Friar Truck the "No Budget" S10

[Nick475]

Good update. Nice job with body work

[redbullgotwings]

haha wow.
Cool thread bro, i think im going to go back and read it again...

P.S. Please shave your face before you go to the real interview.
Not that i care about you getting a job, i just wanna see what you do to this truck once you have money. lol

[Belvader]

It may be bondo but it looks like a damn good bondo job to me, keep it up dude, next I either want to see this painted or lowered

[CraigSnedeker]

haha wow.
Cool thread bro, i think im going to go back and read it again...

P.S. Please shave your face before you go to the real interview.
Not that i care about you getting a job, i just wanna see what you do to this truck once you have money. lol

You don't think I should go to an interview looking like a grizzly bear?

It may be bondo but it looks like a damn good bondo job to me, keep it up dude, next I either want to see this painted or lowered

Good update. Nice job with body work

Thanks

[CrackerTeg]

That is correct sir.

And this is why your thread has the tags it has.

[CraigSnedeker]

And this is why your thread has the tags it has.

I know

[Dirt Nasty]

roll over to s10forum and buy some used parts man..
i feel bad for the body work when it falls out like snow melting off a roof.

do it right or dont do it at all.
weve all had no money.
Ive had my truck for 9 years.. only been able to drive it for 1 year. sometimes some things take a bit longer to get it right.

[Belvader]

Let me just say thank you for not going rage, I was a dumbass and raged like hell on my thread and made a fool of myself but I think it's pretty awesome that your just keeping cool when people are talking complete shit to you about your ride that u have been putting honest time and work into. So again thank you for making this thread better

[CraigSnedeker]

Let me just say thank you for not going rage, I was a dumbass and raged like hell on my thread and made a fool of myself but I think it's pretty awesome that your just keeping cool when people are talking complete shit to you about your ride that u have been putting honest time and work into. So again thank you for making this thread better

Thanks bro. I will admit I've come very close to breaking haha.

[SunOfABeach]

i came into this thread thinking there was a "no budget" thinking that there was going to be a stupid amount of money thrown into this thing... after reading the 1st page. i realized, you have no cash whatsoever, but whatever, keep doin your thing bro, atleast your working with what you've got.

But i sure as hell hope, you tryed to bang thoese dent's out and flaten that sheetmetal, before you started globbing the bondo filler in them... I'm no bodyman eithor, but bondo is NEVER susposed to be more than 1/4'' thick, or it WILL crack and or pop out...

but good luck to you sir, i'd like to see some more done here, but yeah, so far, it seem's like your off to a shit start..

[Dubway5887]

Rough start bro, but don't lose heart, and don't forget we only say have the shit we say because we've been there done that or know someone who has. Good luck man. And I'm sub'd!

[CraigSnedeker]

Thanks. ^_^

But i sure as hell hope, you tryed to bang thoese dent's out and flaten that sheetmetal, before you started globbing the bondo filler in them... I'm no bodyman eithor, but bondo is NEVER susposed to be more than 1/4'' thick, or it WILL crack and or pop out...

I did not, I didn't know that until right now. Haha.

[R32SilviaTech]

I've worked at alot of bodyshops over the years. That being said the process goes, first sand off the paint to bare metal (bondo won't stick to paint). Second pull the dent (you can take off panels that you can reach the back of, and beat it out with a hammer and piece of wood). Third when you've got the dent as straight as you can get it, add small amounts of bondo SKIM coats. Bondo should never be thicker than an 1/8 of an inch. Your welcome to do it your way (your truck) just trying to give you the correct way. Understand this is the best way I can explain how to do it with the tools you have available. The bondo you have applied thus far WILL crack, shrink, and fallout without a doubt.

[Ferenza]

This truck is awsome.
$600? steal!
Pink paint? Pimp!
I think a full black interior and a pink one of these in the future would be a better play on the theme:


Ive been in the no mod money boat myself a few times.I made due with what i had.It is what it is.When i got money , i hit up the junkyards for better parts. Spent $55 dollars for a brand new interior(car had 78k on it and almost no wear).You can modify other car parts to fit your own and it was cheap as ****.Hit up some PA yards for some parts.
One thing though is you really do need to take some coils off them springs so it sits lower.Would look heeps better. But this is your truck and opinions dont apply unless you want them too. Good luck!

[FunfGang]

Don't lock this thread, please.


The huge short cuts and mistakes with body work in here make me feel better about my own mistakes.