Awesome, I appreciate that 👊🏼

I agree, and a super cheesy body kit😁

@Johnnymidnight lmfao almost forgot about that lol.....crazy times back then but honestly kinda miss it now lol

I wanted so bad to use the intro to Lowrider in the video, but copyrighted stuff gets taken down right quick 😉

@ Yes lol have to have so many subscribers to play music

Appreciate that, it’s definitely a fun project!

Just because most guys pretend they don’t use it 😂😂

It is truly amazing that the rockers are perfect!

Original color, just bringing it back to its former glory, new paint, new wheels and tires 👍🏼

I agree, I’d love to be able to buy a new 3/4 ton with rubber floor mats, manual windows, and analog dials on the dash, no screens and sensors, I bet people would line up for them!

Personally I just use a little aerosol self etching primer for small burn throughs, or you can spot in with a little epoxy

It was unfortunately my only option, had to salvage and rebuild the rear supports as they’re not reproduced

@ All is well, I’m just one of those aforementioned fellows who thought it was a shame to cut up such a clean looking box. But I also don’t know the full extent of the rot it had.

Yes, clean it out, and once dry spray it really good with oil, or rust converter, or both 😉

Thank you, Happy New Year!

Yes, embarrassed to say I did it that way for years, as it’s how I was told it was done, fortunately I know better now

Yes, what you said

Doctor, actually

No idea, but most auto parts stores would most likely carry it

I have gone back to using my Devilbiss guns, I’m just so used to the feel of them, but I would still 100% recommend the Temu gun for anyone starting out 👍🏼

In my shop, typically 4500-5000 range

I just use a little urethane reducer, before cleaning the spray gun so there’s still a small amount of clear coat for it to mix with

I usually let it sit overnight before polishing, same thing if it’s in a warm shop overnight, shouldn’t be a problem to put out in the cold

Yes, I’ll definitely try to say what I’m using in the future 👍🏼👍🏼

Appreciate the view 👍🏼

Simple once you know, but yes, first time I’ve seen anything like it!

Yeah, I really don’t know where it’s come from, but I’ve yet to see it on a TDS

​@@JohnnymidnightHi John, it's Jim S. and I can tell you where that whole thing came from. I was a paint rep. for a long time in your area, and this whole "got to put epoxy down first" was a procedure that ICBC demanded on the FORD vehicles that had some panels that were galvanized from factory. And to make repairs that were as close to factory quality ICBC made a coat of epoxy mandatory on those vehicles, before and subsequent filler work. Well, pretty soon the whole thing snowballed into every repair on every make had to have a coat of epoxy, before anything else was applied. It's just a big distortion of what they called for on some vehicles for a period of time. Some guys have in their past had a talking to about what should have been done, by the insurance adjusters, or their boss, and now think it's the rule. No filler that I ever sold said in the TDS sheet that it HAD to be put on epoxy primer, but you can if you want to.

@@jsiwek7212hey Jim! Thanks for the clarification, obviously there’s nothing wrong with doing it, but yeah, it’s strange how it’s become this topic of argument of late

@@jsiwek7212 Thanks for the clarification 👍

@blairsmith726 Hi Blair, nice to see you working on all the cool stuff. Beautiful work you are doing.

Old painter trick, melting in the blend with a little solvent, then polish. Mainly just for small unobtrusive areas

Appreciate the view, hope you enjoyed it! 👍🏼

Excellent videos

We don't concern ourselves w/ that. :)

You’re probably right, I’m not overly familiar with modern stuff, I just thought that’s what it was 😂

@Johnnymidnight I was thinking that might have been why parts were not available. Touregs are pretty rare.

Thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you from a fellow Scotsman😉. Unfortunately I’ve never been able to make it back, my family immigrated here to Canada from Scotland when I was a baby.

I use .023, smaller is better for sheet metal

Yeah, some plastics longer than others, this particular one really pulled a lot of oil out

In my shop, typically in the 5000 range

They all seem to come from the same factory, just sold by different distributors, I get everything through LKQ. It’s best to get the OE style, the cheap slip on style are more of a temporary fix in my opinion.

@ thanks John I really appreciate your quick response and your professional opinions on the products

Yes, I’ve done it in the past as well, but like you said, that can snowball into more cutting and welding

@Johnnymidnight a healthy drench of oil or cavity wax is best for sure

There will be 3 parts, primer, hardener and reducer, every brand is different, but it will likely use the same urethane reducer as the basecoat. Fast reducer for colder temperatures 👍🏼

I’d be interested to see how one would work, but mounting points would probably be very different