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I've started the battle on the passenger side mirror. All of the hardware came off without much trouble except for the hinge bolts. As usual, they are frozen in the hinge. Hope my neighbors don't mind another round of hammering and cussin'!

So here's what the comparo between the Rapco 383 and the. Behr 34094 looks like after about 24 hours of drying. In anything but direct sun, they are the same. In direct sun and viewed straight on, they are the same. Viewed at an angle, the difference in sheen is visible because the Behr is...

Well, that's an idea. I'll have to see if it will fit above the fuel tank. I don't want to lose my pioneer rack and spare tire carrier.

Any idea as to what it is?

It's a box of some type. A friend picked it for me as a gift. It's meant to be mounted under something but I don't I don't know what. No good place under the deuce for it so its just been riding around in the bed of my truck. Not sure what to do with it yet.

Also, this is the scrap piece that I did the paint comparison on. Left side Rapco 383 and right side Behr 34094. Looking pretty close for color. The Rapco seems to have just a bit more sheen that the Behr. I bet more dry time solves that.

Within a couple of hours I was able to handle the part with no issues with the fresh paint. I lifted back into the truck and didn't put a mark on it, not even where the stakes go into the stake pockets. It's a little but darker than the rest but I can hardly wait to get the rest of the...

Here's the comparison between Rapco 383 green and Behr in Federal Standard 34094. The Rapco is on the left and the Behr is on the right. The Rapco is slightly lighter after only a few minutes of drying. I'll see what they look like after drying overnight. I'm betting the two shades get...

The prep work paid off. Got all of the weather cracks filled and sanded. Blew the dust off with compressed air and wiped the whole thing down with denatured alcohol. I blended about 1 oz of Floetrol with 16 oz of paint and the HVLP sprayer worked like magic. The paint is Behr Premium Plus Ultra...

Wow, more prep work than I realized. What i had in mind was to wash it down with TSP, scrape the flakey paint off and paint. This project "evolved." I started applying wood filler in some of the weather cracks in the wood and 2 hours later I'm out of filler and I still have more to do. 'nother...

I started cleaning and prepping the headache rack this afternoon when I got home. I washed it with TSP and then got after it with a carbide scraper and a wire brush. It's in the garage to dry and I hope to get it painted tomorrow. The "before" picture: After some work with the scraper and...

Ron, I'm still in with my M35A2. Hopefully sporting some fresh paint and looking sharp. I like the convoy idea, too.

I'm getting ready to clean and paint my troop seats, which are a combination of fiberglass and wood. I didn't want to use the RAPCO rattle cans to do all of that, and I wanted something that would provide more protection for the wood. I started looking at all of the threads about using latex...

Yes, I use it all the time. In fact, I'm using it right now.

Very nice! How heavy is that wooden boarding ladder?

I got the 1/4 x 3-1/2 inch grade 8 bolts in and I used some nylon washers along with the grade 8 washers and I used a 1/4" sealing washer on the bottom because it was the perfect diameter to match the rolled hinge. The bolts got a light coat of copper grease and the door opens as smooth as...

I agree but for me Kroil has been hard to find and seriously expensive when I do find it. PB is available everywhere at a reasonable price.

I got the driver side mirror reinstalled this afternoon before getting ready to take my wife to the Maroon5 concert in Atlanta. I'm not satisfied with the door hinge hardware yet. I used 1/4 x 3" grade 8 shoulder bolts and I need to swap them out for 3-1/2" bolts.

Steve, you will very likely still need to fight the door hinge bolts out. I broke the head off of one and I cut the head off of the other. It still took copious amounts of heat and pounding to get them out. I'm currently re-thinking the whole process in regard to the passenger side mirror. I...