At the 1st body shop.
The body shop fixed all the dings and dents and even installed a
brand new front bed panel. The stock one had been rammed with lumber and beat
up.
At this time I was still unsure on the what size tires to use with my 22's so
they only lowered my truck 2" in the front and 4" in the back.
I decided that even though my front end was just painted a few months ago
I wanted to get a full paint job and change it to Viper Red!
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| Fixed all the dents. |
Installed Belltech 2" Drop Spindles. |
A whole 2" lower! |
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| Shaved the antenna. |
Before the engine shroud was shaved. |
Shaved a few holes on the inner fenders. |
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| Shaved 3rd Brake Light. |
Lowered the rear of the truck. |
Frame needs to be painted. |
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| Stock frame needs to be prepped for paint. |
Stock Muffler will be replaced by Borla. |
Borla Muffler with turn down tip. |
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| Belltech Flat Crossmember |
They had a Viper at the shop!
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And it almost has my name on the tag too. Maybe someday my name will be on the
back of a Viper! |
Modified Stock Gas Door.
I don't like the finger pull, so it was cut, knocked flat, and then re-welded
for a smoother appearance.
Opening the door without the finger pull really isn't that hard, unless you have
fat fingers... So for me it's very easy to open.
Helping out at the body shop.
Since I was finished with all my parts, after work I would head to the body shop
to help out with anything that I could.
I began cleaning and polishing my brake lines and then started on my
transmission line fittings and AC lines.
When I finished that I began prepping the frame so it could be painted bright
silver with clear coat.
I talked the owner into letting me take my truck home over the weekend to finish
the prep work.
I drove my truck home, without the bed, hood, and doors. I
finished all the prep work during the weekend and dropped my truck off on
Monday.
After work I went to the body shop and they already spray painted my frame black
and set the bed back on the frame...
The owner told me it was "too much" detail work so they just sprayed it black
and called it a day...
I finished polishing the other lines anyways...
The owner told me he was too scared to build my dream truck since I told
him I had been saving up for it since I was 16.
Headed to Texas Heat Wave!
(Without my truck...)
The body shop was already going to miss my
deadline, so I decided I was going to
look for a new body shop to finish my truck while I was at the show.
I told the body shop I was going to the show and for them not to paint
anything until I got back.
When I got back they had already painted some of my dash...
I talked to the owner months before I brought him my truck so he already knew it
was on his
list. In the 2.5 months that he had my truck, his shop put in a total
of 20 hours of labor into my project.
Since I gutted the interior and sanded all
the plastic pieces myself, I already finished half of what they were suppose to
do.
I paid my bill and brought the truck back home as is.
