Showing posts with label Bumper Fabrication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bumper Fabrication. Show all posts
Monday, February 4, 2013
Bumper Pictures At Last!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Spraying Texture Paint on a Truck Bumper
Schoo has been at friend Dave's all day working on the bumper of his 2003 Chevy Avalanche, 3/4 ton. He had the bumper fabricated about a year ago--big enough to contain his winch. He also added two sets of fog lights, one white and a smaller one, blue. If you need the specs on those, I can get them for you.
Today they are firming up the lighting situation and spray painting the bumper with a textured bed lining paint that we bought last night at Auto Zone. Before you get too crazy over that, let me tell you about when he painted a jeep with a brush and some house paint...
The year was 1992 and I was laying out in the yard working on my tan (because we did that in the 90's.) Schoo came out and said, "I'm thinking about painting the old jeep with a camo pattern." I dismissed this because I know my husband and he'll think about these things for awhile before he does them. But not a long while. A few days later he went to WalMart and bought several gallons of green, brown, and tan house paint and a four-inch brush. By this time I was a little concerned. I had lived a life in the back woods for awhile in my teen years and some of the cars and trucks I'd ridden in were pretty embarrassing.
So I said, "I don't think this is a good idea." I pouted. He was not deterred and, as you can expect from a man who later would build and fly his own airplane, he triumphed! We got a lot of compliments on that jeep, and a good many imitators. Schoo had started a local trend. I may be biased, but I think ours was the best looking camo vehicle out there.
This leads me to having a good feeling about the Avalanche bumper. I'll post a picture for you when it's done.
Today they are firming up the lighting situation and spray painting the bumper with a textured bed lining paint that we bought last night at Auto Zone. Before you get too crazy over that, let me tell you about when he painted a jeep with a brush and some house paint...
The year was 1992 and I was laying out in the yard working on my tan (because we did that in the 90's.) Schoo came out and said, "I'm thinking about painting the old jeep with a camo pattern." I dismissed this because I know my husband and he'll think about these things for awhile before he does them. But not a long while. A few days later he went to WalMart and bought several gallons of green, brown, and tan house paint and a four-inch brush. By this time I was a little concerned. I had lived a life in the back woods for awhile in my teen years and some of the cars and trucks I'd ridden in were pretty embarrassing.
So I said, "I don't think this is a good idea." I pouted. He was not deterred and, as you can expect from a man who later would build and fly his own airplane, he triumphed! We got a lot of compliments on that jeep, and a good many imitators. Schoo had started a local trend. I may be biased, but I think ours was the best looking camo vehicle out there.
This leads me to having a good feeling about the Avalanche bumper. I'll post a picture for you when it's done.
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