Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[George B]

You do regular driving?

Yah

Not me! Been driving in town all week and weekend. Getting 13 mi to the gallon. But plenty or smiles per mile...

 

[Rocket Man]

Not me! Been driving in town all week and weekend. Getting 13 mi to the gallon. But plenty or smiles per mile...

My last tank, after the new trans....8 mpg. All city though.

 

[George B]

My last tank, after the new trans....8 mpg. All city though.

I would probably get the same if I had one of those belt drive intake manifolds too.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Yeah right....good one Tony, I believe you...

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[05Single]

I removed the piece from the glass- the first 2 pics show it off the glass. There’s 3 screws and the bottom edge is held with high bond tape.


I used a DA starting with 220 to remove the texture but in hindsight I would have just hand sanded it, the texture comes off easy. I went to 400 then 600 hand sanding. Then adhesion promoter, the base from automotivetouchup.com, then U-Pol #1 clear. My buddy that owns a body shop thinks I might not have got good coverage on the base over the black plastic which might be causing it to be too dark so he said to scuff the clear, reapply base and then I’m shooting it with some 2k clear I ordered from automotivetouchup if it ever ships along with more base.

Oh lol , I’m blind . My eyes were

 

[Rocket Man]

I was on @blurred ’s build thread and saw where he had someone scrape against his Hoe and not leave a note, which made me remember the same thing happened to me at work a few months ago. I don’t think I ever even took a pic of it or posted anything, I wanted to not think about it. But here it is. It actually has a small dent and it’s scraped all the way into the base coat. I think I’ll pull the tail light and see if I can massage it from the inside and then buff it to make it look a bit better. Sucks.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I was on @blurred ’s build thread and saw where he had someone scrape against his Hoe and not leave a note, which made me remember the same thing happened to me at work a few months ago. I don’t think I ever even took a pic of it or posted anything, I wanted to not think about it. But here it is. It actually has a small dent and it’s scraped all the way into the base coat. I think I’ll pull the tail light and see if I can massage it from the inside and then buff it to make it look a bit better. Sucks.

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I'm not gonna "Like" this! Some people are just assholes. Maybe touch up that spot with primer, then paint and try to wet sand then buff. You do good work Mark--bet no one would notice it but you--only cuz you know it's there.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm not gonna "Like" this! Some people are just assholes. Maybe touch up that spot with primer, then paint and try to wet sand then buff. You do good work Mark--bet no one would notice it but you--only cuz you know it's there.

No, I know my painting skills as far as trying to touch up a small area like that will definitely result in it being worse than it is, which would then transfer my anger towards myself for being stupid enough to think I could do that. I’ll try to massage it and buff but that’s as far as I’m going. Anything more and I’ll have my buddy do it.

 

[swathdiver]

Not me! Been driving in town all week and weekend. Getting 13 mi to the gallon. But plenty or smiles per mile...

Still burning the corn?

 

[Sam Harris]

I'm not gonna "Like" this! Some people are just assholes. Maybe touch up that spot with primer, then paint and try to wet sand then buff. You do good work Mark--bet no one would notice it but you--only cuz you know it's there.

X2, and. ******* sonsofbitches!

 

[George B]

Still burning the corn?

No, it was fun but at only .05 cheaper than 87 the loss in mileage was too much to make it cost effective. Sure ran good tho.

 

[Rocket Man]

I bought a new wash brush and it works awesome.

 

[George B]

I bought a new wash brush and it works awesome.View attachment 249733View attachment 249734View attachment 249735View attachment 249736

I am in the market. What did you get?

 

[Rocket Man]

I am in the market. What did you get?

CARCAREZ 10" Car Wash Brush with Soft Bristle for Auto RV Truck Boat Camper Exterior Washing Cleaning, Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EHD6YP0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tau_kzA4Eb20T3S08

 

[George B]

CARCAREZ 10" Car Wash Brush with Soft Bristle for Auto RV Truck Boat Camper Exterior Washing Cleaning, Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EHD6YP0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tau_kzA4Eb20T3S08

Thanks!

 

[pwtr02ss]

Thanks!

x2 . Been looking for one myself.

 

[05Single]

I bought a new wash brush and it works awesome.View attachment 249733View attachment 249734View attachment 249735View attachment 249736

Man I hate black wheels as much as you hate chrome , but in the right light these look so damn clean on your nali

 

[BADRIDES]

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Can I see a good side shot of the Denali on level pavement? I might just pull the trigger on the 305's. I want a good side so I can check out the fender gap.

 

[Rocket Man]

Can I see a good side shot of the Denali on level pavement? I might just pull the trigger on the 305's. I want a good side so I can check out the fender gap.

Sure.

 

[BADRIDES]

Sure. View attachment 249838View attachment 249839View attachment 249840

I really like that