You know, I don't consider it a knock off. It's just a Korean candy and not a Japanese candy. I actually like them too. I'm American, I'm used to "wood" cabs, but these are poorly built. I'm just doing what should have been done from the factory.
Tonight was spent sanding the first coat down and touching up some wood filler where there used to be a big hole in the side. Since this used to be one a conjoined pair, it had a big ass hole drilled through it for a piece of conduit to run between them. I actually did NOT fill in the hole on the first one because I may utilize it for a power switch location.
I am not doing much else to refinish the back of the cab. It's rough around the door perimeter, and will stay that way. I see no real reason to spend a lot of time on it when it'll be against a wall. It's going to get enough coats of paint to be tough and sturdy, but no more wood filler or sanding.
Once the outside has all of it's coats of white (probably 3 semi-gloss and two gloss), then I'll repaint the inside again. In fact, I think I'll start blacking the inside of all of my cabs when I repaint them. It makes it look nice and clean and neat.