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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | Ok Guys, seeing tomorrow is our last golf tournament and I'm retiring as a coach it's time to get back to my truck.
While I'm trying to build the "kitty" to buy my front disc brake system I will be in the process of working on the cab. The cab is on a roller so I thought I would tip it over and work on the bottom of the cab. Question is: Once everything is fixed, cleaned, primed do I PAINT THE BOTTOM SAME COLOR AS THE TRUCK WILL BE OR DO I PAINT IT BLACK TO MATCH FRAME AND THEN ADD UNDERCOAT? Help: WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS DONE!!!
popcorn The Truth is Out There (My brain hurts)
ps: squeeze I had my blood and kidney functions checked I'm Ok just watch my diet. Ben | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | If you are going for originality . . . I have no idea what color to use, by the looks of the trucks I have had I think they used a cheezy primer or relied on overspray from the body color that weathered and rusted away long before I ever got the truck.
I would think that body color would look the best and that is what I am planning on my rig. Undercoat over that? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | To preserve it, I would do just what Ken states he is doing. (Paint body color and then undercoating)
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | I agree. Paint it black, do not worry much about body color overspray, and then undercoat. If you have an Advance Design truck, the Factory Assembly Manual shows where the undercoat was supposed to be applied (I doubt if it was always applied in the places indicated in the manual).
Tim | | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | Thanks guys!!! popcorn The Truth is Out There (Everybody have a good weekend)  | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7 | piant it the color of the cab.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 63 | the floor would be the cab colour, things like inside door panels and dash would be different colour | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 272 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 272 | My factory assy manuel 55-59 says use 88oz of "underbody protective coating" GM part number 3686683. It also tells where to start and which way to go. Should have a 1/16" thickness after it dries.
Nonething said about Paint color
source: section 1 sheet 139 factory assy manuel.
hope it helps
Brad | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | geez, I wonder if pop corn has been holding off painting the cab the last 5 years waiting for you guys to straighten him out?  Bill | | |
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