The main reason for the respray was the damaged hood and roof clear coat and the beginings of roof rail rust. I was initially going to paint those only but as I started trying to match paint I realized that it would be impossible to match. My driver's door and rear hatch were also pretty dinged up.
Here is a few photos of where I am at today - windows are out (including w/s), doors are off, hinges and hardware all off. Everything is bagged and tagged and I will be zinc coating all the hardware. I am planning on priming the hood/roof fully (primer etcher) and spot priming the rest of the body where I am either down to primer and where I have any filler. I plan on base coating and clearing the door jambs and inside of tailgates, reinstalling doors and rear gate and taking the whole truck to a paint booth for final base and clear coats.
That's the plan. My questions/concerns right now are around the priming and leveling the whole thing out. Seems like there is a lot of different approaches here (from spray one coat of primer and sand out with 600 and you are good to go all the way to 3-4 coats with wet sanding!). Also, still have not figured out how i will spot prime smaller repairs and ensure that once base coat goes on it will be perfect.....I'm trying not to end up priming the whole truck if not necessary.
I live in North Vancouver, BC so planing on painting at the local KMS Tools booth if any locals have any experience. I also bought all my supplies throug them, which I will post later.
