Jeff Strickland Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Good Job on the SS project Bro, Very nice job on the body work and Paint Man !! I'm currently working on rust and paint rework on my Black '04 SS...........I live up in Western NY, (Buffalo/ Rochester Area), so it was was in even worse condition than yours, as far as i could tell. I may post all my project pictures in this Forum soon...........from Start to Current. But, It's almost done now and 'm going crazy...I want to drive it especially now that summer is pretty much here........and our Summer's dont last long, as you know.... living in Minnesota. Good luck with it. Jeff S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted June 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Bed is off! I took this opportunity to clean up the frame Its not flawless but much better than it was. Also the box got primed and is ready for block sanding today! And I picked up some sweet LED tail lights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Nice work giving that truck the love it deserves... I had to put a bedside on mine too, but because it had been crashed (bought the truck from CoPart auction) - I got the GM "complete" bedside with the inner panel too, because the taillight housing was crunched just enough that my body shop guy needed it. He still separated the inner/outer and didn't use most of the inner piece, but that also retained my spray-in liner, dude did an awesome job. The LED tails are cool, I did the ones that sort of mimic the late model with the "bracket" but later decided they looked a little too ricey for my taste, and went back with TYC copies of the originals, and filled 'em up with really bright projector style LED's. Also did the 3rd brake light with an OEM lens and LED's in it. Takes a little experimenting with different brands/models of LED and resistors to make everything play nice on a GMT800 truck but so far, so good on mine. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 1:20 PM, someotherguy said: Nice work giving that truck the love it deserves... I had to put a bedside on mine too, but because it had been crashed (bought the truck from CoPart auction) - I got the GM "complete" bedside with the inner panel too, because the taillight housing was crunched just enough that my body shop guy needed it. He still separated the inner/outer and didn't use most of the inner piece, but that also retained my spray-in liner, dude did an awesome job. The LED tails are cool, I did the ones that sort of mimic the late model with the "bracket" but later decided they looked a little too ricey for my taste, and went back with TYC copies of the originals, and filled 'em up with really bright projector style LED's. Also did the 3rd brake light with an OEM lens and LED's in it. Takes a little experimenting with different brands/models of LED and resistors to make everything play nice on a GMT800 truck but so far, so good on mine. Richard Thank you! I have seen your thread great job on the build I would love an Intimidator some day! I hope these LED tail lights are fairly plug and play but I'll keep everyone posted lol Getting closer!! Painted!! Just set on there for now. Still needs cladding and such. I am also doing a spray in bedliner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndySilveradoSS Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Looks great! Mine is the same shape as yours was, love seeing the transformation, gives me motivation for mine..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericss2 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Very nice man keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 7:44 AM, IndySilveradoSS said: Looks great! Mine is the same shape as yours was, love seeing the transformation, gives me motivation for mine..lol Thank you lol! On 6/19/2020 at 12:44 AM, Ericss2 said: Very nice man keep up the good work Thank you!! Got everything back on including the cladding, I need to give it a wash but I love it! It has come a long way in the 3 months or so I've had it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndySilveradoSS Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 6:05 PM, 04palass said: Thank you! Soooo the rust free box I got had a dent on the driver box side which i was aware of obviously, however It was also full of bondo so I elected to put a new GM box side on it. On the plus side this box is absolutely flawless in terms of rust Is there much difference in the ebay truck bed sides and the GM ones? I know th eGM will be higher quality, but didn't know if I could get away with the Ebay ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcairns Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I like the look of the LED tail lights. They look a bit like the previous generation, sleeker. My stock tail lights are starting to de-laminate, so I will have to replace them someday. Those LED tail lights would be a fun choice ;D Where did you get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 hours ago, dcairns said: I like the look of the LED tail lights. They look a bit like the previous generation, sleeker. My stock tail lights are starting to de-laminate, so I will have to replace them someday. Those LED tail lights would be a fun choice ;D Where did you get them? I agree! They don't stand out too much but are a bit more modern. I got them on Ebay for $90 they were plug and play. Box is on and all cleaned up. I love it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcairns Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 All that fresh paint, I think you have one of the best looking SS's out there at the moment ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04SSCONick Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Great Looking SS! I'm about to do a Cam Swap this weekend. After I get the motor built i'll be doing the same as you and getting the outside cleaned up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 10:21 PM, dcairns said: All that fresh paint, I think you have one of the best looking SS's out there at the moment ;D Thank you very much! On 7/4/2020 at 1:00 PM, 04SSCONick said: Great Looking SS! I'm about to do a Cam Swap this weekend. After I get the motor built i'll be doing the same as you and getting the outside cleaned up as well. Thank you! Cam swap would be awesome. My goal some day is to supercharge mine. I got alot done over the long weekend. I started with getting my bedliner in. It is a raptor liner. The product itself is great but the tools they give you to spray it on are junk IMO. Next I purchased another truck to drive through the winter because I sold the other truck I took the box off and it just so happened to have a MINT interior! So i swapped over most of the good pieces I needed. (front and back seats) Now I need to do something about the headliner. Before Both interiors taken out All nice now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04SSCONick Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 I Ordered the same tail lights, they look awesome. Love that they have the stock look but with LED. I'm not a fan of the headlights and tail lights that are all import styled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04palass Posted July 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 11:12 AM, 04SSCONick said: I Ordered the same tail lights, they look awesome. Love that they have the stock look but with LED. I'm not a fan of the headlights and tail lights that are all import styled. I agree! They almost look like they could be stock. Minnesota winters were not kind to the rear bumper. But its all fixed now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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