2001 GMC Sierra

[Ritchies_Customs]

Bought this with a clean title to fix & flip, BUT after spending so much time on it I may just keep it. 01 Sierra, total invested $3,700, including SPI clear All dupont undercoats, worked on this off & on for the last month, in between customers rides. On to the pics!

Used bed $100, only one side was good

Used door complete, $100

Cab corner/back cab panel $300

bed cut apart

beside fitted up

cab corner/ rear panel off

all parts fit and welded

fixed all the rest of the dents

got rid of the tailgate spoiler holes, kept the handle

FAST FORWARD

Base coat dupont 8555, let it sit 24 hours........then flipped thru a magazine and chose a quick subtle paint mod, threw the blue/silver tuxedo stripes on it

And this is 3 coats SPI universal. I used to clear with a SATA RP, so i set my HVLP up the same. FULL fan, almost all the way backed out on fluid tip, take the regulator off the gun, set the air pressure "by ear" and HAMMER it on. THIS CLEAR IS AMAZING! flowed out great, minimal wetsanding needed, mainly just a few nibs. I'm reassembling this week, will post completed photos soon

 

[wisch79]

looks awesome!

 

[Dub]

Nice work Cuz!

Now I'm gonna have to go the whole route with my Ranger project. Thanks lol

 

[Chad.S]

Looks good, not a bad project, may be worth keeping.
I had to laugh when i saw door for 100 and corner for 300. seem it would be the other way around as doors are more in demand, but I guess they had to work to get the corner off. lol.

 

[Ritchies_Customs]

Yeah Chad, one would think. But I forgot to mention I got the door and bed from Craigslist, otherwise I would have paid $350 for a door and $400 for a bedside, and I would have never bought the truck!

ANYWAY, here are a few finished photos. Just wrapped it up today

Here's a shot of the tailgate. This clear is amazing stuff. The truck in the photo in the reflection is my V8 GMC Sonoma,

I'll post a few pics of it too

YES, THE STRIPES ON THE BLACK ONE ARE THE SAME AS THE COLOR OF THE BLUE ONE

BLUE IS MY FAVORITE COLOR EVER!

HERE ARE A FEW OTHER PICS OF MY SONOMA BUILD UP

FILTHY 350

HONED, HOT TANKED, NEW RINGS, NEW CAM, HEADERS, TIMING GEARS/CHAIN, INTAKE, DISTRIBUTOR, 650 HOLLEY. HAS AROUND 325HP TO THE WHEELS

TEST FIT

ALL INSTALLED, WIRES HIDDEN, FIREWALL SHAVED

KANDY BLUE WOOD STEERING WHEEL

CUSTOM GRAFITTI INTERIOR, BECAUSE I'M THE "GHETTO COWBOY"- CHICAGO RAISED, TEXAS MADE!

AS OF TODAY HOW IT SITS....I'M 'BAGGIN THE SUSPENSION, DOING SOME GRAFITTI ON THE OUTISDE AND RE-CLEARING (WITH SPI OF COURSE) AND REDOING THE INTERIOR- MORE GRAFITTI!!!

 

[Administrator2]

They look great! Keep it up!

 

[danp76]

Great work!!....what blue is that?

 

[Ritchies_Customs]

The blue started off as chrysler intense pearl blue. The whole truck is ppg nexa autocolor. I added a BUNCH of xyrillic blue pearl and silver pearl, guarantee you will not find this color anywhere else. I dont spray autocolor anymore, but called my local jobber. I wrote down the mix when I sprayed it, he quoted me $200 a quart!!! Just the base is $107, the other $93 is pearls!!! Didnt bother me when I worked at the shop and used it daily on the mixing bank, but now i'm hoping not to damage it EVER!!!

 

[Ritchies_Customs]

And I used the last of it for the stripes on the fullsize!

 

[AndyK]

Very nice work!

 

[xjunkie]

That's a pair of good looking GMC's!
Might be kinda cool to add matching black/silver stripes to the Sonoma?

 

[Ritchies_Customs]

some work has been done to this after those pics were taken, new wheels, tint, smoothed and painted bumper plastics and door handles, and an in dash TV screen

painted the wheels the PB3 dodge blue, then concentrate in the SPI clear base, then 4000 clear on it all

took a different approach on the tail lights, cops didnt like them tinted.

now they are legal home made LED's!!! solid black base over the stickers, pulled them and cleared them all. LEGAL!!!

2k primer, sanded, smoothed,added billet pull bars. OEM escalade handles are almost $100 each, THESE REPLICAS cost me $30 in materials!

A FRIEND IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, TOOK THESE ON THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH

 

[AndyK]

Good looking truck. There's nothing I hate more than taping up wheels....

 

[Deleted member 7]

Awesome work.. Those trucks look great!!!