PAINTING the Bottom of My Dentside Truck Bed + Q&A With a Good Friend

Watch for the spray bomb rebuild of the truck bed, but stay for the conversation between me and my friend Jeff. Jeff and I get the opportunity to hang out and ask each other questions about both of our projects and our love of cars. It's a little bit different type of video this week, but if you stick it out, you'll get to know me personally a little better.

[@hughesexcavating5470]

You're advise is spot on. I've been working on a 68 F100 and knew absolutely nothing about welding, or paint work or anything else but just jumped in and started it. With advice from others and youtube, I'm getting there. I enjoy getting to work on it and I've learned a bunch.

[@CodyBuilds]

Awesome! I love to hear it. Good luck on your project. I hope it goes well for you and you learn a ton of new skills!

[@2010blue801]

Watch all your QA1 install video on you tube

[@CodyBuilds]

Thanks for watching!

[@BlueJeanF150]

I enjoy your episodes with a friend, it's good conversation. I have not watched the one with him and tearing into his Mopar yet. I 100% regret going to college and getting a degree and have looked into pursing going into a trade, I just can't afford the pay cut. I know there is a large shortage of trades workers and if I could make even close to what I make now while learning/training, I'd do it. But I totally get some things are left better as a hobby and not as a job. I do have my own headache, er, project going on. I replaced the spark plugs in my truck on Saturday, which should've been about as easy of job as you can find. Instead, I got a rough idle out of nowhere on Monday and have pulled all the plugs out once to look everything over and double check things and then gave in and put the old plugs back in tonight- apparently I got a set of defective plugs. It's stuff like this that really sours turning wrenches and doing things myself, like when I did brakes last and the caliper pins were so badly seized I had to have my wife pick up new brackets on her way home. Looking forward to seeing the cab, I saw a picture on Instagram of it, it seems like now the bed is done that the project will have a lot more variation week to week.

[@CodyBuilds]

Yeah it’s funny how things flipped shortly after I got out of college. The trades were desperate for a workforce and salaries skyrocketed while the cost of college went through the roof and starting salaries for college grads plummeted. If I was starting over today I’d definitely consider going into the trades. New parts are such a crap shoot anymore. It is very discouraging when you spend your money on parts you think will fix something and find out it’s worse than what you had. It also makes troubleshooting a nightmare because you don’t suspect the new parts are bad out of the box. There’s a ton of work to be done on the cab but the nice part is I can mix things up a little more. I can mix in some interior work with all the rust repair. I’m excited for the next steps of the project.

[@corydriver7634]

That’s a real friend for ya. Truck is looking nice can hardly wait to see it complete.

[@CodyBuilds]

You and me both!