Chevy Restoration.

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

thanks

 

[JeepSound 10+ year member]

Nice work on the wheels. I may have to do that, mine look exactly like yours did.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

heres how i left it today.

Well for any of you guys that have polished aluminum wheels you know how hard it is to make them pop. These have been sitting for the last couple years with no love and were just terribly gunked up and dirty and zero shine.

They are abt 85 percent done now.

salute to you fine folks

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

im gonna do it all again tomorrow and then go find a good sealer so that i never have to spend 2 days per wheel again... after that i think im gonna paint the inserts black

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

just when I thought it couldn't get any better lol. Honestly I love the look of the wheels and I have never seen that design before, nice to see something different than what everyone else is running. They seem to be shining up pretty nicely too. Keep up the good work and I hope they can straighten out the frame without too much work.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

just when I thought it couldn't get any better lol. Honestly I love the look of the wheels and I have never seen that design before, nice to see something different than what everyone else is running. They seem to be shining up pretty nicely too. Keep up the good work and I hope they can straighten out the frame without too much work.

haha thanks man. The frame shouldnt be too bad and i have one of the most qualified people i know taking care of the frame. Maybe if i work all day tomorrow on them i can have all 4 rims done but i doubt it im goin over each one pretty much 3 times. I like the wheels as well but i think with the black accents itll really pop.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

UPDATE ON TRUCK: Finally starting to get insurance straightend out with the help of Chip Bare from Chip Bare Auto Body in Cincinnati Ohio. The estimate went from 800 to 1800 already with more then likely more to be added still. Hopefully tomorrow i will know exactly when i will get my truck back as im reaaaaallly missin it right now. And i think when i get it back im gonna clean up the frame drop it but the wheels on and hack off the exhaust and leave it gone. And when it comes back hopefully it will have shaved handles.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=331813

 

[teedot231999 10+ year member]

Um.... I definately wold like to see athe finished product. If It's super hot I might take you up on your offer.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

should be coming back from the shop before too long. Then the drop will gon on and frame will be all cleaned up with either the current rims (hopeing to sell them) or some black rims. Then it will be done for a bit.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

Well its finished. THeres a couple spots that i cant tell if its dry wax or needs to be touched up some, but it looks good and im happy as hell to finally have it back. I think im going to detail it some time in the next week or so and then put the rims back on as well as the bucket seats in. Wait did i say bucket seats, yes i did. Brand new leather freshly wrapped. QUITE comfy too. Heres what you really care about... pics

and the seats. I have to clean up the brackets and rails still but that will be done tomorrow.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

oh and as you can tell the frame and underside of the body is next... what fun

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

i hate not recieving any feed back, good bad or indifferent, but i guess not much did change. TOMORROW THO. changes are coming

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

got a bunch done in about 3 hours today. Ill let the pics do the talking.

one of the corner covers came off... cheap ebay corners.

Got the seats set in for now. Tested and both seats have power, but i need to repaint both bases i hurried up to be able to drive the truck abit before the sun was all the way down.

and heres one with the windows rolled up

After lookin over the truck a LOT closer today in the sun light there are a few areas that i may have to get re cleared. Looks like someone that was doing the final sanding went all the way through the clear in a couple places so ill have to get that straightened out.

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Looks real good.