Nice job. Body work was never a talent for me.
strutaeng's 04 2500 4x4 project Suburban
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Same. This work is inspiring for me because I have an '07 that will need paint in the next few years.
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I painted the hood on my first car, 99 Chevy Malibu back in college. When I bought it, it was in a collision and they had repainted the hood and it faded within 2 years. I used a generic Porter Cable spray gun and 6 gallon compressor. The results were fair, but had horrendous orange peel. SMH
The good news is that today, there are SO MANY good spray guns out there! It's unbelievable. I did all of this work with that gun from Amazon (Aeropro A610) I linked in there BTW. It used to be only guys actually doing this professionally could afford those expensive sprays guns. But you gotta give credit to the Chinese here for creating clones, LOL. And all of the knowledge on the YT videos is amazing too.
Check this video out:
BTW, I did find the roof rack mounting pads at the junkyard. I painted them and finally reinstalled it yesterday...a little side job I decided to do, is paint these DIY speakers I put together with my son. It has everything you need, just assemble the cabinet and put together the crossovers. Used the same paint as what I used on the roof rack pads (and wiper arms). Actually turned out really nicely. It's the C-note kit from Partsexpress. Fun little project
