RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!

[Sam Harris]

No rubbing whatsoever.

Awesome!

 

[adventurenali92]

Small update for the road tank. Getting him slightly more modernized one step at a time... lol replaced the 12V cigarette lighter with a dual usb charging port thanks to reading through @NeverSatisfied ’s build and seeing the swap he did in his Sierra Denali. I really like the idea. There were a couple of ports that were suggested. Ended up ordered this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SGJ5DN4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Works so far. Two wires spliced into the factory wires that powered the cigarette lighter and it works! I’m surprised at how easy the wiring aspect of it was! Only difficult part was that the rounded body of USB port was slighter larger in diameter than the factory cigarette lighter. So I had to file the round opening in the upper bezel out a bit to get it to fit. But that was like an extra 10 minutes worth of work and then the USB port slid right in....
Anyways here’s some pics of the job! Before with stock cigarette lighter:

 

[adventurenali92]

The two wires spliced into the factory wires:

 

[adventurenali92]

And the final outcome! I like the blue LED backlighting, matches my gauge cluster lighting and steering wheel control lighting perfectly! The little door that opens and closes over the port still functions as it should, and the rubber cover on the port itself fits in as well. And the on/off is a tap button on the face of the port which is really cool too! And after all that it even works to charge my phone!! Haha.

 

[NeverSatisfied]

One of these days I’m going to have to switch over to that one!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

One of these days I’m going to have to switch over to that one!

They have dual 3A now.

 

[05Single]

I need to upgrade mine to this

 

[Sam Harris]

And the final outcome! I like the blue LED backlighting, matches my gauge cluster lighting and steering wheel control lighting perfectly! The little door that opens and closes over the port still functions as it should, and the rubber cover on the port itself fits in as well. And the on/off is a tap button on the face of the port which is really cool too! And after all that it even works to charge my phone!! Haha.

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Looks great!

 

[adventurenali92]

They have dual 3A now.

Welp looks like mine is already outdated.... lol

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Welp looks like mine is already outdated.... lol

I've been relentlessly searching them since the power button showed up. I use a dual 2.4 now and its pretty fast, although not true QC. Now I'm torn because they have dual 2.4 with power switch AND voltage display, but not 3.0....

 

[adventurenali92]

I've been relentlessly searching them since the power button showed up. I use a dual 2.4 now and its pretty fast, although not true QC. Now I'm torn because they have dual 2.4 with power switch AND voltage display, but not 3.0....

Dang there’s just no pleasing you is there!! Lol

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Dang there’s just no pleasing you is there!! Lol

Ha! The thing is I will just naturally search and search and debate until the dual 3v with the power switch AND the voltage display shows up anyways.

 

[wjburken]

Ha! The thing is I will just naturally search and search and debate until the dual 3A with the power switch AND the voltage display shows up anyways.

Fixed it

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Fixed it

Trufe.

 

[adventurenali92]

@wjburken way to go buddy!

 

[adventurenali92]

Well.... had to have my water pump replaced today... ugh
Did the water pump and t-stat housing in 2016 at roughly 100k miles. Ironically this time around the pump itself wasn’t bad, just the gasket around it was starting to seep coolant. But apparently you can’t get just the gasket anywhere.... so whole kitten kaboodle got done. And then right afterwards I hauled ass down the mountain to Anaheim for a dance night to get ready for stagecoach competition coming up. Kept temp the whole way so that’s a plus!

 

[Fosscore]

Pro tip I learned from a high end detailer I follow on Instagram that’s also a good buddy.
TIRES! Even after scrubbing them during a wash often times they will still have a layer of nasty brown gunk covering the rubber. It’s actually a chemical in the rubber compound that has oxidized onto the outer edge of the tire. To get rid of it, grab yourself a can of stoner tarminator, it’s an aerosol can designed to remover pitch, tar, and tree sap. Spray a bit on a rag and start scrubbing your tires, it’ll 86 that brown gunk, pull off any old residual tire shine, leave your tire with a natural grey sheen, which is actually what the tire is supposed to look like clean. This is what my tires look like after wash and then a scrub with tarminator, they look like they’re dressed with shine but they are not.

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Doing this extra step to your tires will also help eliminate tire shine fling off, and will make your tire shine last longer on your tires because the tire shine is actually applied the rubber of the tire instead being applied over the layer of brown gunk.

Thanks for this little tip. I picked up a can at O'Reilly's today and will see how it goes on the NNBS as it has some tire bloom.

Better lighting this morning! Please excuse the water from the rain that I didn’t have time to dry off before leaving for work....
I’m no @Fosscore when it comes to clean shots of my ride.... lol

I beg to differ.....I don't have to contend with snow, ice and salted roads but that ever present sea breeze out of the east puts a nice film on the paint almost instantly. lol. You have the detail game well in place though.

 

[adventurenali92]

Thanks for this little tip. I picked up a can at O'Reilly's today and will see how it goes on the NNBS as it has some tire bloom.





I beg to differ.....I don't have to contend with snow, ice and salted roads but that ever present sea breeze out of the east puts a nice film on the paint almost instantly. lol. You have the detail game well in place though.

Now I need to get a better phone that takes better quality pictures like yours haha

 

[adventurenali92]

Rolled over 135k in my way down the mountain again tonight! Rackin up the miles on the road tank for dance nights in Anaheim in prep for my first stagecoach competition next week at a nightclub called the ranch! But you know what?! I love traveling in my Denali!! So fun to open up the throttle and hear that rumble and cruise through the corners!

 

[Rocket Man]

Well.... had to have my water pump replaced today... ugh
Did the water pump and t-stat housing in 2016 at roughly 100k miles. Ironically this time around the pump itself wasn’t bad, just the gasket around it was starting to seep coolant. But apparently you can’t get just the gasket anywhere.... so whole kitten kaboodle got done. And then right afterwards I hauled ass down the mountain to Anaheim for a dance night to get ready for stagecoach competition coming up. Kept temp the whole way so that’s a plus!

Who said you can’t get a water pump gasket? Every auto parts store sells them!