1990 short bed resto; TDi, 3-link, coilovers, doubler, JK axles

[A-man930]

On 12/16/2024 at 9:05 PM, 89 MJ said:

My dad used POR15 on the rocker panels of his 2000 Silverado plow truck. The rockers eventually rotted away anyways. We’ve started using Chassis Saver instead. It seems to work much better and is only a one part product. 

 

I've become wary of any one-part product - it's 2k epoxy for me, going forward.   

[89 MJ]

That’s always the best way to do it

[A-man930]

This is going to be a long process... 

 

[A-man930]

[89 MJ]

Would it be easier to sandblast it?

[M.T.Hands]

On 12/9/2024 at 9:55 AM, A-man930 said:

I decided to tackle a section of body work. Going to try and get the roof and cab down to just below the glass channels covered in epoxy. 

Impressively, I've discovered there has been rust forming below the factory basecoat...

I worked in a shop as a teenager and the bodyshop guy told a friend of mine that drove an older Chevelle that was primer'd for YEARS, that the body would rust w/o paint, he stated that primer was pores and needed to be sealed with paint, sure enough surface rust showed up at about 5 years after nothing but primer not sure that happens at every case, but as mentioned, the Chevelle had been stripped down to bare metal and nothing but primer for 5+ years

[A-man930]

22 minutes ago, 89 MJ said:

Would it be easier to sandblast it?

 

I plan to sandblast in the areas that I cannot get at with a wire cup and such. I have a feeling it won't perform any miracles just because of how hard this stuff is.

[A-man930]

15 minutes ago, M.T.Hands said:

I worked in a shop as a teenager and the bodyshop guy told a friend of mine that drove an older Chevelle that was primer'd for YEARS, that the body would rust w/o paint, he stated that primer was pores and needed to be sealed with paint, sure enough surface rust showed up at about 5 years after nothing but primer not sure that happens at every case, but as mentioned, the Chevelle had been stripped down to bare metal and nothing but primer for 5+ years

 

I've heard similar regarding primer. But this is the OEM applied stuff, as far as I'm aware. Not what I expected to see

[neohic]

3 hours ago, A-man930 said:

This is going to be a long process... 

 

Not doing it right unless you’re doing it twice. 

[A-man930]

3 hours ago, neohic said:

Not doing it right unless you’re doing it twice. 

 

Now THAT'S a motto I could live by! 

 

I just checked, it was over 10yrs ago that I applied that POR15... I can live with that. 

[M.T.Hands]

9 hours ago, A-man930 said:

 

I've heard similar regarding primer. But this is the OEM applied stuff, as far as I'm aware. Not what I expected to see

I agree it seems odd and an unlikely scenario and not what you'd expect on a factory finish, perplexing

[A-man930]

10 hours ago, M.T.Hands said:

I agree it seems odd and an unlikely scenario and not what you'd expect on a factory finish, perplexing

 

Makes me even more glad I'm taking it down to bare metal. 

[A-man930]

It occurred to me that I should make sure there is actually adequate exhaust clearance before I commit to primer on the cab... this blossomed into fabbing the turbo down pipe and exhaust system up to the muffler inlet.

 

 

 

 

 

[A-man930]

Finished up the heat shields on the downpipe this evening. Hoping the BBQ paint holds up 🤞

 

[A-man930]

Holes were cut.  Decisions were made.  Glad it'll be mostly out of sight when it's all back together. 

 

 

 

[A-man930]

Coming up on a milestone! 

I've waffled back and forth on how much of the body to tackle at once - settled on spraying the whole cab and "chassis" all at once; inside and out, top and bottom.

Before this can happen, I want to have all conceivable cutting and welding completed.  All locations for sensors, wiring, mounting brackets, Etc.

It's taking forever!  

[ghetdjc320]

15 hours ago, A-man930 said:

Coming up on a milestone! 

I've waffled back and forth on how much of the body to tackle at once - settled on spraying the whole cab and "chassis" all at once; inside and out, top and bottom.

Before this can happen, I want to have all conceivable cutting and welding completed.  All locations for sensors, wiring, mounting brackets, Etc.

It's taking forever!  

This is the way 

[A-man930]

I have to keep reminding myself it's not a GAS pedal... 

[A-man930]

Scored a helluvuh deal on some 16" travel 2.0 Kings.  14" would have sufficed, but a deal is a deal! 

[MancheKid86]

On 6/18/2025 at 5:22 PM, A-man930 said:

Scored a helluvuh deal on some 16" travel 2.0 Kings.  14" would have sufficed, but a deal is a deal! 

been looking for a deal on coil overs myself! haven't been able to decide between 14/16, doing lots of reading it online says 14 is more than enough, but in my town everyone has 46"+ tires so only 16's are on the marketplace

until then I will be running my old coil springs with a sticker in the wheel well saying " I identify as a coil over"

[A-man930]

9 hours ago, MancheKid86 said:

until then I will be running my old coil springs with a sticker in the wheel well saying " I identify as a coil over"

Perfect!

[A-man930]

The things our society throws away... 

[ghetdjc320]

On 9/9/2025 at 6:05 AM, A-man930 said:

The things our society throws away... 

Are those some sort of remote adjusters or a reservoir?

[A-man930]

On 9/20/2025 at 7:36 PM, ghetdjc320 said:

Are those some sort of remote adjusters or a reservoir?

 

Remote reservoirs.  

[iimafa]

Beautiful attention to detail, looks great!