Winter project time!

[6speedquadcab]

Looks good Chris. Money well spent.

 

[10-1=9]

That looks awesome. Makes me wish I had a blue truck. Lol

 

[Frosty05]

That looks awesome. Makes me wish I had a blue truck. Lol

Thanks man!
Yeah, i'd love a blue truck too...c'mon powerball!

 

[10-1=9]

Do you plan on or did you do the brake parts in blue?

 

[Frosty05]

Haven't done it yet, but its on the list. Planning on the calipers, drilled/slotted rotors, and caltracs in the same blue.

 

[10-1=9]

Haven't done it yet, but its on the list. Planning on the calipers, drilled/slotted rotors, and caltracs in the same blue.

Nice, keep us posted.

 

[Frosty05]

So im about 3/4 done with the alternator.
I took a grinder and removed the casting marks, and smoothed out the casing. After that i sanded and buffed until i had a mirror shine.
Still have a few things to do, but it already looks a million times better

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[6speedquadcab]

It's getting pretty serious under that hood. Makes mine look like the plain jane fat girl.

 

[Frosty05]

Thats my problem, once i get rolling its hard to stop

 

[6speedquadcab]

Thats my problem, once i get rolling its hard to stop

Well at least you are having fun with it man. Mine can't take winter break as it's my daily driver. But her time will come soon.

 

[10-1=9]

Hopefully that alt won't shit the bed after all the work you put into it.

 

[Frosty05]

Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind too.
That would suck.

 

[seethrough]

Hopefully that alt won't shit the bed after all the work you put into it.

They are rebuildable - any alternator/starter shop can handle this.

 

[Frosty05]

...and the alt madness continues

After the polish, i did a color fill on the alternator. Brushed on a pearl enamel, was lucky enough to find a really close match for my blue.

I haven't seen anyone try this before, i think it turned out pretty nice.


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[6speedquadcab]

I like it.

 

[10-1=9]

Now it's to nice to put back on the truck. Throw that paper plate away. Throw the rock in the yard. Then put the alt on that nice wooden pedestal. Last tell the old lady to dust it every 2 weeks. Lol

 

[Frosty05]

I decided that the red top battery needed some love, so i picked up some krylon fusion, and duplicolor trans blue metalcast paint.

The fusion paint actually goes on really well, seems to stick pretty good too.
After it dried, i used the duplicolor silver base, and applied the metalcast paint.
Its basically a tinted clear, so you have to be careful with it or you'll get an uneven finish, but its not all that bad.
I like it!
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Also picked up a ball milled aluminum battery cover, it's going to go great with my old x-metal radiator cover

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[6speedquadcab]

You've been working your dog too hard Chris. Poor guy is dead tired.

 

[SRT2SLOW]

I did the same color in my jeep. Not bad stuff for spray can

 

[Frosty05]

You've been working your dog too hard Chris. Poor guy is dead tired.

Shhh...don't wake him...he's guarding lol

Actually he's probably still in a turkey coma from dinner yesterday. He got hooked up!