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89-ish K5 build. Beat cancer!!! Time for icecream!
- Thread starter jekquistk5
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3 Link front, leafs in the rear, 2.5" ADS Racing Shocks!
Thanks!
CONGRATS ON YOUR WORK!!!
The pay-off looks great!
The pay-off looks great!
So started work on this thing again after a very busy end of summer. Started scraping the goo from the fenders, and I’ll be fixing the floors/ prepping for the cage and full vert swap. I plan to grab tube in the next week or so and get going on it. I plan to tear down the shocks and revalve them for better ride. I’ll also be ordering all new seats from prp, bedlining, an actual paint job new wheels and tires, and regearing to 5.38. Should be a nice weekend warrior/ dune slayer after that.
Dang. Go deep or go home.
Sounds awesome, I look forward to seeing the results Jesse.
Removing the crappy Bedliner is going to take me forever. Need to do that before winter sets and I have to keep the doors closed. Heat gun and a scraper seems to be the best bet. There is some sort of thin rubber mat by the drivers and passenger floorboards that isn’t coming off easily.
I used a wire wheel on a drill for mine, made quick work of it.
-Rob
-Rob
I'll have to give that a try, but that rubber matt on the floorboards is gonna be a pain.
Try dry ice. Saw that trick online for removing factory sound deadener. Looked pretty efficient as the stuff popped off in chunks.
I had that plastic mat on the front floorboards as well. I used the scraper and heat gun (keeping the blade hot as well as the mat helped) but that dry ice is a neat idea.
The virgin floor under the mat is really cool.
The virgin floor under the mat is really cool.
That sounds awesome. And funny cuz lucky garage just posted it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoS8EinBzWk/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=oljpl5xrxzax
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So using heat and scraper seems to be the best bet. What’s left over finish with wire wheel. About 2 hrs into it and almost done with the drivers side. Need to pickup some nice etching primer tomorrow.
Macco strip wheels on the grinder worked very well. I need to order some more.
Cleared most of it on quickly shot self etch primer. Kids are sick so I couldn’t finish.
Cleared most of it on quickly shot self etch primer. Kids are sick so I couldn’t finish.
Got out put s few more hours in. Driveside is pretty much done. Need to patch the hole the previous owner put in the floor, but happy to be this far. Passenger side they laid that crap on thick, and it’s taking more time to come off.
Looks good though! Progress!
Not sure if aircraft paint stripper would work on that? Might be worth a try if you have a lot left to do. What you have done looks great though.
I remember taking all the under coating of the underside on one of my Datsuns way back when I was young....scraping and a wire wheel. What a pain!
I remember taking all the under coating of the underside on one of my Datsuns way back when I was young....scraping and a wire wheel. What a pain!
