thetruck454's "I beat cancer '15 build"

thetruck454 · April 22, 2015

Patiently awaiting her de-chroming. Hope to get the bumpers to a shop to sandblast the chrome and color match them once I get another free weekend.

GPGuy · April 23, 2015

Thanks!

Yea I did. Easy to put on without taking the wheel off.

Awesome! Got the same ones and they've been on mine for over 6 years and absolutely no issues.

thetruck454 · April 25, 2015

More progress tonight.

Got the bed Linex'd and put on the TCUSA American Roll cover and two Undercover swingboxes

dcarl · April 28, 2015

Congratulations on your remission and progress on your truck. Stay Healthy & Keep Rolling!

ChevyMan23 · April 28, 2015

Patiently awaiting her de-chroming. Hope to get the bumpers to a shop to sandblast the chrome and color match them once I get another free weekend.

If your painter knows what he is doing, he shouldn't need the chrome to be gone to paint over it. I had it done twice on the same truck(b/c I hit a deer)and even the paint that was on the chrome at impact did not even chip off easily. Just a thought...

thetruck454 · April 28, 2015

If your painter knows what he is doing, he shouldn't need the chrome to be gone to paint over it. I had it done twice on the same truck(b/c I hit a deer)and even the paint that was on the chrome at impact did not even chip off easily. Just a thought...

The place I had the bed line'd at said the same thing. They are a body shop/linex dealer and have a primer that they use underneath linex on polished aluminum or chrome that he said "the stuff is so toxic and hurts to work with it, but it will stick to anything". He convinced me to have him use that and not take the chrome off.me off.

thetruck454 · May 4, 2015

More progress this weekend. Took the front and rear bumpers off to get color matched and put on the black bow tie. Might I add whoever designed the rear bumper and/or bed shout be shot, drawn, and quartered. We had to loosen the eight bed bolts and shift the bed because the rear bumper brackets would not fit out between the frame rails and the bed. Contrary to what I thought, the front bumper was much easier to remove.

Took the tow mirrors apart to get them colormatched

Got the black mirror trim, black door handles, and black door molding on. The EGR molding is hollow inside and if you space it right so you only have to remove the old adhesive on the ends because the EGR molding fits over it. Also I was able to use my fingernails to pick the adhesive off the door and then used alcohol pads and microfiber to polish it away. Bought a 3M adhesive remover wheel and didn't even need it.

A word of advice when replacing the window trim, use painters tape in the spots below to protect the paint as the first door I did I put some tiny, tiny scuffs in the paint. They should buff out no problem though

Here is how messy the work bay in my garage got, I had to clean it all up before I was done tonight because my OCD wouldn't let me walk past it all week till I worked on the truck again.

GPGuy · May 4, 2015

Looking good man!

I like those storage compartments in the box...I've thought about getting those too...is there a decent amount of space in them?

thetruck454 · May 9, 2015

They hold a decent amount of stuff.

pplcallmehulk23 · May 9, 2015

this is one hell of a thread, congrats man, way to beat the shit out of cancer!

PowderRiver Let'rBuck · May 11, 2015

Congratulations on remission! The truck looks great! I'm excited to see the finished product!

hegsz71 · May 11, 2015

hope i'm not late, but I sent you a pm to see if you wanted to trade the chrome caps on the mirrors. awesome build btw!

thetruck454 · May 12, 2015

I went to install the TRS Silverado spec HID's with H11B bulbs and hit a speed bump. The bulbs barely clear the dust cover, with the connector plugged in the dust cover doesn't even come close to seating. So far I'm not very impressed with the TRS kit. First they sent me the wrong color bulb, then they sent me the correct color, but the wrong socket, now this problem. I emailed TRS to see what they have to say, I didn't just fight cancer to be stopped by this crap .

thetruck454 · May 13, 2015

Got the color matched parts in and got the mirror covers on

thetruck454 · May 14, 2015

More progress today. Got the color matched pieces on the front end and replaced the chrome fog light bezels with black. Call me crazy, but I actually like the chrome around the headlights so I'll probably leave it. I can't wait to get rid of the stock wheels. I just need to go get the tire/wheels I bought mounted and balanced so I can put them on.