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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]So anyways the louvered sections were
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Cleaned and sanded around the area, then glass Matt and resin was applied and cured. Next some more Glass Matt (brown) was laid down, sanded flush, fiberglass filler (green) and then a skim coat of professional filler (gold)
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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Next is some spot filler and glazing putty followed by some super sick spray filler primer for any imperfections. The parts were then Prepped with bull dog adhesion promontory put into primer and finally the blue!!
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]When I took delivery of the truck Eddiemoney left us with a half quart of leftover paint from his truck (the blue paint job is it very old) we used this paint to
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Match up the new stuff. The paint he left me with is not only 4+ years old but it has been thinned already so we could not use it. However it was perfect to have for matching the new paint.
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Next the front fenders and some of the metal parts of the new bed
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]While this is happening over at the in town shop the exhaust tail pipes are being fabricated and the alarm was being installed. The security system is quite complex on this truck, one of the trickiest parts of the build, details of this will not be shared. But I can tell you there is more wiring and modules in this alarm then the Apollo moon lander
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Many updates coming as this truck has our full attention. For the next month until
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]It is done, tested and then finally delivered!!!
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2007 Sport 4door 4x4 4.0L SOHC V6 Ranger