Airbagged Diesel 2500hd Crewcab Showtruck for World of Wheels in Alabama

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classictouchllc

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First off, I have been so busy trying to get work done that I have really missed out on some great before and after pictures over the years. I started almost 10 years ago and I only have a handful of good before and afters. Anyway, here's my latest that I just finished today. It is owned by BA Rodz and Customz in Calera, AL. He painted it 4 days ago, then DA'ed it with 1000, 1500 then 3000 grit paper. That's the point I came in. I have done show trucks for him before, but this one really took the cake. Its a Lexus brown/gold metallic color code with some extra pearl and metallic added to it. I used Farecla Total compound with a used compounding pad to start, then a new pad, then a Farecla polishing pad still with the compound. After that moved to a Farecla polishing pad with 3M machine polish, then 3M Ultrafina with the 3M Blue finishing pad. To finish I used an orbital with one of Farecla's glazes over the whole truck. The roof just needed overspray removal, a light polish, and then treated with Klasse AIO as it had been painted black a while back when the truck was matte white. All in all about 16 hours of straight buffing and polishing.



The truck to start (the front bumper and hood were still off at this point, but both had been sanded and needed done):

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Back half stage one:

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Close up of sanded paint:

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Close up of stage one:

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Stage two outside swirl check:

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Stage two under high power lights:

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Stage three under high power:

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Stage three full truck:

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Stage four hood reflection:

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Stage five front end:

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Stage five whole truck:

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Stage five back end:

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I'll post stage six from the show tomorrow, hope you like it.
 
Ok so I'm not very happy with the way my carshow shots came out, but I was in a huge hurry and had been short on sleep for several days because of this truck and a 15-20 car industrial overspray job that I have been dealing with at the same time. My wife is a photographer so I'll have to get her to shoot the truck another day. The mirrors were still being brought over from the shop at this point, but it was pretty much complete. The black '69 Chevy in the background is another truck I did for them a couple years back, and it has won overall, as well as best paint awards in the past. Once again, sorry for the poor pic quality.



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Truck looks very nice. Paint color is beautiful and very flat. I like seeing transformations like this. Nothing like coming in after someone did all the heavy lifting of sanding. That is, as long as they know what they're doing.
 
They definitely knew what they were doing. Only one burn on the whole truck smaller than a pencil eraser from some sort of bubble/run in the primer. These guys were named the "rising star" shop in the Birmingham metro area when they did the black '69 Chevy a couple years back, and seem to improve constantly.
 
Nice work. What part of bham are you in? I'm in Montgomery and I usually end

up going to bham at least once a month. I'd love to stop by some time and see

what that shop's putting out.
 
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