Hands are finally healed enough I can get out and do a little bit of work. Picked up some of the easier things, such as running some wire, and painting a few small pieces... nothing exciting.

First, I ran some wiring for the car alarm, and set out the amp wiring kit. Didn't bother with pictures of this, its fairly boring.

Second, I cut out some Ozite to put on the door panels to spice them up a bit, and help break up the black on black interior. The door panel will be getting painted black, and there will be a custom speaker grille on the bottom, but here is the carpet cut out and test fitted:
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Next, I needed to smooth the 'ribs' out on the door panel so I have something to glue the carpet to. For this I just put some bondo on it and smoothed it out pretty well:
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Third, I painted some trim pieces. the A-Pillars and bottom dash part used to be blue, and the overhead console used to be tan:
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The overhead console all painted and reassembled:
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And last, while I was trying to get my grips about me while laying out wire, I decided I should come in and draw up a schematic for all the accessories I am adding from the accessory fuse block. I have it 3/4 of the way done right now, and this is what she looks like:

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This week the weather is GREAT. With the hands healing fast, I think I will be able to scurry and get the cab prepped for primer. My dad has Fridays off, so I plan to use Friday to spray the cab... sure would be alot easier with 2 people! After primer its off to the paint shop, sooner or later, haha.

Finally settled on a scheme for the paint... It will be much like this paint job:

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BUT... where there is blue, there will be dark burgundy. Where the lines change from Gunmetal to Burgundy, I am going to use gold flake striping (click the link here...). I think it will look pretty good! Reason for changing my mind to a 2 tone, is basically... the truck was all black and/or gray tone, the burgundy will break it up very well. Who knows, I might get frisky and throw in some gold flake in the burgundy too

Anyways, until next time (hopefully tomorrow)...

 

can't wait to see this thing done! Do you happen to know how long the truck is bumper to bumper? 18' ish?

 

I am not sure how long it is.

I can't wait for it to be done either.

 

Love the burgundy/gray two tone

 

Thanks! I saw that pic, and i was like, an all gunmetal truck is going to be pretty boring...

 

any news.... and PICS please

 

Well, I have been out scrubbing it down with wax and grease remover for the majority of the day, but for some stupid reason that stuff's not drying, so I am pretty much stuck until tomorrow. Trying to balance truck work with bike work, but hard to find a balance when things aren't drying! Not sure if there is anything else I can do in the mean time. I'm gonna be pissed if I don't get to spray my primer tomorrow.

 

Well, I am losing steam on this project really bad lately. Got some of it primed, spilled half of the primer, and then ran out of primer since I spilled it. Haven't had the will or motivation to go get more primer. Weather has been **** lately, and so has my mood. The project is just really wearing on me, along with school and the weather and crap.

Hopefully once I get the bike finished I will be able to focus more time and attention on this bad boy. I move for school in June/July, so I hope to have it done by then. Just need a few bucks to order the bed sides, and need to finish the primer, then I think it will be good to go to paint. Once the exterior of the cab is done, I think I will hit my 9th wind and finally be able to get it done. Until then... projects suck!

Also, looking for a headliner board. Just need the board, fabric can be saggy and all that since I will have it recovered. Its the last piece to the puzzle for the interior, so any leads would be appreciated!

 

Sell the f*cking bike and get on with this sh*t, that's what i did

Cummins > Suzuki :cool:

 

45mpg > 15 mpg. Thats another thing demotivating me. $4 a gallon for diesel now.