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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:35 pm 
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Ok now for everyone that is going to be mad because i posted my pics again this will be the last time! I want to keep a record of the progress i am making on my luv. All i am going to do is post picture on this forum for now on and no where else. So for the people who are interested this is my 1980 chevy luv 4x4 with the stock 1.8L motor and the stock 4 speed transmission i paid $200 for it and this is my 1st luv truck. I will be attempting to build it for on and off road use i will be sanding, painting, and rebuilding things.

so here are a few pics everyone plz enjoy and give advice and comment on the progress, but plz no one talk mess, start problems, or anything like that. All i am doing is fixing my luv 8)


so plz do not :angry_spam this forum post!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:37 pm 
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Ok so now as you guys can see i have taken off the bed nd started sanding the frame and i also presure washed the whole truck including the engine bay!

this is what happened when i presure washed the engine bay lolz....removed alot of dirt, dust, grease, and paint!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:47 pm 
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Ok i got to sanding and painting some of the engine bay stuff so here is some pic for yall.


this is the valve cover.

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this is the air cleaner.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:14 pm 
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thats cool that you are willing to share your build on your truck with us. this is the best site to be on for luv. the progress is looking good. keep it up looks like you have alot of work ahead of you. look foward to more :D

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thanks i am going out side to finish sanding the rest of the frame and i will paint it and hopefully have pics this evening.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:15 pm 
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ok guys i got some more stuff done on the truck check it out!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:18 pm 
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I also was wanting yalls opinion on if i should paint my whole inside of my bed like this i did my tail gate to see how it turned out. tell me what yall think. i also did my front bumper tell me what yall think about that as well.....

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:19 pm 
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Oh i will prob also be painting the floors,dash, inside of cab pretty much with this stuff. should i?


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:02 am 
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has anyone ever used this rust o leom undercoating paint? i was wondering how long does it last and how good is it?

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Getting a little spray can happy are we :lol: . the gate looks cool. but I dont really care for the bumper. I would just buy another one thats still haves good chrome on it. use the bedliner stuff then the can for the bed. its not that much. at autozone they have that spray ready paint system, just pour it in to the gun and shoot. 20$ for a spray gun at harbor frieght. just to give it some color then just black. as far as that undercoat stuff, its not the best stuff but its cheaper and will do the job. just prep the area good so it will have something to grab and stick. but spray away to your hearts content if you want to do it that way, nothing wrong with that. just have fun and be creative :D

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:41 pm 
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If you can afford it, for the underside I'd clean it all up really good, Rust-Bullet everything, then paint it black. As far as bedliners go, I wouldn't use the spray-bomb bedliners. Herculiner isn't bad if you prep it correctly, but the best DIY stuff I've seen is Durabak. You can order it online. Comes in a ton of colors too. Remember, the most important part of any bedliner install is prep work. I don't care if your the greatest in the world with a spray gun, if you don't prep correctly, it's going to peel, BAD.

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Doing a great job so far. You're putting in alot of work into this project. Definitely DO THE PREP WORK. BED LINERS.....I haven't used the Orielly's brand of bed liner but I have a couple of friends that have and they like it.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:20 am 
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Yeah i dont know about the painted bumper...it looks better than it did but i still dono....maybe i will build a light weight pipe bumper like the jeeps have....

The bed liner i dont know what i am doing...All i am going to do is sand it down a little use the presure washer to clean the dust out from sanding then let it dry for a day or so and spray it....

i think ima do the floor pans just to make it look a little better i plan on using for on and off road so i dont want it to be super clean looking....i am kinda going spray happy lmao!i was praing everything i got my hands on....


atleast i got a radio in it now lmaothese trucks only came with one speaker on the dash i think? not sure but thats the only spot i could find one.....

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:45 am 
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atleast i got a radio in it now lmaothese trucks only came with one speaker on the dash i think? not sure but thats the only spot i could find one.....


Yep, Thats the only one they came with. :esad

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:05 pm 
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well that is lame but i have an idea from some pics i have been seeing on here. i seen a guy cut his door panel and put a speaker in there so since i am going o take my door panels off ima replace them with diamond plate! and cut a hole in it and mount speakers in the door lol it will look pretty cool easy to clean wont tear or rip!

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Before I redid my interior I had 5 1/2's in the doors.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:46 pm 
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yea dude thats awsome i wanna do that to my truck door! lolz

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:37 pm 
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does anyone know were i can get some shackles i would like to crank my t bars to lift it up and i cant find shackles for the rear to lift the rear? :?:

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:53 am 
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Can any of you guys tell me how much horse power your pushing out of your stock 1.8L engines? :wink:

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:35 pm 
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Wow this sucks so bad my trucks motor is knocking bad and smoking white smoke like crazy!!! lmfao this sucks well i was excited/happy for a good 20 mins on the way home from the auto part store then i get home hook everything up and then i hear it knockin and smokin....so this limited budget just turned into a new project! ima pull the motor and rebuild it......so any info you guys got on rebuilding it plz leme know now!

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