Boostedka's already mostly built S/C'd single cab

A couple of updates to projects that I've been working on the last month and a half or so...

I've been prepping the bed to do a Raptor Liner spray in here soon. I'm hoping to have it finally sprayed in this week. I've been sanding here and there and got the bare metal primered this weekend. I just need to sand the primer, wash it out one more time, mask stuff off and spray away.

Pics of the progress:

Original Plastic Liner:


Amazing how much crap gets under these things


All Cleaned up


Sanding


Sanding effing sucks



Etching primer to cover up the areas that bare metal was showing

 

I also have been refinishing the top of the shell/cap. I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I started with removing the silicon that was around the holes that the roof rack was mounted to. Then I just started sanding areas where the clear was peeling. There was more than I realized...so I ended up sanding the entire top and primering the areas where the clear was gone.

I had thought about painting the entire top with color matched paint, but I don't think I have enough left from the fender repair (more on that in a bit). So I am thinking about painting a stripe down the middle...black, grey, or something, then painting the rest of it color matched. Then clear over the entire top.

Progress pics so far.

Here's what I started with:


After sanding with some 320 grit and spraying with some filler primer


Re-sanding again after primer sat over night.

 

Also, I have been trying my hand at some body work. The passenger rear fender had some bubble rust just above the fender flare so I knew that needed repairing. I decided one day to pull off the flare to see how bad it was...I decided that I needed to repair it much sooner than later.

So I used the angle grinder to cut out the rusted area of the panel.

Then I ordered a fender wheel arch to cut out a section of it to replace the nonexistent piece. Welded that in and ground it down even-ish. Then body filler, sanding, more body filler, more sanding, etc., then primer, paint, clear coat, and color sanding. It looks decent but definitely not professional grade body work. It was my first time in a really long time doing any body work (like 20 years) and my first time trying to weld body panels. My welding sucks...but on the bright side I'm getting better at grinding!

 

Here's some more pics of the fender progress...

This is the stuff I used from Automotivetouchup.com


Filler primer


Sanded the primer to try and blend in the edges with the rest of the paint


Masked off for paint. I sanded an extra 3-4" of the original paint with 1000 grit paper to try and blend in the new paint. Then paint followed by 3 coats of clear.


I forgot to take a pic of what i looked like right after paint. I wish I would have to show how shitty it looked. Masking lines were raised up and very evident. The clear coat was super rough along the edges. It basically looked like complete crap. My plan originally was to color sand after painting to try and blend the new paint with the old paint.
I went over it with some 1500 grit paper. It smoothed it out quite a bit. I'm actually pretty surprised based on what I started with.


Next I'm going to go over it with some rubbing compound to get rid of the sanding marks followed by some polishing to get rid of the hazing the compound will produce. I'll post pics of that when it's done. It should be tomorrow or the next day.

 

If you want some super awesome clear coat, I suggest the spraymax 2k clear. It's about $20 a can but comes out amazing. You would probably need 2 to do the roof of the camper though.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, Noah. I of course came across that stuff after I had already bought the stuff from automotive touch up. I had ordered 2 extra cans of clear coat just for the camper. Oh well...it should hopefully come out decent still.

Those bumper pieces you did definitely have some nice shine to them!

 

Yea it's crazy how good the 2k clear is. Night and day difference from regular automotive enamel. It goes on so easily. The roof of the camper probably does matter though, you probably won't be able to see it!

 

Looks great! Feels good to know the rust is gone too!

I wet sanded with 2000 before polishing by hand with rubbing compound. It shined up great and mine was just rusoleum gloss!

 

I polished it today with the stuff pictured below. It came out pretty decent for just kind of guessing and making shit up as I went. It’s definitely not perfect but it’s good enough for what it’s for. I still need to mount the flare on there once the paint is a little more cured.
Thanks for the help @cazinpa

 

On the other side, it was low enough that I decided to just cut out the rust, flap disc the edges, paint and cover it up with the flare. Good enough for now

 

I painted a Black stripe down the middle of the shell last night and unmasked it this morning. After it sits for a couple days I’m going to wet sand the black and paint the base coat along the edges. Then clear coat the entire top.

 

Last night after painting the shell, I masked off the bed in preparation of spraying the raptor liner early this morning. I also had a tarp thrown over the cab to catch the over spray as well as having my wheels covered up. That stuff over sprays a decent amount. It went on pretty easily. A little slower going than painting which was good to make sure I got good coverage. I used all 4 liters of liner to make sure I got a good thick coat on everything. I removed the tailgate latch panel and sprayed that separately. Looks to have come out pretty good. Seems better than the Herculiner roll on I used on my previous truck.

 

what psi did you spray that?

 

Where did you buybyour body pannel

 

I sprayed at about 60psi, but I set my compressor to 70psi. My compressor is a little smaller, 6 Gallon. I had read online somewhere that with smaller compressors you need to set them a little higher to maintain pressure while spraying. Each time I switched to a new bottle, it would spray a little finer at first because of the higher pressure, once it dropped though, it made it have the rougher texture I was going for. Here's another pic of it in the garage after drying out in the sun for about 2.5 hours.

 

I got it from here:
https://raybuck.com/product/1995-04...MIveuvydTj2wIVgrbACh1CcAW3EAQYAyABEgKs2vD_BwE

They were the best price I could find. I think it shipped from somewhere in PA

 

Looks great! Been thinking of doing the same and wondering what to use.

 

The truck I had before this one I used Herculiner and it peeled pretty easily. I wasn’t too happy with it. This stuff seems like it’ll be a lot more durable. The finish looks much more professionally done as well. I spent alont of time making sure everything was sanded really well to hopefully keep it from chipping to easily down the road.

 

That looks great, good job man

 

How did you fix the holes in the roof after removing the Smittybilt rack? I have that same roof rack and sometimes entertain the thought of taking it off, but since its bolted to the roof with big 1/2 inch holes I dunno how best to go about doing that.

Awesome truck btw, just now seeing that you got it!