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its bad lol I tried hiding it with lite coats it didn't look too bad till it started to dry I might try wet sanding it after it's dry then buffing if anything it's only one door I can just sand it down and get more paint I used the last I had from painting the truck originally

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Yeah, smaller ones aren’t too bad to sand and buff, but larger ones can be a problem. Sometimes it’s better to just re-shoot. It looks great, though! Nice progress! I had to re-shoot my whole dashboard after getting a drip from my gun in the metallic paint. It was a really nice finish, but I couldn’t hide it. The finish on the second attempt was even better. So the mistake can sometimes help.

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I use paint from summit racing it looks good and is not that expensive I think what happened was it was a bit wet outside and not that warm so that was against me and this paint has lots of metallic and I have been having trouble with it striping so I went a bit heavy I should have cut back on the paint and went a little lighter on the coats .I did get it set on the frame and it looks good I have to make new stack brackets to move them out and forward to get the sleeper as close to the cab is possible 

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Thanks everyone its coming along good I'm planing on moving the stacks out about 2 in and forward 3 in and moving my lower brackets as there in the way now . And yes it was a gas engine truck but somone before me re powered it with a 673 and I ended up putting the turbo on it over all its been a fun truck ill have to post some pics from when I got it last project I want to do is a budd or hub pilot axle in the front so I can have all aluminum wheels .

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I don't know what hub caps fit them Bob there were none on it when I got it but there miss matched pass side has a mack hub and drivers side looks like on old Lee hub if I can find a replacement axle I will not need these any more I'm searching for a fld freight liner axle to swap the whole thing out as his is a light axle being a b42 

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the front does sit higher that some I have seen the left spring is stock the right sat really low had broken plies I fixed it this summer glad I did cause LOTS of plies were broken not just the ones I saw I just used springs fr the rear that I just pulled out they worked perfect and eventually I do the drivers side too

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