Thought I'd put together a build thread for my '88 FJ62. I've spent the past year and a half doing a mechanical baseline/restoration between myself and Carolina Offroad Outfitters(and one bum trip to Fred Anderson). Since I've got it in daily driving shape, I thought I'd explore options for bodywork and paint.
Here's the link to the detail pictures:
The body does need quite a bit of work since about every panel will need some sort of dent attention. PO was pretty rough on this truck. One of the largest areas of work needed is the roof, it'll need the most attention, but it isn't rusted. Doors have some dents that may be hard to see in the pictures, but they're not too far gone. A clean door swap would likely lower the shop bill, but may not needed.
Thankfully, the only rust area that needs attention (on the exterior) is a small spot on the passengers rear quarter, it could likely be cut and patched without needing the entire panel done.
Driver's rear lower quarter will need a new panel, since at some point in the truck's history it was damaged and repaired with bondo that's starting to fail. Additionally, I'll likely need a new/used hood panel since I've been told by COO that the main dent will pop back in with use if they take it out.
COO's quote for the paint and body was around $13k and it seems about on par for the panel work needed, but I'd like to shop around and get some opinions on chunking down the work instead of lump summing it all at once. All in all, it's not the worst shape for a project since the truck spent most of it's life in NM and TX. Frame and undercarriage are in great shape aside from needing a new exhaust from the mid to the back. I've been keeping the frame coated with fluid film every season and it's showing no signs of rusting or cracking.
Anyone here had bodywork/paint done on their rig?
Here's the link to the detail pictures:
The body does need quite a bit of work since about every panel will need some sort of dent attention. PO was pretty rough on this truck. One of the largest areas of work needed is the roof, it'll need the most attention, but it isn't rusted. Doors have some dents that may be hard to see in the pictures, but they're not too far gone. A clean door swap would likely lower the shop bill, but may not needed.
Thankfully, the only rust area that needs attention (on the exterior) is a small spot on the passengers rear quarter, it could likely be cut and patched without needing the entire panel done.
Driver's rear lower quarter will need a new panel, since at some point in the truck's history it was damaged and repaired with bondo that's starting to fail. Additionally, I'll likely need a new/used hood panel since I've been told by COO that the main dent will pop back in with use if they take it out.
COO's quote for the paint and body was around $13k and it seems about on par for the panel work needed, but I'd like to shop around and get some opinions on chunking down the work instead of lump summing it all at once. All in all, it's not the worst shape for a project since the truck spent most of it's life in NM and TX. Frame and undercarriage are in great shape aside from needing a new exhaust from the mid to the back. I've been keeping the frame coated with fluid film every season and it's showing no signs of rusting or cracking.
Anyone here had bodywork/paint done on their rig?
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