Her Name Is Frank (8-22-07)

damn good job! i've been watching your truck build up and it has been great! its been a real motivation tool for alot of us that have slacked on our own rides!! keep up the great work!!

truck is lookin good as always. and i was glad you chose to put some chrome rims on it. ive asked you what you where gunna do with the bed a while back and you said you needed to find a new one and hadnt decided on what to do with it, made up you mind on that yet?

Yeah I like the chrome wheels better.

And I have a pretty good plan on what I'm doing with the bed, but a few little things are still up in the air. Probably will be until I get there and look at it.

just curious....you doing a solid color paint job or 2tone, graphics, etc....?

I don't like graphics, or two-tones. Too played out, and I really can't see graphics ever looking good on this truck. I have some ideas, but I have to draw them out, or maybe prime them on the truck to see if it will actually look good enough to paint.

Originally posted by JFcustoms



i actually did build my ranger...im just givin the kid a hard time im totally just fuckin with ya man. THat seam seal if you noticed is put on first then paint over top from the factory reason is, if you lay paint down you are SEAM strentghening the paint and not the join on the two pieces of metal, seam is actually used as a weld, they rosset weld then seam seal for strength and vapor block. If your por 15 flakes well guess whats coming off with that flake, seam seal. Chances of por 15 flaking will probably never happen but just so ya know you actually did it wrong. you can actually get away with tacks every half inch and lay down seam seal and its done. i have tested the seam seal i bought from the ppg store and it was strong when i put it on two pieces of metal and twisted it it took awhile to crack the seam seal. I built every inch of my ranger and sold it for a cad, i dont need a shop to do my work. And paint shine doesnt mean shit, good metal work is the real shine

Funny, my 3m seam sealer (part # 8500) says, and i quote from the back of the tube, "clean the surface to which the sealent is to be applied with (insert 3m cleaner product here). apply a bead of sealant to PRIMED metal. where ever possible the paint primer should be applied to the metal before putting on the metal."

never once did it say it could be(or should be) used as a structural adhesive. car manufacturers prime the bare bodies after theyre resistance spot welded (sometimes even brazed, depending on the area. usually seams like quarter panel sail areas are resistance spot welded, then brazed to fill the seam instead of filler)

seth did the job the right way, so before you break someone's chops over how they did their work read the product label.

there are structural adhesives out there but i wouldnt trust them to glue back together a body dropped floorthe new bmw 5 series and 6 series front structure is glued and riveted together, it's made of aluminum and that's the ONLY way bmw approves the front pieces to be replaced. a tig welder will fry every computer within a 6 foot range. i know someone who did that to an audi a6.

Had the cab setting party, and had a great turnout. It was a good time.

I'm making a weird face in that ^ picture.

I want to thank everyone that came out again, especially the people that drove far to be here.

damn...looks sic as hell with the cab on! cant wait to see it all together!

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Edited: 1/21/2007 10:42:36 AM by ///RELAXED 720

LOOKS BAD ASS I EVEN DIGGIN THE COLOR MATCHED AIR HOSE THAT I JUST NOTICED :LOL:

SETH DOES FRANK LAY????????HAHA JUST PLAYIN FOOL I WAS JUST BEING LIKE THE GUY IN MY FEATURE FORUM TELLIN ME MINE DIDNT LAY...MAN FRANK IS LOOKIN SIK...KEEP UP THE AWSOME WORK BRO