a shop the $20-40 to R&R those bushings. Its a real big pain in the *** without the proper tools and methods.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 95RAM360
And heres where i got hit...i cut a hole and pulled alot of the cab straight....i need a longer prybar to get the rest but after some more prying shell look decent...and after some bondo work....




That's a pretty big hole to cover up! Bottom looks pretty bad also.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Meh that hole will be easy to patch....and the bottom looks bad but it really isnt all that bad....im going to cut the old metal and get a new cab corner from napa for $60....


And as for bushings...ill just replace the one arm for now...then when i get back to work ill just buy all new arms...the $35****in a piece is well worth it
 
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Old Aug 3, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Today i went over the bedliner with some black gloss engine enamal....shes starting to come together
 
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Old Aug 3, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 95RAM360
Meh that hole will be easy to patch....and the bottom looks bad but it really isnt all that bad....im going to cut the old metal and get a new cab corner from napa for $60....


And as for bushings...ill just replace the one arm for now...then when i get back to work ill just buy all new arms...the $35****in a piece is well worth it

Check c2cfabrication.com and see if the price is any better.
 
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