Chrome would look snazzy! A little touch of BLING would be nice.

Shoot me a PM if you are interested.

You said you rolled on the paint? Did you use any special tools or whatnot? Or did you just buy a can of paint and a roller brush? sorry bout the 20 questions! haha i wanna repaint my truck bright yellow so im tryin to find the best way to do it. cheaply that is, but still look good.

Bloodman324 wrote:You said you rolled on the paint? Did you use any special tools or whatnot? Or did you just buy a can of paint and a roller brush? sorry bout the 20 questions! haha i wanna repaint my truck bright yellow so im tryin to find the best way to do it. cheaply that is, but still look good.

Rustoleum Oil based paint.
100% mineral spirits.
High density foam roller.

Rustoleum has an uber pretty yellow aswell.

Example:



^^ Taken from http://rolledon.forummotion.com/t1-my-1 ... rst-yellow ^^
Great forum for this kind of paintjob, TONS of information.

Ditto what DatSunMN said. I hope to finish it by the end of the weekend.

Oh, and DatSunMN, nice truck - even for a Ford.

Nice!! I think when i go to paint my truck ill be sure to use those materials and that method, and oh yes that is a lovely yellow! Thats actually what i want my truck to look like, except with two black racing stripes Like what your doin with your truck N-Dually, lookin good

Do you not need to put clear coat on after painting to protect the paint? ive looked at three sites telling you how to do this and they just roll it on and then after the last coat they say its finished.

Bloodman324 wrote:Do you not need to put clear coat on after painting to protect the paint? ive looked at three sites telling you how to do this and they just roll it on and then after the last coat they say its finished.

You can, but the paint alone is pretty tough, and super easy to touch up scratches.

Oh ok haha cool im hoping to paint my truck this summer. Might need to take off like a week off work to prep, paint and put back together, haha but when i do ill keep you guys updated in my build thread. Last question, when your measuring the paint and mineral spirits, how much paint would you mix with how much mineral spirits to make 2:1 ratio? 2 parts paint 1 part mineral spirits

@ Bloodman324, I am painting/sanding as I drive. It is my daily driver, so, I work on it a little at a time. I usually made up 1 cup of paint to 1/5 cup mineral spirits for the first 3-5 coats. Then I gradually made it thicker. It is not that detailed.

Sweet build! I wish I could make that quick of progress on my truck. But along with the paint questions, how much does is it looking like it runs to get that whole thing finished, paint and supplies and all? I am definitely interested in a good, durable finish on a 4x4 that gets used as such. And by the way N-Dually, thanks for the link to this, I think the carb stuff will be helpful. Ordered my conversion kit last night and I cannot wait for it to get an slap that sucker on!

Hi, I currently have ~80 bucks in the all the paint supplies. I think I will need to buy one more pack of 1000 grit.
This includes: 3 qts of paint, 1 can of spray paint, 2 containers of mineral spirits, sandpaper, masking tape (buy the blue painters tape), rollers, and sanding block.

This is the last post before the trucks exterior is done. For now…
I added bedliner to the bottom section and painted the grill as well. I still need to do some detailing. Here is a little teaser...

Here is the finished truck. I included a before as a comparison. A bit better I think.

Looks great! you have inspired me to paint mine will order some fenders and such to paint this winter I think.

I own this truck now would u be intrested in buying it back its still in great condition the 86 nissan dually with the wood bed same exhaust everything please get in contact with me at 423 333 0507

I would be willing to trade for a car but has to run good nice truck runs good

Let me kno

Hey mate love the little ute she looks nice, just wondering if you had any measurements on the flat bed tray we are about to build a flat bed for ours, cheers