A Truckoholic M925A1 paint job:-)

[Truckoholic]

Okay..... Got my M925A1 all sandblasted last week. Took just a couple days to get that done, then all day Saturday I spent painting it. VERY happy with how it turned out. If any of you remember what my plan was, I was going for a pretty dark end result where the drab and the black blended together to where there was not a huge contrast between the olive drab, and the flat black. And it turned out exactly the way I wanted it to! I love it!



Then this evening I finally got my cargo cover bows all built, and got the cargo cover on there. Holy crap! I knew this thing was massive before, but now with the cargo cover on there it REALLY seems MASSIVELY HUGE!!! I LOVE MASSIVE TRUCKS!!! Ha ha

Still need to paint the cargo cover to match, but wanted to post these pics

 

[Recon Charlie Alpha]

Very nice job. Looks great! Sandblasted...down to bare metal or ? Primer?

What is the Navy unit livery you are using?

 

[Truckoholic]

Yes blasted down to bare metal then primed. I find it way too difficult to try to blast just the top coat off without ending up with a very rough and uneven surface. I like to just blast it all the way down to the bare metal and start over again clean. Except the floor of the bed. That was the only place I only blasted enough to make the old paint rough so the new paint would stick to it.

 

[Truckoholic]

Well that was weird! Don't know why the insignia looks like that when uploaded

 

[flibob]

Good job looks terrific.

 

[Beerslayer]

Truck looks great!

What paint are you going to use on the truck tarp?

 

[Checkmate]

Very cool... The new paint color scheme actually looks better than the normal camo. Especially when compared to the trees in the last 3 pics of the OP

 

[engineer233]

Looks awesome !

 

[MyothersanM1]

Lookin' real sweet there Blends in with those awesome surroundings. Sometimes I wish I lived in the hill country.

 

[Recon Charlie Alpha]

Im doing the same livery, by the way, but no camo.

 

[wsucougarx]

Man that is one nice looking truck!

 

[Truckoholic]

Truck looks great!

What paint are you going to use on the truck tarp?

I use the same Gillespie paint on the tarps as I do on the truck. It seems to stick just fine and looks good.

 

[jw4x4]

That sure is a nice looking truck. Job well done. I really like dark camo.

 

[dikwks]

Wow, nice truck. I WANT one. Would you consider adoption? of me? LOL! I'm gonna get one some how, some way.

 

[Truckoholic]

Well, got my tarp painted last night, and got my flag poles made.





Also got my 24Volt super bright LED backup lights installed together with an on off switch in the dash. Man those things are nice!!! I learned last year that these things are super difficult to backup in the dark since you absolutely can not see where you are going. Well not now! These LED floodlights light the entire area behind the truck VERY well with a very nice intense white light. It's great!



And here's a pic of all my nice new guages, and the ignition switch I put in.



And a pic of the lettering on the door.

 

[Durango_USMC]

Looks great! Everything looks very cleanly installed as well. Keep up the good work.

 

[BBoomerBootCamp]

Great work, was bidding on that very same truck and it's twin at the auction. So glad to see you have it and all the quick progress you made on it

 

[jrod66]

Looking good man, glad to see it coming together so fast, where did you get the LED lights? and where did you source your Gillespie paint from? thanks

 

[broadsword71]

Okay..... Got my M925A1 all sandblasted last week. Took just a couple days to get that done, then all day Saturday I spent painting it. VERY happy with how it turned out. If any of you remember what my plan was, I was going for a pretty dark end result where the drab and the black blended together to where there was not a huge contrast between the olive drab, and the flat black. And it turned out exactly the way I wanted it to! I love it!

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Then this evening I finally got my cargo cover bows all built, and got the cargo cover on there. Holy crap! I knew this thing was massive before, but now with the cargo cover on there it REALLY seems MASSIVELY HUGE!!! I LOVE MASSIVE TRUCKS!!! Ha ha

Still need to paint the cargo cover to match, but wanted to post these pics

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About how pounds of sand did you go through? I sanded my last deuce with a DA front to back. I logged about 37 hours! And I still wasn't completely satisfied, but I was completely out of gas! Plus I flat blacked the entire thing which hides minor blemishes well. So I wasn't worried. But this new deuce I have, I'm considering blasting it.

 

[Truckoholic]

Looking good man, glad to see it coming together so fast, where did you get the LED lights? and where did you source your Gillespie paint from? thanks

LED WORKING LAMP 4X4 SQUARE FLOOD LIGHT ATV TRAILER TOW TRUCK 12VOLT 24VOLT PAIR | eBay

Those are the lights I used.

I get my Gillespie paint from Rapco parts online. Don't know the exact web address but if you just google Rapco parts you will find it real easy.