Just an update:
1. The grill, towhook, battery tray, doors, tailgate, I re-blasted them in a professional booth. (pressure blaster with 1/4" nozzle') and got it all much cleaner. I've since painted them and all came out good. That info is in another thread.
2. I bought a HF cabinet. Normally $230 and I used a 25%off anything new years coupon for $172 total.
I put it all together and spent A LOT of time getting everything lined up loosely and then tightening all the screws down good.
I did one mod so far and that was to add a switch box and flood lamp. I like to do things with as little drilling and cutting as possible. All I had to do was enlarge the wiring hole for conduit size and I used the two outside holes for mounting the 4" box. (They are over four inches apart and that's why I mounted the box at a diagonal to fit the holes. Came out nice and clean if I do say so myself.
And the lamp holder... I tried with multiple different types of bulbs. Glass halogen floodlight seems to work the best and provides no glaring light in your eyes (unlike the photo).
I was thinking of modding it to fit my pot blaster hose in there but as it was already said earlier in the thread, probably not worth the trouble and the cabinet is for little small intricate items anyways.
I haven't tried the gun that came with it yet but might end up using the gun that came with my HF bucket blaster. That one seems to be much higher quality and similar design to the TP tools gun that everyone loves. Added an inline blow off under the handle too.
$20 worth of plumbing fittings and vac reducer to get hooked up to my shop vac. The hose end is only 1.25". Not really a mod but necessary expense to get everything hooked up. Got a foam gasket from the electrical section that fits too. Just loose in this pic, I need to get longer bolts because of the thickness of the foam gasket.
Just need to get everything sealed up now. I have a few tubes of polyurethane sealant ready to go. I plan on using my automotive smoke machine to make sure it is sealed up 100%.
Obviously haven't tried it yet but I really think the vast majority of negative reviews on this thing are people that don't put it together well and don't know the principles of how to operate a blast cabinet. Looking forward to giving this thing a go.
One gripe so far is the door latch doesnt fit at all.