05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[HiHoeSilver]

Applied the same rust transformer then followed with rubberized undercoating.
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Cleaned the inside of the wheels View attachment 221846View attachment 221847
Cleaned the inner fender liners like I did with the rear View attachment 221848

Which rust transformer?

 

[PG01]

Which rust transformer?

I used the rusty-oleum and locktite stuff from homo depot on my trailer years ago. Both are pretty similar....Dries to a flat black then you can top coat it. Not bad stuff and its held up very well.

 

[Sam Harris]

The Hoe logo is fun, but needs brushed or blue or white or black bowtie. No gold. Get the dip.

I think it might blend in too much if black, or cm, brushed..

 

[05Single]

Front end looks really good, especially with the front bumper color matched. How'd you do the bumper again? Rattle canned it? I forgot.

All parts I paint are rattle canned. holding up pretty good. There’s some chips on the front bumper I need to fill in, then I’ll put a clear bra over it. Just not avoidable here

And yep I used the rust-oleum rust reformer, same as the one @Galante posted.

 

[05Single]

A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.

 

[05Single]

Changed oil.

 

[05Single]

All of my center caps have dents. This cap was the worst one. Upon closer inspection I noticed it’s an aluminum cover over the plastic center cap and that they can be separated. So I pried the tabs and separated them to try and work the dents out and try to make the aluminum look smooth again.

 

[05Single]

Same exact cap. Came out lookin pretty good, much better than before.

 

[Tonyrodz]

A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.View attachment 221927 View attachment 221928 View attachment 221929 View attachment 221930

Looks really good. Kind of reminds me of Star Trek for some reason lol.

 

[Rocket Man]

A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.View attachment 221927 View attachment 221928 View attachment 221929 View attachment 221930

Now that’s a clean engine. I need to do mine.

 

[Sam Harris]

Now that’s a clean engine. I need to do mine.

Ditto. Mine’s terrible

 

[05Single]

Looks really good. Kind of reminds me of Star Trek for some reason lol.

The next generation, none of that deep space nine crap, or that one where the woman was the captain....like yeah right

 

[Rocket Man]

Ditto. Mine’s terrible

I just did mine.

 

[Tonyrodz]

The next generation, none of that deep space nine crap, or that one where the woman was the captain....like yeah right

Oh no--nothing like the original!

 

[Sam Harris]

Oh no--nothing like the original!

Captain James T Kirk -aka: galactic seed sew-er. [emoji23] Love that show. Nothing like it.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Captain James T Kirk -aka: galactic seed sew-er. [emoji23] Love that show. Nothing like it.

Lol, he def was a galactic *****! I'm surprised Bones McCoy never said--"Dammit Jim she's green"!

 

[Sam Harris]

Lol, he def was a galactic *****! I'm surprised Bones McCoy never said--"Dammit Jim she's green"!

Lol. No doubt! [emoji23]

 

[05Single]

Oh no--nothing like the original!

Can’t compare to the original , but I didn’t grow up watching that. I ain’t no dinosaur like yourself

 

[05Single]

Tried out some cheap static cling tint. Figure for $13 for a roll and it’s just the rear windows it should work good. It was easy to install but pretty hazy. For install it says to use their application spray but another option is baby shampoo. I planned on getting real tint this summer anyway, but now I have an idea of how it will look and how dark it will be with 5% over he factory 20%

 

[05Single]

Painted look. Darkens up the interior quite a bit