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Lets see those custom paint jobs on our K5s. We all love pictures !
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RubberFloorMat
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I really like that a lot. I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to paint. Don't like trendy stuff like blacking everything out etc.
RubberFloorMat
1/2 ton status
My hunk of junk. It's crappy quality paint but it's a cool period correct style scheme.
Mine is more....Body by nature. Not a straight enough panel to warrant paint.
Good looking truck @454 blazer , nice touch on the wheels. 
RubberFloorMat
1/2 ton status
man ive been looking for some decent slot mags forever. Settled for some 15x10 white wagon wheels.
I'm trying out this textured paint job. Looks good to me.
Your local drive thru car wash must HATE your truck!..
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This is what mine looked like when I bought it. Black with a gray top and gray interior with typical clear coat pealing (kinda crappy pic, sorry):
Didn't want to break the bank on paint for a crawler, so bought a $30 sander from home depot just to scuff it up a little bit, and bought $80 worth of flat black spray paint from Walmart, and after a full Saturday and my pointer finger feeling like it was going to fall off, this is what it looks like:
What's cool about it, is if I scrap it up too bad, I just spray some more paint on there. In fact, ever sense I've did this spray paint job 4 and a half years ago, I've re-sprayed it twice. Just a stroll down to Walmart, and $40 worth of spray paint, and a couple hours and it looks like new again
Didn't want to break the bank on paint for a crawler, so bought a $30 sander from home depot just to scuff it up a little bit, and bought $80 worth of flat black spray paint from Walmart, and after a full Saturday and my pointer finger feeling like it was going to fall off, this is what it looks like:
What's cool about it, is if I scrap it up too bad, I just spray some more paint on there. In fact, ever sense I've did this spray paint job 4 and a half years ago, I've re-sprayed it twice. Just a stroll down to Walmart, and $40 worth of spray paint, and a couple hours and it looks like new again
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RubberFloorMat
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This is what mine looked like when I bought it. Black with a gray top and gray interior with typical clear coat pealing (kinda crappy pic, sorry):
Didn't want to break the bank on paint for a crawler, so bought a $30 sander from home depot just to scuff it up a little bit, and bought $80 worth of flat black spray paint from Walmart, and after a full Saturday and my pointer finger feeling like it was going to fall off, this is what it looks like:
What's cool about it, is if I scrap it up too bad, I just spray some more paint on there. In fact, ever sense I've did this spray paint job 4 and a half years ago, I've re-sprayed it twice. Just a stroll down to Walmart, and $40 worth of spray paint, and a couple hours and it looks like new again
Except it's absorbing moisture because without clearcoat it's not water resistant.
wouldn't that depend on the paint?
Trust me...I don't give a freaking crap about any of that. This thing sits in my garage and only comes out to get beat on in the rocks, then I put it right back away. It's not street legal at all, so I trailer to and from the trailhead. I wanted a purpose built rig, and with that comes body damage, so all I cared about is it looking halfway decent from 10 ft away
This is what mine looked like when I bought it. Black with a gray top and gray interior with typical clear coat pealing (kinda crappy pic, sorry):
Didn't want to break the bank on paint for a crawler, so bought a $30 sander from home depot just to scuff it up a little bit, and bought $80 worth of flat black spray paint from Walmart, and after a full Saturday and my pointer finger feeling like it was going to fall off, this is what it looks like:
What's cool about it, is if I scrap it up too bad, I just spray some more paint on there. In fact, ever sense I've did this spray paint job 4 and a half years ago, I've re-sprayed it twice. Just a stroll down to Walmart, and $40 worth of spray paint, and a couple hours and it looks like new again
Looks good. Should get a trigger sprayer for the spray cans. Did same thing when I paired my cage, my finger was soar as hell.
Originally white with big blue stripe. Needed paint due to imminent midwest rusting and went a little wild. If I had it to do over, I think I'd have gone for something more subdued. I like that puke mustard color they used in the 70s.
