2002 LT Music Daily - One Story Ends and Another Begins...

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Imo street trucks ,delete the rack. off-road style like yours ,keep the rack or even go z71 rack. Blacked out esky rack would look good too.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Took off my roof rack this past weekend.

I'd been putting it off for awhile, but with an impact gun the entire job took literally less than 5 minutes to do.

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My jury is still out in regards to whether or not I like it.

I'm hoping to find some backdrop to do a photoshop with the vehicle now that it's come along quite a way.

Not really sure what else I could do other than swapping tires/rims and lifting it.

I've been looking at HD2500 hood conversions or hood cowls, but they're all like $300+ regardless of if it's craigslist or a scrapyard

It's looking better and better. I took my rack off too.

 

[Fosscore]

Just read thru the thread again. Lots of good work since you started. So much audio talent. I like the rack on, but then I liked the color matched door handles too. But best is removing that bug guard. Get that tune!! That will make it even more fun to drive.

 

[Galandorian]

It's looking better and better. I took my rack off too.

Imo street trucks ,delete the rack. off-road style like yours ,keep the rack or even go z71 rack. Blacked out esky rack would look good too.

That's kind of the feeling I'm getting. Lowered, HD hood swapped, no rack vehicles look great.

I think with my brush guard though, I fall more into the off-road-y category. I was looking at something like this:

Even though I don't have a use for lights or a rack like that, it definitely seems to fit the kind of aesthetic that my vehicle falls into

I'm also looking into switching my 18s that I think are 275/70/r18 for something like a 285/85/r16 if it'll fit without rubbing, or with minor modifications.

I love the look of those beefy tires.

Just read thru the thread again. Lots of good work since you started. So much audio talent. I like the rack on, but then I liked the color matched door handles too. But best is removing that bug guard. Get that tune!! That will make it even more fun to drive.

Heh the brush guard is probably the only part of the vehicle that 100% will never change.

Driving around in Michigan I love the deer protection, and it also doubles as a buffer for stupid drivers in the city.

Still trying to decide if it's worth getting a tune. I wish I knew someone personally with one so I could see if it's worth the $500 investment. That'd be almost 15% of the cost of the entire vehicle!

 

[Tonyrodz]

That's kind of the feeling I'm getting. Lowered, HD hood swapped, no rack vehicles look great.

Yup.

 

[Galandorian]

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Yup.

Just need to pull off those terrible badges, moldings, and running boards

 

[Tonyrodz]

Just need to pull off those terrible badges, moldings, and running boards

I would but the gf wants the boards and there was prior paint work and the mouldings and badges were taped around instead of being yanked, so there's a paint edge there. So I just plastidipped all of it and called it a day.

 

[Galandorian]

And this is why my brush guard will never be removed

Rear ended a Mazda 3 today while doing 75 MPH, as a result of a semi-truck swerving into his lane, and then him swerving into my lane.

 

[Tonyrodz]

And this is why my brush guard will never be removed

Rear ended a Mazda 3 today while doing 75 MPH, as a result of a semi-truck swerving into his lane, and then him swerving into my lane.

Damage to his vehicle:

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Damage to mine:

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a $24 junk yard bumper and some plasti-dip should have my baby fixed up as good as new.

That sux! Glad no one was hurt, or even killed.

 

[Fosscore]

Damn!! Tha fully cosmetic. That could have gotten sideways easily.

 

[Galandorian]

Wasn't quite all cosmetic, but my dad and I were able to get everything taken care of today.

Driverside Headlight went out. Bulb was smashed. The housing also had one mount destroyed.

Bumper had been pushed into the tire (never realized how close I was to rubbing with these 275/70/18s) so for a few days I had to drive around while trying to avoid turning as much as possible.

here are some more pictures of the initial damage

 

[Galandorian]

Using the tree and chain gave us our clearance to the wheel back!

 

[Galandorian]

From there, it was just time for some good ole plasti-dip and bedliner.

 

[Galandorian]

Hit the brush guard with some bedliner, and put it back on.

And now the truck looks just about as good as new! If I hadn't told people about the accident, from 10' out they'd have no idea.

I expect once it warms up in the spring, I'll pull off a lot of the plasti-dip and fix some of the imperfections you can see.

But all said and done, I was very fortunate the accident wasn't worse, and that this beast and the brush guard did exactly what they were designed to do.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Came out pretty good! Job well done.

 

[Fosscore]

Nice repair job. Back in business for a little muscle work at home.

 

[kwOH]

MEGA UPDATE

 

[Galandorian]

Came out pretty good! Job well done.

Nice repair job. Back in business for a little muscle work at home.

MEGA UPDATE

Thanks It was a pretty sick feeling getting out of the vehicle and seeing the damage.

I'm really fortunate that my dad has a lot of experience with backyard bodywork lol.

 

[Galandorian]

Haven't really done much, but found a hell of a bargain in Richmond IL for some door panels and speakers:

The video really doesn't do justice for the loudness or quality of everything! I'll try to get a better one eventually.

Right now all 12 speakers are on a single SQ120.4

4 6.5" wired @ 1 ohm on channel 1

4 8" wired @ 1 ohm on channel 2

4 tweets wired @ 1 ohm, bridged on channel 3 + 4

Crossovers are 80hz - 3.15k for the mids, 3.15k+ for tweeters

 

[05Single]

Them door panels are crispy clean