- Jul 22, 2015
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Humor me, if you will...
My Sierra's OEM paint is "light pewter metallic" ('gold' or 'light bronzemist', if you'd ask me, but what do I know?)
Now that I've put all of the love & effort into it (otherwise known as 'new parts'...lol), I debate holding onto it and changing the color ('Arrival Blue' was an option on the '99-'06, and it's a very appealing color to me on the 800s)
I know the work involved -- including door jambs, inner door sills, door pillars, firewall, etc., etc. And that doesn't count body prep, removing old paint, etc.
I'd be willing to rattle can / prep some of those things. Just want something that approaches a factory look on the outer panels when it's done. So something between 'Earl Scheib' and 'Kindig-it Design'.
To replace the truck 'like for like' would cost me $10K, minimum (and there aren't that many blue ones in the wild for sale; white, light pewter and (Victory) red seem to be the ones most often found (doing a nationwide search on 1500HDs, '01-'06)
How cheaply could I possibly do it, to the specs I listed above? (I know I could get 10-15 cans of Krylon, etc., but looking for a little better than that).
I was quoted $400-500 for the tonneau, to make it 'light pewter', so I know it would not be cheap. If I were to guess, I'd say $5000 or so - and the truck isn't (& could never be) worth much more than that as it sits. But, damn, I'd really like to change it to the blue...
My Sierra's OEM paint is "light pewter metallic" ('gold' or 'light bronzemist', if you'd ask me, but what do I know?)
Now that I've put all of the love & effort into it (otherwise known as 'new parts'...lol), I debate holding onto it and changing the color ('Arrival Blue' was an option on the '99-'06, and it's a very appealing color to me on the 800s)
I know the work involved -- including door jambs, inner door sills, door pillars, firewall, etc., etc. And that doesn't count body prep, removing old paint, etc.
I'd be willing to rattle can / prep some of those things. Just want something that approaches a factory look on the outer panels when it's done. So something between 'Earl Scheib' and 'Kindig-it Design'.
To replace the truck 'like for like' would cost me $10K, minimum (and there aren't that many blue ones in the wild for sale; white, light pewter and (Victory) red seem to be the ones most often found (doing a nationwide search on 1500HDs, '01-'06)
How cheaply could I possibly do it, to the specs I listed above? (I know I could get 10-15 cans of Krylon, etc., but looking for a little better than that).
I was quoted $400-500 for the tonneau, to make it 'light pewter', so I know it would not be cheap. If I were to guess, I'd say $5000 or so - and the truck isn't (& could never be) worth much more than that as it sits. But, damn, I'd really like to change it to the blue...