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| | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 | Do you paint the doors first and then put them together or do you put them together and then paint them?
Which came first bacon and eggs or the chicken?
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 | I painted mine first but only after I fitted them to the cab and marked them so I knew they would fit.
I'm going with the bacon and eggs
Pete
Last edited by Woogeroo; 02/20/2010 1:29 AM.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 413 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 413 | When you say put together, are you talking glass, regulators, & door locks?
I usually paint them apart, then put them together. that's how they were done at the factory. If anything was together at all it would be the latch installed before painting. That's the best way to do it. No time wasted masking, no tape lines & no overspray. I hang them up with wire when I paint, or hang them on an upright stand.
Make sure they fit the cab before you paint anything.
Last edited by JeffL; 02/20/2010 1:45 AM.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 | I ask the question, because taking the vent window in or out is clearly going to scratch the paint. On the 58 Fleetside I own, you have to rotate the vent window 90 degrees, to get the bottom flange in the correct location. Which will scratch the paint.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | could scratch, not will scratch, no "clearly" involved ... just takes more care to assemble things after painting, and a bit of pressure to spread the top opening a bit
do it the way the factory did, paint subassemblies before assembly, your truck didn't come new with scratches from installing the vent assembly .... look in the shop manual
Bill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | When installing the vent window assembly put a strip of body tape on the des. You move that assembly around and without hte experience you'll "accidently" hit an edge. Not so much the inside as you have the trim ot put on but the top edges may get it!! Caution and taking your time will serve you well. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 102 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 102 | When installing the vent window assembly put a strip of body tape on the des. You move that assembly around and without hte experience you'll "accidently" hit an edge. Not so much the inside as you have the trim ot put on but the top edges may get it!! Caution and taking your time will serve you well. I think on an episode of Trucks! or one of those other sunday shows they painted everything separate then masked all of the edges of anything painted before assembly to prevent a lot of scratches where parts come together. | | |
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