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I'm certain there is a beautiful coat of red under the CARC on the right fender of my M1031. I'm not saying this is a reject, it is just a recycled part. Fenders, doors and hood are painted as parts,

No more rust on the hood. Lots of sanding and phosphoric acid pickle, then Rustoleum primer. I let the phosphoric acid set over night, in the morning there were large areas of the e-coat peeling up. More feather sanding required to paint. It is done, might need a bit of spot prep before...

Applying it straight over defective e-coat is even worse.

Assembly line replaces parts instead of fixing problems, that is the fastest way of assembly. This makes a good quantity of reject parts. There is no question the right fender on my truck was originally painted red. I doubt the spare parts in the federal system were originally painted red. I...

My M1031 SECM had some rust bloom on the hood and cab top so I decided to attack it today. I noticed the right fender had a reddish bloom so I hit it with 400 grit only to make the red more brilliant. I checked the fasteners and all look original, the paint matches fine so Chevy must have used...