clandr1
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That's incredible! Can you share the products and process you used on the center caps?
What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?
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Tonyrodz
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Huge improvement.
BatsTDK
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Yeah I actually got the idea from someone here… it’s Rust-oleum Aircraft Remover. It’s like a really thick gel that you let sit for about 20 minutes then scrape off. Took 2 applications but it worked well.
iamdub
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I was just there for a couple of hours for work. Had I visited the forum beforehand, I would've seen your Esky was running and would've tried to come check it out. I'm rarely that way, but I also never know where I'll be or when until the last minute, maybe the night before at best.
please give me a call next time you come this way. The Eskybuild is being done in N. AL where the builder lives. Hope it’s finished and home by mid April.
iamdub
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Fo sho! I've always wanted to catch Cruisin' The Coast but something ALWAYS comes up. I quit going to Scrapin' years ago due to the kids getting too stupid and the torrential storms EVERY time. We sometimes make weekend trips to Gulfport/Biloxi just to get out of LA.
Oh! I missed that part.
SnowDrifter
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Gen 2 honda coolant
Here is the hat and logo design I settled on. Ordered red and black hats for my two brothers to have for "Cruzin" the Coast" in Oct. and for the builder(s).
My Yukon loves to eat rear rotors. New pads and rotors from NAPA (proformer with painted hats and Proformer ceramic pads. Not bad for $200. As usual, a frozen caliper slide pin is the cause. cleaned and relubed, good as new.
Also my driver's rear parking brake was SOAKED in gear oil. Yay, time for a 2 hour fix it job for a $7 part.
Also my driver's rear parking brake was SOAKED in gear oil. Yay, time for a 2 hour fix it job for a $7 part.
Since replacing the wheel seal involves playing with the rear differential. Should I just do wheel bearings and wheel seals on both sides? And be done with it especially since I have 302000 miles original bearings?
Tonyrodz
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If it was me, and I was already in there--I would.
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I did mine at 160k as maintenance. I would if I was you, as well as the brake dust shields since you can replace them with the factory one-piece ones instead of the Dorman 2-piece that can be installed without pulling the axles. I’m sure yours are rusted out, and the factory ones are heavier duty. The axles need to be pulled to do the factory ones.
Yes, my dust shields are 100% gone.LOL. OK, I will do both seals and both bearings and both shields. There are so many bearing sizes on Rock Auto with slight variations past the tenth decimal point. I Im going with matching Timken seal and bearing since I know they're made in USA. $109 shipped Rock Auto. Thanks!
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Thanks!
Can’t go wrong with Timken bearings.
Seat Covers arrived! The new seat covers from Leatherseats.com arrived today. They look good. Workmanship seems first rate. It will be a month or so before we install them as the interior is the last thing we'll do. Included a pre-paint reconditioning photo so you can get an idea of how the seat color and exterior look together. The remainder of the trim is pewter, except the door armrest and trim insert above the armrest which will be covered in red leather to match the seats.
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Are those leather? They look like they might not be, kinda hard to tell.
They are leather. Leatherseats.com offers three leather trim levels. 1. Leather center panels with all other vinyl, 2. Leather complete seating area with vinyl sides and back center panel (this is the OE configuration) and, 3. All leather. I bought the OE configuration.
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clandr1
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I would since you have efficiencies in your favor. If you don't, and the wheel bearings or seal on the other side go out, you're going to have to do most of the same work again. Might as well do it all at once since parts aren't that expensive.
Took my dirty Hoe up to one of our local LKQ Pick Your Part yards (we have two of those around here, as well as three other Upulls) and picked up a trunk lid for a friend's Fusion that suffered a hit and run about 8 months ago.
I've been watching the yards for more than a month and this one came in a few days ago, right color and right badging, and in perfect shape. She's selling it so I'm helping her clean it up some, just need a good bumper cover yet, then we can swap the parts and sell. In this market she should do okay.
Last weekend I pulled the torn bumper cover off, straightened it out a bit, and figured out what else would be needed. Also replaced a taillight. Here's what it looks like after I "adjusted" a few things:
After that I took her -- the Hoe -- through the car wash for a bath and bottom blaster to get the salty residue off. Much better now!
I've been watching the yards for more than a month and this one came in a few days ago, right color and right badging, and in perfect shape. She's selling it so I'm helping her clean it up some, just need a good bumper cover yet, then we can swap the parts and sell. In this market she should do okay.
Last weekend I pulled the torn bumper cover off, straightened it out a bit, and figured out what else would be needed. Also replaced a taillight. Here's what it looks like after I "adjusted" a few things:
After that I took her -- the Hoe -- through the car wash for a bath and bottom blaster to get the salty residue off. Much better now!
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