Quote Originally Posted by shawnlee28 View Post
Becoming obsessed with deatils in places that do not matter......
I spent as much time on the bottom of my cab on the truck as the the top of the hood....
Needless to say it was overkill and no one but me and maybe the muffler guy knows it looks perfect under there.....sure some builds call for that attention to detail,but some definatly do not.

Some good prep and a sealant was all that would have been required ,instead I worked it like a body panel and even filled the the spot welds with a wire feed ,I was obsessed with no body filler at all on my ride...for some silly reason I had it in my head body filler was bad ,bondo was evil and to be avoided , untill one day I watched Boyd do a 200,000 dollar plus ride with a entire skim coat to get it perfect for paint.

I have now come to realize accepted methods properly done are perfectly acceptable and standard and make the job alot easier....plus after countless hours filling panels with wire from the welder and countless hours of grinding/file work ,I realized I could have done 3 trucks with the effort I put into one.....I will say I got really good with alternative techniques on the wire feed though .....

Everything mentioned soo far has been spot on in this thread....

Great information for someone just getting started.........


Don`t be scared to do some research/lisyen to those who have done it before either ,it pays off in work and money saved !
The difference is "you know the way it's built" and to me that is all that matters. Just as you said you became a more proficient welder and body man. I think anybody that spends the extra time to do it until it meets there expectations is better off in car building. I take my hat off to people that go the extra mile. Just doing this hobby to the best of your ability, not how much you spend. When you drive that thing down the road you know, and that's all that matters.
I hope you take this as a compliment, because that's how it is meant.
Ken