Back from the paint shop!

[fbronco86]

I am getting close to getting my bronco back on the street. Just need to put it all back together..

 

[69BroncoDad]

Looks great....gorgeous color

 

[Heus33]

Very nice - more details. What kind of paint? SS or Base/Clear?

 

[sprdv1]

Sweet rig fbronco86... Like that color myself...

 

[fbronco86]

Very nice - more details. What kind of paint? SS or Base/Clear?

Its shopline (by ppg) paint base/clear coat system. The color is gun metal gray. They put 3 coats of clear on it or thats whay they told me.

I got the dash painted the same color as well. The roll bar and bumpers will be gloss black. I got a set of rear flares coming in if it looks bad I will get a set for the front as well..

This is the before pic..

 

[ProjectCumminsBronco]

You stole my color!!!! Haha

 

[Heus33]

Will you be painting the flares to match? If so, I think it will look nice, if you leave it black it might look strange without the front matching.

 

[tasker]

very nice....can't wait to see it all back together!

 

[bwnieder]

Great color!

 

[Premium Concept]

Nice pick of color! from a distance it looks like they did a really clean job too!

One question? Why only flares on the back? Not that it is a bad thing, but I don't know if that would make the rig look "offbalanced" for lack of a better term.

 

[fbronco86]

Will you be painting the flares to match? If so, I think it will look nice, if you leave it black it might look strange without the front matching.

Yeah I will see how unbalanced it looks....

 

[fbronco86]

upol update

Upol raptor update!

I shot the inside of the tub with upol rapor last weekend turned out real nice. I broke the gun that the kit came with my fault. I ended up using the HF texture gun. I set the gun pressure at 25 psi and went to work. I did the coating in two passes. The first pass I held the gun about 12" away to get better coverage. My second pass I held the gun 12"-24" to get the texture that I wanted.

I really like the finish of the upol it has texture but its somewhat smooth. This is alot better than the hurculiner that I had in my old 86 bronco.

 

[SC74]

I've always thought that was one of the best looking colors on an EB. Congrats and look forward to seeing some more pics of it come together.

 

[redneck0372]

Upol raptor update!

I shot the inside of the tub with upol rapor last weekend turned out real nice. I broke the gun that the kit came with my fault. I ended up using the HF texture gun. I set the gun pressure at 25 psi and went to work. I did the coating in two passes. The first pass I held the gun about 12" away to get better coverage. My second pass I held the gun 12"-24" to get the texture that I wanted.

I really like the finish of the upol it has texture but its somewhat smooth. This is alot better than the hurculiner that I had in my old 86 bronco.

thats how im going to do mine when time comes somewhat smooth but i want just a little bit of texture but not too much

 

[Kyle.malone]

Very NICE!!!!!

 

[fbronco86]

Been working on it a little more....

 

[admin]

That looks great! Congrats. I like the color as well. I'm also in the process of putting mine back together after paint and it's taking a while. The big problem is all my old crusty parts look ridiculous up against the fresh paint. You know... cheap things like bumpers, wheels and tires, etc.

How soft is the Raptor bedliner? My concern about most liners used in pickups is how they feel like sandpaper. Also, did you go up on the bedrails or stop just short of them? Will you be putting a top back on?

Keep up the progress pics.

 

[fbronco86]

That looks great! Congrats. I like the color as well. I'm also in the process of putting mine back together after paint and it's taking a while. The big problem is all my old crusty parts look ridiculous up against the fresh paint. You know... cheap things like bumpers, wheels and tires, etc.

How soft is the Raptor bedliner? My concern about most liners used in pickups is how they feel like sandpaper. Also, did you go up on the bedrails or stop just short of them? Will you be putting a top back on?

Keep up the progress pics.

The Raptor is hard like the linex but has a smooth texture to it. I did not shoot the top of the bed rails I was concerned about the hard top sealing? I have a hard top but I will probably go with a soft top my hard top needs some work...