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    Lost a Tahoe, but saved my Son

    Here is an old thread about a Tahoe that I redid for my son 4 or 5 months ago. To say my son loved his Tahoe is an understatement. http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/time-for-a-repaint.83519/ Well, Monday was his last day off of school for Christmas break and him and his buddy were going...
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    Time for a Repaint

    Here are my last pictures of it pretty much done. We would like to have some duel exhaust ran on it exiting at an angle behind the rear tires and some 2007 to 2008 Tahoe wheels on it eventually as well. Going to have to build up the squirrel nest a bit before I can afford that though.
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    Time for a Repaint

    One last picture, this one is of Paul, my Paint and Body Guy, polishing the tailgate portion of the Tahoe. Hopefully my next group of pictures are of a 1996 Tahoe that is ready to be delivered to my 16 year old son. I race with a fella that installs windshields for a living, he is coming by...
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    Time for a Repaint

    These pictures are of the hood area after he sanded it down with 1000 Grit Sand Paper as well as buffing it with Rubbing Compound and Machine Polish. It's amazing how far we have come in less than 2 weeks while 80% of it being after hours. I am very happy with the final result after Color...
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    Polished my turd. 99 Tahoe.

    Looks good, I'd like some newer body style Tahoe wheels for my sons 96. Are those 2007 Wheels???
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    Time for a Repaint

    Cause removing the door handles are a PITA, IMHO. I have changed out the exterior door handles on customers Tahoes before, and they are tough to do. It was not a huge deal to tape out, so I let him do what he does.
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    Time for a Repaint

    Thanks for the kind words about the Nova. I've got the front end down a bit more since those last two pictures with some drop spindles. I had raced this car for 10 years or more with factory doors, factory windows, and heavier street fiberglass finders. When I redid the Nova, I pulled off 450...
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    Time for a Repaint

    And this picture is from later this evening after letting the clear coat "cure". Paul stopped back by the shop to remove some tape, enough that I could at least open the door and drive it out of the shop so I could do some work tomorrow. I'll post some more when he comes in and does some color...
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    Time for a Repaint

    So now we fast forward to today, I'm usually at Church on Sunday morning, but we were not able to get all of the taping done Friday evening, these trucks have a butt load of taping that has to be done if you do it correctly. So these pictures are off the base coat and clear coat being applied...
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    Time for a Repaint

    Here are some pictures of Paul, my paint and body guy, doing some taping up. In the last picture, I believe, you can see a different color of primer on the hood and a couple of spots on the roof. During priming, those spots bubbled up, we believe it was something that was in between the factory...
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    Time for a Repaint

    Here it is in the body repair process as well as prepping it for paint. I believe there is a picture or two of some of the spots that had to go down to bare metal being primed also.
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    Time for a Repaint

    Moving along, we decided to remove the rubber molding, chrome rocker panels, chrome fender molding, the "Chevrolet Tahoe" and "LS" badges, and the part of the roof rack that bolted down to the roof for good. The bad thing was that the bolts were rusted and we had to cut some of the them off and...
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    Time for a Repaint

    Acquired my 16 year old son a 1996 Tahoe through some horse trading. It had an engine knock, so being a self-employed mechanic, I snatched the engine out of it and tore the engine down. Sent what needed to go to the machine shop to them, (They are the same guys that I have build my 1969 Nova...
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    1996 Chevy Tahoe Rebuild

    We started stripping pieces off of it for paint yesterday. Bumpers, Grill, Tail Lights, Black pieces between the rear glass and the hatch glass have all been removed. Last pieces to strip are the chrome around the fender lips and the rack on the top, once we do that, the sanding will...
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    1996 Chevy Tahoe Rebuild

    New Member here, and here is my story. I own a mechanic shop, and I acquired a 1996 4X4 Tahoe that had an engine knock. All I had to do was install a new A/C Compressor, Accumulator, and Orifice Tube on the previous Tahoe owners Buick, and I would own this Tahoe. So I done that, and then I owned...
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    New Guy From North Carolina

    First off I have been married since 1999 and had my first child, a son in 2000 and a daughter in 2004. I am a Conservative Male Christian, if that pisses you off, your part of the problem with this Country. :D I own my own mechanic shop and enjoy working on cars, well some of the time. I also...

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