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Havok:

Scuff the surface of the cab with a fine grade sandpaper, bondo what needs to be repaired, and paint. That way the paint has a place to adhere to. If you just paint over it, the paint is much easier to take off, whether you want it off or not.

beerbarrel:

Do u just fill the areas that are missing formica with bondo or do u replace with new formica? If it sands well I'm going to fill and paint. I also thought about contact paper in black. You guys tried that? I will have to remke a couple of small sections of the cab because they are busted. Thanks guys...

Tracy

Flake:

You shouldnt have any problems removing the formica if you use a heat gun ($20 from Lowes).  I have also read where people have used a hairdryer.  This process loosens the glue and the formice just comes right off.  Once you have this off get a orbital sander and using fine grit sandpaper sand the whole thing down.  Then bondo the imperfections - make sure you do this in a ventilated areas as the stuff really stinks.  Bondo is fairly easy to use but it will start to set within 5 minutes or so depending on how well you mix it.   Once you have bondo'd up everything go ahead and resand everything again.  Once it was sanded I used a spray gun to apply the paint.

Overall, its a relatively easy process to fix up the exterior is you dont like the way it currently looks.  This is the process I went through.  It takes a little bit of time but honestly it looks like it came off an assembly line. 

Good luck

Kajoq:

Where in Atlanta did you stumble upon that?  I'm going down in a couple weeks to visit my parents/go to a Street Fighter Tourney and  I've been sort of trying to convince my dad to snag a cab for me to screw with when i go back home.

Go Jackets!

beerbarrel:

It's kind of a long story, but I picked it up from a guy in Marietta that lives off of the square. I saw that he had a Defender coctail on Ebay that did not sell. I sent him an email about it and he said that it was still available and to give him a call. I did just taht and when I went to get it he had others just sitting around in a warehouse. Next thing you know I had it.  :cheers:



--- Quote from: Kajoq on September 28, 2008, 09:23:36 pm ---Where in Atlanta did you stumble upon that?  I'm going down in a couple weeks to visit my parents/go to a Street Fighter Tourney and  I've been sort of trying to convince my dad to snag a cab for me to screw with when i go back home.

Go Jackets!

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