Done Deal DR
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Hey guys,
I don't post much on here much but I finally got around to working on the exterior of my '92 Fullsize Blazer. When I purchased it in April of 2010 the exterior was in rough shape. Preexising mods included a 6" Superlift lift kit and 20" Centerline Tomahawk wheels with 33x10.50 Cooper tires. A prior owner had it painted it black, but the paint and filler were caked on and it was causing cracking. I purchased it from an autobody guy, and he had taken it upon himself to swap the hood, grill, fenders and doors... he said it would be easier than stripping the paint which is a half-truth at best. Against my better judgement, I brought her home and this is how she looked:
He had primered the rear quarters and the left side had noticeable cracking when I purchased it. The right side didn't show the same signs, but the black paint that was left on the roof and the tailgate were showing the signs of cracking. It was a gamble, even though I'd given it the knock test it very well could have been 6" of filler in there even though it passed a Carfax report. I brought it home and completely stripped the interior. The carpet was nasty and it smelled of the old truck it was. Dog hair was all over along with oil spills and other misc stains. Now by no means am I, or was I ever trying to make this a show truck. The intention all along has been to haul toys and have a rig suitable for camping expeditions. That said, I stripped it down to a bare shell, removed all the gunk, laid down some noise killing mat, and replaced the carpet. I threw a stereo in but it was stolen the same week... "nice" neighborhood and all. Here are just a few of the pics of the interior renovation, the bench seats are from a NBS and are very comfy and the rear seats have been removed for cargo capability. I died a different dash black and swapped it in at this same time. The one that came with it was blue if I'm recalling correctly, and I hate both blue and red interiors, so out it went. I also removed the interior spare tire carrier and retrofitted from 6x9's in the rear speaker bracket at this time.
Rear Spare bracket:
Rear 6x9 Retrofit:
Stripped and cleaned:
Fatmat Sound Deadener install:
Black Died dash:
Black Carpet Install:
Fast forward to today and the I had been living with that exterior for well over a year at this point and was ready for a change. I've looked into various options... buying a compressor and learning how to paint the real way, installing vinyl over the entire exterior, paying to have it painted, etc. I finally said to hell with it, and rattlecan military style "Desert Tan" was coming my way. But first I had to remove all of the issues causing paint cracking. There were also some nasty welds on the roof that were put on there when the roof rack was removed by a prior owner than I cleaned up, but I don't have any pics of that.
Out came the angle grinder, and away with all of the paint and filler on the rear quarter and tailgate:
Roughed up the rest of the paint and primered it:
At this point I threw down the base coat, roughly 18-19 cans of Krylon "Khaki" in their Camouflage series. Next posting coming shortly.
I don't post much on here much but I finally got around to working on the exterior of my '92 Fullsize Blazer. When I purchased it in April of 2010 the exterior was in rough shape. Preexising mods included a 6" Superlift lift kit and 20" Centerline Tomahawk wheels with 33x10.50 Cooper tires. A prior owner had it painted it black, but the paint and filler were caked on and it was causing cracking. I purchased it from an autobody guy, and he had taken it upon himself to swap the hood, grill, fenders and doors... he said it would be easier than stripping the paint which is a half-truth at best. Against my better judgement, I brought her home and this is how she looked:
He had primered the rear quarters and the left side had noticeable cracking when I purchased it. The right side didn't show the same signs, but the black paint that was left on the roof and the tailgate were showing the signs of cracking. It was a gamble, even though I'd given it the knock test it very well could have been 6" of filler in there even though it passed a Carfax report. I brought it home and completely stripped the interior. The carpet was nasty and it smelled of the old truck it was. Dog hair was all over along with oil spills and other misc stains. Now by no means am I, or was I ever trying to make this a show truck. The intention all along has been to haul toys and have a rig suitable for camping expeditions. That said, I stripped it down to a bare shell, removed all the gunk, laid down some noise killing mat, and replaced the carpet. I threw a stereo in but it was stolen the same week... "nice" neighborhood and all. Here are just a few of the pics of the interior renovation, the bench seats are from a NBS and are very comfy and the rear seats have been removed for cargo capability. I died a different dash black and swapped it in at this same time. The one that came with it was blue if I'm recalling correctly, and I hate both blue and red interiors, so out it went. I also removed the interior spare tire carrier and retrofitted from 6x9's in the rear speaker bracket at this time.
Rear Spare bracket:
Rear 6x9 Retrofit:
Stripped and cleaned:
Fatmat Sound Deadener install:
Black Died dash:
Black Carpet Install:
Fast forward to today and the I had been living with that exterior for well over a year at this point and was ready for a change. I've looked into various options... buying a compressor and learning how to paint the real way, installing vinyl over the entire exterior, paying to have it painted, etc. I finally said to hell with it, and rattlecan military style "Desert Tan" was coming my way. But first I had to remove all of the issues causing paint cracking. There were also some nasty welds on the roof that were put on there when the roof rack was removed by a prior owner than I cleaned up, but I don't have any pics of that.
Out came the angle grinder, and away with all of the paint and filler on the rear quarter and tailgate:
Roughed up the rest of the paint and primered it:
At this point I threw down the base coat, roughly 18-19 cans of Krylon "Khaki" in their Camouflage series. Next posting coming shortly.
