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Post by Slacker on Jun 10, 2011 15:40:27 GMT -8
rolled in this afternoon ... (booked appointment) looking pretty rough , and it already has our STEEL replacement fenders on !! .
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Post by 89yotanut on Jun 10, 2011 21:24:43 GMT -8
WOW! pretty rough is right! Please post photos of the fiberglass panels, I am very curios!
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Post by Slacker on Jun 11, 2011 6:19:41 GMT -8
will do , will be coming in monday , so you'll see the whole build
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Post by Slacker on Jun 13, 2011 18:19:34 GMT -8
so got it into the shop this morn .. and started the dismantle .. first problem Is I couldnt get the rear window down , and because I was replacing the gate , i just got the plasma cutter out , and went to work .. heres why the window didnt work .. got the window out , and free'd up the door catches .. wow lots of time so far !! once i finally got the gate off .. time to start the tear down 1/4r windows and interior and finally the roof .
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Post by 89yotanut on Jun 13, 2011 21:30:09 GMT -8
Corey, Do you make fiberglass tailgates for the 4runners?
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Post by Slacker on Jun 14, 2011 6:15:09 GMT -8
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Post by Slacker on Jun 14, 2011 16:57:54 GMT -8
more today ... started on getting the 1/4rs off , (you guys have seen this a 100 times so I didnt want to go into to much detail ) with a little rush around the windshield area , I had suggested to the owner that we pull the cracked windshield out and repair the rust and replace the windshield .. so with that , we removed the windshield all cleaned up and OMG !!!! .
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Post by Slacker on Jun 15, 2011 15:45:24 GMT -8
got to work on the rear hatch today .. this was a new/used hatch that the customer had picked up ahead of time , as he new the old one was toast !! so cut the skin off window rail is in rough shape , so I had suggested to the customer to replace now , as it will only save money later .. but pleasantly surprised , that the gate shell is in great shape .. so with the window removed , started to remove the rail bad bad bad .. so with that .. we cleaned the inside up and got it POR15'd also .. got the inners all cleaned up , and some POR15 on those .. and top rails zinc'd .
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Post by Slacker on Jun 16, 2011 16:43:50 GMT -8
so with the POR cured , started reassembly of the rear door . First was to install the NEW window track .. we stock these at discounted pricing . (cheeper then toyota) and with that installed and all the prep work done , the new skin is installed also .. started the windshield rust repair .. .
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Post by Slacker on Jun 17, 2011 16:19:27 GMT -8
ok so continued on with the windshield repair .. made some new chanels .. also started to cut off the lower window drip rails .. real sore spot for rust .. and my NEW favorite thing to do .. you can clearly see .. new paint would only "hide" this for a while , before the pillar rusted completely .. "nipped in the bud" now and no more rust ..
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Post by Slacker on Jun 20, 2011 16:05:44 GMT -8
more welding and finally and epoxied also got the passenger panel "glued" .
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Post by Slacker on Jun 22, 2011 17:25:29 GMT -8
So Drivers 1/4r glued yesterday .. and now cured today .. New hood on and off to paint .
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Post by Slacker on Jul 6, 2011 16:53:00 GMT -8
sorry for the delay in my responces .. we have just been "slamed" this summer with builds .. ;D Paint is Way busy .. but we have progress all the inners are done hood has been seamsealed and painted and ready for paint .
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Post by Slacker on Jul 9, 2011 16:15:47 GMT -8
Paint all done , and re-assembly begins .. .
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Post by 89yotanut on Jul 9, 2011 21:16:24 GMT -8
Looking nice, great work.
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