Special Projects - NAPA Truck

This 1999 Chevy Pickup was delivered to our shop with only eight miles on the odometer.   That's when all the fun began.  Just click on any of the images for a larger view.

  The only thing that had been done to that point was the installation of the new American Racing Rims and the Goodyear Eagle tires with raised yellow letters.

  Notice this particular truck was equipped with the chrome grille and bumpers as well as the side moldings and wheel opening moldings.  These would all be lost to the clean look that is preferred on today's sport trucks.

  The truck was torn down and all the trim was removed.  Note the door handles, mirrors, grille, and bumpers were all removed to ensure a quality job when the new color was applied.

  The bed was removed so the back cab panel and bed front panel could be refinished with the new color.

  Fresh from the paint booth, both of the new colors have been applied.   A two-stage basecoat/clearcoat finish was used.  The product used was Martin-Senour paint which is the NAPA private label manufactured by Sherwin-Williams.

  The truck and the bed were painted in separate booths.

  Here the bed has been refinished.  Notice the interior of the bed has been sanded and prepped for refinish as well.  The interior of the bed will be refinished with a product called Zolatone.  This will give a speckled durable finish that will hold up better and not show damage as easily as the factory finish.

  Notice the front bed panel has been refinished in both colors to ensure a quality job.  The tailgate was refinished while hanging on a rack at the same time the bed was refinished.

  The bed has been reinstalled and work on the grille and bumpers is almost complete.

  The bumpers required a little creativity because the actual NASCAR truck really doesn't have bumpers in the traditional sense.

  Bumpers and grille are completed and installed.  Now the NASCAR decal package needs to be installed.

  The decals were applied in several separate sessions.

  The main NAPA decals were all installed the first time around.

  Then the vendor specific decals were applied when NAPA decided on the final layout.

  Notice the bed cap.  It was included to give the truck a more authentic NASCAR/Sport truck appearance.

  The windows were tinted with the darkest legal tint available. 

  Decals...

  Decals...

  And more Decals....  We had to include the Jack's Paint Place logo.   Didn't we?  Actually our logo found its way onto the truck in three separate locations.

  Mission Accomplished.  The rear shackles on the suspension were swapped out to lower the rear of the truck two inches. This helped enhance that NASCAR/Sport truck appearance.  The lucky winner was so pleased with the final product that he tracked us down and called us the day after he won the truck.