Pete's (Now Nate's) 2003 Denali Budget Build thread

[willinnashville]

Love your vids Pete--but wayyyy too short for us! Did you get a little 4 legged copilot yet?

I think my favorite is the I Dream of Jeannie one

 

[Tonyrodz]

I think my favorite is the I Dream of Jeannie one

Don't remember that one.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Me neither. Link meow.

 

[willinnashville]

Hurr go. Good stuff over on his youtube channel

 

[Tonyrodz]

Hurr go. Good stuff over on his youtube channel

Damn he's talented.

 

[ArcticYukon]

Hurr go. Good stuff over on his youtube channel

Reminds me of Pogo's stuff a little.

 

[willinnashville]

Yup, pretty talented

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Yup, pretty talented

Yeah. He's OK.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

lol... no, that's just 'cause I have OCD. My laptop is just as ridiculous.

I can relate to that. I used to keep my desktop/laptops icon free with start menu on autohide.

Of course now the family laptop and desktop are completely covered in icons... I cringe thinking about it.

I love how popular this build thread has become hah. Everybody is just hangin out in here waiting for Pete to post more sexy pics.

 

[Sevenevez]

haha, thanks yall!

 

[Onebad1983]

nah. pretty much the opposite. tons of classics and lowriders in Yuma. lil bit of everything i guess

So perfect for me then?

 

[Sevenevez]

So perfect for me then?

i grew up in Milwaukee for 24 years. moved here in 2000 and never looked back. my favorite state by far

 

[Onebad1983]

i grew up in Milwaukee for 24 years. moved here in 2000 and never looked back. my favorite state by far

Had an uncle stationed at a military base just outside of Pheonix. Said that there's nothing but open roads and no cops

 

[Sam Harris]

Custom lower signal/driving lights.

So, i have OEM, amber aftermarket and then clear/chrome ones and none of them really felt right to me.
In my mind, if ANZO actually made a pair that matched the headlights, they would look something like this.
So i did research on baking headlights also got some good tips from @05Single and got busy.

What ya cookin for dinner, Pete? Headlights!

I did mine a little different. The first time i baked them at 220 degrees for 5 minutes. And i couldnt even budge them apart with a kitchen knife. So i threw them back in for another 8 minutes, then shoved the butter knife in at a seam and pulled. It slowly began to release and finally she opened up like a clamshell.

Did the same for the second one. 220 5 mins, then 220 8 mins and they opened. Here's both sets. (the reflectors i bought at the hardware store. you'll see why soon)

Prepping the sections i want to paint match to the ANZO flat black.

To make the amber reflector match, i made a cardboard template, then used that to shape it with the Dremel to fit nice and snug into the shell.

Taped off the clear chrome corner

The ANZO's have a dark but flat type of coating. So i decided to use SEM which is great for heat and wear and tear and has no gloss to it. Painted

starting to make sense now?

Put them all back together and ran a bead of silicone adhesive all around the seam and let them sit.

Installed...

Pics!

Here's an angle to show the reflectors line up great with the ANZO's amber

With lights on

Overall. for my first bake. And a set of $20 lights. They turned out pretty good. They are the best of all 3 worlds (black, clear and amber) and match the Anzo's much better. Let me know what you think

Damn, those are badass! Nice work!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Damn, those are badass! Nice work!

One of the best mods on the truck, imo.

 

[Onebad1983]

One of the best mods on the truck, imo.

Favorite so far for me is the U-bar headlights

 

[willinnashville]

Nope, gotta be the wheels/tires/drop

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Anyone who doesn't have the paint job on the top of their list is fired.

 

[Onebad1983]

Anyone who doesn't have the paint job on the top of their list is fired.

It's 2nd for me. Just never seen the U-bars before

 

[Onebad1983]

Are those U-bars projectors?