For painting with a roller that turned out damn good, you'd think that it would turn out looking like a wall in your house
'98 Sport
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Not gonna be too much of a build, but it'll undergo a mild transformation, so I figured I'd throw up a few pics. This is my son's first vehicle, picked it up for $500. '98 Sport, V6, auto, crappy paint, but it's got a sunroof! 
nethumb: Also came with a brand new stereo and speakers.
Already swapped wheels on her and removed the butterfly seat covers and steering wheel cover. I was a lil worried about how the seats would look underneath, but they're like brand new!
Drop parts are on the way, also trying to track down some fender flares. The center console is the flip up seat style and it's a lil messed up, so we'll be swapping that for a floor console.
Next step is a satin black paint job, cheap, easy and helps hide the minor imperfections.
Here's how she looked when I brought her home:
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Threw on a set of 16" sport wheels that I had in the garage (that's the nice thing about owning multiple dakotas, plenty of spare parts lol):
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nethumb: Also came with a brand new stereo and speakers. Already swapped wheels on her and removed the butterfly seat covers and steering wheel cover. I was a lil worried about how the seats would look underneath, but they're like brand new!
Drop parts are on the way, also trying to track down some fender flares. The center console is the flip up seat style and it's a lil messed up, so we'll be swapping that for a floor console.
Next step is a satin black paint job, cheap, easy and helps hide the minor imperfections.
Here's how she looked when I brought her home:
Threw on a set of 16" sport wheels that I had in the garage (that's the nice thing about owning multiple dakotas, plenty of spare parts lol):
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It's the thinning out that does it. When you roll it on, there's a bunch of bubbles, but then they all pop and the paint levels itself out. Some of the guys that are doing it with gloss paint are getting some insane results, check this out, hard to believe it was painted with a foam roller:
It's the thinning out that does it. When you roll it on, there's a bunch of bubbles, but then they all pop and the paint levels itself out. Some of the guys that are doing it with gloss paint are getting some insane results, check this out, hard to believe it was painted with a foam roller:
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OMFG, thats something that you'd pay alot of money to achieve
I did a 50/50 mix, some guys have reported good results with 30% and 40% thinner. I was working horizontally with the tailgate, I think I might need to leave it a lil thicker when I'm painting vertically or it may run. The nice thing is that it's cheap, so you can experiment and you're not wasting a lot of money. I paid $8/qt for the paint (3 qts) and $9 for a gallon of 100% mineral spirits (don't use anything but 100% mineral spirits, and avoid the low odor stuff, just use the full strength stuff). You don't have to worry about ventilation, because you can do it in the driveway.
There's tons of thread out there about it, just google "rustoleum roller paint job".
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