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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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Did some work on the frame, shocks and underside of the truck. Really makes a big difference. Don't have any before pics of when I did the frame.

Used some Rustoleum frame coating spray. Looks kind of like the spray on bedliner. Did this job a few days ago so it is now dirty.









Used some Rustoleum high heat gloss black on the tow hitch area




Did this today. Just used the Rustoleum high heat paint. The diff cover was painted when we changed the seal, used gloss black. The paint I used for the rear axle was "BBQ Black", figured it would be gloss but was more of a matte finish. Also used a wire brush to clean up everything before paint

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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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Very good job...what did u use to sand it before painting it?
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Just used a wire brush and a scraper to clean it up.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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hahaha nice man, i just got done with this. i did my whole frame with a rubberized undercoating after taking the old coating off with mineral spirits and i just used some purple power De-Ruster on my hitch, axles, torsion bars, drive shaft and shocks yesterday, i was very pleased with how well that stuff worked. Just finished painting the hitch, shocks, rear axle and driveshaft with rustoleum satin black. took me about 3 hours to paint it on with a brush. ill post some pics when i get everything else done.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Pity7700
hahaha nice man, i just got done with this. i did my whole frame with a rubberized undercoating after taking the old coating off with mineral spirits and i just used some purple power De-Ruster on my hitch, axles, torsion bars, drive shaft and shocks yesterday, i was very pleased with how well that stuff worked. Just finished painting the hitch, shocks, rear axle and driveshaft with rustoleum satin black. took me about 3 hours to paint it on with a brush. ill post some pics when i get everything else done.

Sounds good. Really makes the truck look clean
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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for sure man, you wouldnt happen to work for GFS would you?
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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nah just had those boxes in the garage hah
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ahhh haha jw cz i work at the woodhaven store.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Pity7700
hahaha nice man, i just got done with this. i did my whole frame with a rubberized undercoating after taking the old coating off with mineral spirits and i just used some purple power De-Ruster on my hitch, axles, torsion bars, drive shaft and shocks yesterday, i was very pleased with how well that stuff worked. Just finished painting the hitch, shocks, rear axle and driveshaft with rustoleum satin black. took me about 3 hours to paint it on with a brush. ill post some pics when i get everything else done.
the rubberized stuff is awesome, and I've used both. my local parts place had the huge cans on ale for $3 so I bought 12 to stock up, should last me years.
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