Chevy S10 Pick Up Truck 4x4 1998 - Lip Service
My Chebby has a case of herpies lips, also known round these parts a RUST-A-FLARES. :mrgreen:
The front wheel flare/lips are fine, the rear flares however hold moist mud in between inner and outer layers and tend to rust out early on this make/model.
Because of my experience glassing up my hovercraft with epoxy, micro bubbles and fiberglass I'm hoping to apply some of this light weight marine technology to my truck. Most of my work I hope to cover up with Pacer "flexy flares" side mount rubber flares which are intended for cases like mine. It's an extra $100 to the project budget to do all four wheel arches, but I think it affords me some leeaway in a less than professional outcome.
Further down the line and adding to the covering up my mistakes and age of vehicle, zebra stripes will be added to the upper part of the body. Lets call the PHASE II for now.
Picture of existing flare - passenger rear:
The passenger rear turned out to have been touched up before. No massive blocks of bondo, just some professionally applied glazing putty to fix surface rust at one time.
I was freaking out, I had no idea it was so rotten. I was just planning to scrape off some peeling paint with a screw driver and kiss it with some naval jelly for today.
Drivers side rear is better, but still in need of TLC.
Power tool time!
In the old days I would have done this by hand, but I'm older now and have nothing to prove to myself. :wink:
