New to site. New Yukon owner.

[teejayone]

hey Guys, new to the site here. Just picked up a 1995 Yukon 2-Dr with 112,000 miles. Original owner. Pretty much all original. Anxious to start modding... Any recommendations for first mods? Looking for best bang for the buck. Also, curious of any common problems I should keep an eye out for....

Thanks.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

Welcome to the Forum , one of the best things to do to these trucks IMO is to take off the side molding cheap and easy

 

[un4givn85]

welcome
i too am a new guy with a 95 lol tho mines a 4 door
this site is very informative and welcoming

 

[purple 'hoe]

Welcome to the Forum!

I agree on ditching the side moldings and rear badges. Tint, HID's and color matching are always good cheap mod's also. Any pictures of your Yukon? Post them up and we can give you some suggestions

Only rear trouble area's on the 1995's are transmissions. 4L60E's are not the best transmissions ever, but they are not terrible either. Like any older truck, it's something to watch for. The TBI 5.7's are fairly reliable motors IMO.

 

[bowtiefreak]

welcome. I'll also say remove the molding, stickers, emblems and all that. Paint the frame and wheel wells after a good cleaning.

post some pics too.

 

[teejayone]

already removed emblems. still debating on removing the moldings. what do you recommend for painting the frame and wheel wells? flat black or semi gloss black? what brand paint?

is a leveling kit worth while? not really wanting to do a full on suspension lift just yet.

 

[purple 'hoe]

All 3 of my trucks I've use a cheap frame paint from an automotive store or hardware store. Wisconsin winters are brutal on frames, so the paint will chip away anyways. I just go over it good once in spring, and once in the fall.

I do have some POR-15 stuff I've been wanting to use. Maybe this year before snow fall I will try it out.

The leveling kits for the OBS trucks are really not worth it. You are better off just saving up for a lift kit if that's what you want to do. All the leveling kits for these trucks are is just a expensive way of cranking your factory key's up

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

All 3 of my trucks I've use a cheap frame paint from an automotive store or hardware store. Wisconsin winters are brutal on frames, so the paint will chip away anyways. I just go over it good once in spring, and once in the fall.

I do have some POR-15 stuff I've been wanting to use. Maybe this year before snow fall I will try it out.

The leveling kits for the OBS trucks are really not worth it. You are better off just saving up for a lift kit if that's what you want to do. All the leveling kits for these trucks are is just a expensive way of cranking your factory key's up

X2 on all this , iand as for the type of paint i just use a flat black i wouldnt use gloss or anything

 

[NathanJax]

 

[kaoticlife]

and x2 on molding, badges, and painting the frame and wells.

 

[yukondenali]

Welcome

 

[bowtiefreak]

I used rustolium semi gloss.

First wire brush the big crap off, then clean with dish soap and a stiff bristle brush. and let that dry really well. Then brush paint it on nice and thick. make sure you let it dry also before driving and messing up all the work

 

[teejayone]

heres a pic

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/20120905103652.jpg/

 

[KPOD]

I used rustolium semi gloss.

First wire brush the big crap off, then clean with dish soap and a stiff bristle brush. and let that dry really well. Then brush paint it on nice and thick. make sure you let it dry also before driving and messing up all the work

That looks great, I think I'll try it next weekend

 

[bowtiefreak]

Here's another pic to see the whole frame and well the whole underbody of the truck all cleaned up

 

[KPOD]

What about painting the frame with bed liner? To help prevent rusting? I see in my wheel wells the previous owner already sprayed some form of bed liner it appears.