my new 96 STX all power

[funinthemud]

i bought it yesterday. i already changed the carpet out. it was nasty. its a lil rusty but the cab is all good. i'm gonna merge this one in with the sas i've been workin on. i just got tired of messin with the body on the other one. my plan is to swap this cab down on the other frame, once i have it ready. still need drive shafts made. the build is in my sig. i'll probably start working on it since its warming up.

 

[funinthemud]

painted the wheels, and covered up the rust on the front bumper until i can strip it down and give it a good paint job. those are also 08(i think mirrors) i snagged on ebay

 

[atlanta-bmx]

Those wheels look a lot better after you painted em. Overall, Looks good! I never see that body style with the STX package. And i would take that camper top off, it would look better IMO

 

[funinthemud]

thanx! yea the the wheels look soooo much better. i like the camper top, but it will come off. it will be nice when i go fishing/camping to have a cover over my head at night though.

i'm gonna paint the bumper and get a new tailgate, then i'm done messing with it until the swap. i just cant stand to drive something like that around when its too easy to fix. lol

 

[scott5640]

howd u paint the rims?

 

[funinthemud]

i think it was rustoleum brand rim paint. i got it at auto zone. $6 a can. i used 2 cans between the 4 rims, then 1 can of the clear coat(same brand and it was for rims as well) for all 4 rims. they turned out great, and so far they held up to a pressure washer at the local car wash.

i cleaned up the wheels with an angle die grinder and the 2" 3m scotch-brite pads. worked really well, and went pretty quick. i had about 2 1/2 hous in the whole thing dried and reinstalled.

 

[erocka1982]

nice buy man! i did the same thing to my wheels and prolly used the same paint. it was like gun metal for wheels from the zone. lol i my oxidation wasnt too bad but it bothered me so i grinded it all off and sprayed them.

 

[funinthemud]

slight change of plan.. i think i'm just going to find a cab for the sas build and leave this as a dd. cuz you can never have enough rangers

cleaned up the rust under the doors and did a little 2 tone job with bedliner spray. i think its pretty tough looking. haha

 

[bcost882]

looking good man i hope you got all the rust out before you bed linered it.......but the 2tone is cool