Ive just paid off my 2001 Ram 2500 diesel and i want to do some body work. It has typical chrysler rust problems that were covered up when i bought it. I had planned on installing two new front fenders and having someone cut out the cab corners and rocker panels. I can get a pretty good deal on the body work but the guy doesn't have a paint booth. I thought about doing the prep work for painting and dropping it off at the body shop. I have more time than money. The bed is going to be replaced by a flatbed. Do you guys have any suggestions. I want to keep this truck for the next 10 years at least.
dressing up my truck
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dodge man
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Unless you have some experience, I'd save up money and let a pro do it. I've seen do it yourself body work turn out really well, but most of the time not so good.
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Do you have a local Vocational Technical Training Center in your area? The use to take in vehicles like yours for a very small fee, I had one of my cars done at one several years ago.
My daughter's fiance owns a body shop and won't shoot paint on anything he doesn't prep himself. My brother and I did some cars to resell many years ago and to do it right you need some power tools and a lot of work. After you get to a certain point you just used sanding blocks and a lot of wet sanding and so on.
My daughter's fiance owns a body shop and won't shoot paint on anything he doesn't prep himself. My brother and I did some cars to resell many years ago and to do it right you need some power tools and a lot of work. After you get to a certain point you just used sanding blocks and a lot of wet sanding and so on.
I'll check on the votech route but I'm skeptical about the turnaround time being less than a semester. Meanwhile I'll be saving my money to get it done professionally. I wonder if i could just get linex sprayed on the rotting parts.
dodge man
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It will just keep rotting out under the bed liner.
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Worth a shot, I got mine back in couple of weeks. My brother had put several cars together he had on his lot and rebuilt the engine. It was red, blue and gray before I had it painted.