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8/15/24: I got my old tires swapped to new artillery rims and RNR Wheel and Tire said they couldn’t balance two of the tire/rims I brought to them. After posting this issue, I don’t think they tried too hard. More on that later.

I also took my front clip parts to a local sandblaster and picked them up this afternoon. I setup up a 10’ x 20’ canopy to hang the body parts under and apply some epoxy prime, just in case we had some rain. Lately, we’ve had thunderstorms roll in nearly every day. Although I didn’t get home until about 3pm with the parts, I did manage to get 2 coats on before it got dark. Initially frustrated with my cheap HD HVLP gun, after cleaning the plugged vent in the cap, it performed flawlessly. Once cleared, it was clear sailing.

These parts are going into a storage unit I’m renting, simply to give me some room to work on the cab. Once I get the cab squared away and into prime, I’ll bring them back to work on. In the meantime they are clean and protected. Next it’s on to the bed, disassemble/sandblast/prime then they’ll go to storage. I need to get all these parts in epoxy before the temperature dips below 60°, which is right around the corner.

All in all, I happy with the way they came out.