2002 Tahoe project progress

[Brad poiencot]

Just went outside to do a final adjustment on my torsion keys. The driver side is Maxed out and I'm only at 36 3/4". Passenger side sitting at about 37" and the screw is only in about half way. Sounds like a worn torsion bar ? Or is there something I'm missing?

 

[MadDogDelpho]

The driver's side torsion bar usually wears out more than the passenger side, because of the greater load on that side. I would just lower the passenger side so that they're level, personally.

 

[Rocket Man]

Just went outside to do a final adjustment on my torsion keys. The driver side is Maxed out and I'm only at 36 3/4". Passenger side sitting at about 37" and the screw is only in about half way. Sounds like a worn torsion bar ? Or is there something I'm missing?

I've heard that that's normal as far as the adjustment bolts, that one is sometimes all the way in and the other only about halfway even when new. Mine are way different from one to the other and they've never been adjusted I don't believe.

 

[Brad poiencot]

I thought about swapping the bars out. Driver on passenger side and passenger on driver side. Might try in the next couple weeks or so.

 

[Brad poiencot]

Started removing the fender flares today. Got both front flares off and cleaned up and buffed. Came out nice. Will start on the rear tomorrow.

 

[CamReynolds]

Finished cleaning all the gunk off from the moldings and washed it this morning.
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If I'm at 40-41" after I get the tires on I will be very happy.

What do you have on the front Cattivo?

What do y'all think about removing the fender flares?




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howd you get the moldings off? blowdryer and just peel it away?

 

[Brad poiencot]

Yep. I used a heat gun to get the majority off then used a plastic scraper with some goo gone. Then when all the sticky crap was off I buffed it with some meguiar's scratch x . Cleaned it up awesome.

 

[Brad poiencot]

Pics of the other cars in the garage. 70s caddy, 90s mustang, 50s chevy,

Some of the cars and trucks I work on

 

[Brad poiencot]

Finished taking the fender flares off and cleaned up. Now gonna have to paint everything silver white to make it look good. I got a oem set of 17's from a gmc that im gonna put the new tires on that way if I ever wanted to do 3" lift spindles all I need is 1" spacers

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[05Single]

Weird how under the flare by the rear door there's a strip of silver

 

[Brad poiencot]

Yea. I'm gonna try and paint it this weekend to clean it up and match.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Weird how under the flare by the rear door there's a strip of silver

A little tough to see, but it's cuz they wanted the rocker silver. It's all one piece.

 

[05Single]

A little tough to see, but it's cuz they wanted the rocker silver. It's all one piece.

Yea I know but the lower half of the doors should silver too
Should all be uniform, at least the ones ive seen.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Yea I know but the lower half of the doors should silver too
Should all be uniform, at least the ones ive seen.

Wasn't sure if you saw the whole piece. Seems like a weird decision, for sure. Definitely never seen this before.

 

[Brad poiencot]

Well I finally got around to doing some painting today. Took the rear bumper off along with the front to get the upper cover off to paint. Not the best job in the world but I think it will look a lot better when done. Thinking about doing a light bar on it too. Not sure yet. Need tires bad though. Then will get the lift spindles and coil spacers to go up some more.

 

[Rocket Man]

Nice work. Won't miss that silver huh?

 

[05Single]

Nice work. Won't miss that silver huh?

None of us will lol

Good work. What paint are you using ? Spray can? Gun?

 

[Brad poiencot]

Spray paint. Unfortunately I don’t have the spot to do a real paint job. I need to sand the whole truck down and spray it. I just think it will be a waste of money if I do.

 

[Brad poiencot]

Just pulled all the tape and stuff off.

Gonna let the upper bumper cover cure for 24 hours before I put it back on.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Spray paint. Unfortunately I don’t have the spot to do a real paint job. I need to sand the whole truck down and spray it. I just think it will be a waste of money if I do.

Looks good. Which paint did you use?