Fosscore's 2006 Tahoe Build Thread

[kwOH]

Quick glance and for a second I thought you had SEZ 22’s on the burb.....

 

[Fosscore]

Quick glance and for a second I thought you had SEZ 22’s on the burb.....

Would like a set and some low too. Will have to wait.

 

[Fosscore]

Took the kids out for lunch and let them pick the songs to jam out too.

Just messing around with some photos.

 

[THE YETI]

To each their own. And Ill take my few months of freezing temps, snow, ice and my oil heat to avoid not having a house when I return from mandatory evacs. Although i do love your weather more and coming down, I couldn’t deal with my house being gone after a storm. See ya in a few months, on my yearly mecca down..

I’ve heard of people freezing to death, but i can’t say I’ve heard of someone getting blown to death.


Lol...

 

[PG01]

I’ve heard of people freezing to death, but i can’t say I’ve heard of someone getting blown to death.


Lol...

You forgot the word ‘away’.... lol

 

[Fosscore]

These 2 images come to mind with you guys talking about getting “blown away”.

 

[PG01]

That was a maxcell ad or something...right? never saw carries album cover

 

[08HoeCD]

Dat Carrie.

She is cash money. All day long.

 

[adventurenali92]

These 2 images come to mind with you guys talking about getting “blown away”.

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Too funny! Love Carrie! Haha.
It’s about 55 degrees here in big bear today. Warm. But breezy. Gonna be cold soon though haha.

 

[Sevenevez]

Took the kids out for lunch and let them pick the songs to jam out too.

Just messing around with some photos.
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Looks great as always man. Need to pull out your DSLR though

These 2 images come to mind with you guys talking about getting “blown away”.

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Why are you posting pictures of my Wife on your thread?

 

[Fosscore]

I finally had a chance to change out my drivers side rear window regulator/motor.

The cable was very loose on the old unit and it was having a hard time rolling up. The new unit works like a charm and the track was already lubed up pretty good out of the package.

I went with this unit from Amazon as the price was $37 and I wasn’t paying $100.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TYC97C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Sevenevez]

I finally had a chance to change out my drivers side rear window regulator/motor.

The cable was very loose on the old unit and it was having a hard time rolling up. The new unit works like a charm and the track was already lubed up pretty good out of the package.

I went with this unit from Amazon as the price was $37 and I wasn’t paying $100.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TYC97C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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ouu. nice! how long did it take? my drivers door and passenger door go up slow as hell

 

[Fosscore]

ouu. nice! how long did it take? my drivers door and passenger door go up slow as hell

With care and not trying to make a speed record, maybe 1 hour from door panel off, old regulator out, new unit in and door panel on. Plus you will be drinking beer, so add that time to the job completion ratio.

Had to move the speaker out of the way to remove the old unit (they share the same bolt holes through the door skin).

Don’t forget to roll your window down first to loosen the 2 bolts that clamp the glass. Otherwise you won’t be able to push the bottom 2 bolts out of the door skin that hold the bottom of the cable track securely. Then manually pull the window up and tape it to prevent it from falling down.

Bolts are 10mm. 3 for the speaker, 2 for the window clamps, 1 in the middle of the cable track and 2 at the bottom of the cable track.

 

[Sevenevez]

With care and not trying to make a speed record, maybe 1 hour from door panel off, old regulator out, new unit in and door panel on. Plus you will be drinking beer, so add that time to the job completion ratio.

Had to move the speaker out of the way to remove the old unit (they share the same bolt holes through the door skin).

Don’t forget to roll your window down first to loosen the 2 bolts that clamp the glass. Otherwise you won’t be able to push the bottom 2 bolts out of the door skin that hold the bottom of the cable track securely. Then manually pull the window up and tape it to prevent it from falling down.

Bolts are 10mm. 3 for the speaker, 2 for the window clamps, 1 in the middle of the cable track and 2 at the bottom of the cable track.

thanks man., very helpful. 1 hour aint bad. and $37 is a good deal.
i actually just replaced the window on my '50 which entailed all that same crap. good times

 

[jerryjoe28]

I am always amazed how much cheaper some parts are on amazon.

 

[Fosscore]

I finally had a chance to take some good pictures of the full paint detail I did a couple of weekends ago. It took me a full Saturday and Sunday to get her back in shape.

Same old routine as before, but I figured I'd I write it down again in case anybody forgot or needed a push to get their truck back in shape once the cold and snow give way to spring. I gave her a good wash, clay, washed again and then started the process after I kicked the Suburban out from under the carport. Probably what initiated my wife saying I spent too much time detailing my truck. lol I began with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, but was having some issues with water spots on the hood not budging. Sure it looked shiny when it was clean, ....but not great.

So I pulled out the 3M 39060 Perfect-It Rubbing Compound and gave it a bit more effort with a slightly more aggressive pad. I could now see the water spots start to come up and a true shine start to come through. The hood took me some time to get it right, but was worth the effort. I decided to keep at the rest of the body with the same compound and changing pads along the way.

While polishing out the passenger front door, I must have gotten the buffer a little too close to the door handle and it managed to vibrate/crack some of the paint. It didn’t look too bad, but will need to be recoated at some point. Grrr...

The weather was perfect in the mid-70s and not too humid. The rest of the body and windows went by fairly quickly so I decided to go ahead and finish them up with a coat of Surf City Garage Nano Seal, Surf City Garage Nano Glaze and topped off with my favorite Collinite's 845 Insulator Wax. I removed the Esky roof rack in preparation for Sunday's assault on the roof and called it a day.

I was pretty shattered from the long day before, but ready to knock it out. I Rain X'd the windows and polished the few pieces of chrome (Esky rack, exhaust tips, grille and wheel center caps as it was too early to spin the buffer.)

The hood was pretty easy compared to the roof. I worked in small sections, going over some spots 3-4 times in 2x2 sections, adding small dabs of compound to help shift what was coating the paint. I worked my way around the roof clockwise, reaching across the roof as far as I could from one side as it had better light to see the imperfections. Once I finished the entire roof, I came back and hammered away at the ridges from front to back. That will test your patience for sure.

It was starting to look much better and then I looked too closely. I carefully got up on the roof, layed down and started polishing again in some of the troubled spots and I got that roof pretty damn good...well 3 hours later it was good enough.

It looks heaps better, so I went ahead and finished it off and coated it the same as the body. I tried to take comparison photos while I was up there, but the camera could not really do the old vs. new justice.

Here are some of the finished detail pictures.

 

[Fosscore]

 

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[05Single]

Looking crispy clean as always. Lame about the handle, but it happens.

Couple things , I usually follow a clay bar with a microfiber instead if a wash.
And I usually start at the roof.

But she's now ready for 2018

 

[05Single]

Oh yea btw....when you shaving that hatch already ?!!