What did you do to your GMT today?

[ConeKilrAutoX]

Finished wet sanding this morning with head pounding and all. Grille is installed.

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Finished night shading the rear reflectors.

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THAT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO GOOD! nice work!

 

[Wishbone]

THAT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO GOOD! nice work!

A good example of 'Less Is More'...

 

[24v 4.2]

Yes it does. Use a flat head screw driver to pop out the (7) clips. There are four clips across the top, one on the bottom on each corner, and (1) clip in the middle. The new grille only uses (6) clips as the one in the middle is no longer needed.

Ok, cool thanks.

I have my wheels plasti-dipped so I may leave it fully black to match. We will see

 

[dmanns67]

Ok, cool thanks.

I have my wheels plasti-dipped so I may leave it fully black to match. We will see

True. You could always plasti dip the frame of the grille. If you do not like it you can peel it off. The grill itself is a high gloss abs plastic, whereas plasti dip has a flat finish. Whatever you decide post some pics.

 

[chethro]

Put a grill insert on the Terrain today and took a picture of the Envoy brush guard after a good cleaning.

 

[24v 4.2]

True. You could always plasti dip the frame of the grille. If you do not like it you can peel it off. The grill itself is a high gloss abs plastic, whereas plasti dip has a flat finish. Whatever you decide post some pics.

I thought that may be the best plan. We will see, I do like your color match.

 

[wesman43]

Replaced my broken headlight mount..stupid deer-_-View attachment 29240

And sanded and sprayed black enamel on the headlight clips so they will never rust!!
Dmanns!! That looks great! What tail lights do you have?!?

 

[fr34kout]

Those are the Black Bermuda style tail lights. Kind of pricey, but you can find them on ebay.

Chevrolet Trailblazer 2002 2009 Tail Lamps LED Bermuda Black Inpro | eBay

I think they look 10x better tinted

 

[shrek77]

Drove her over 300 miles today and got 22mpg highway. Incase you didn't believe me pic taken at half of a tank remaining. When I refilled tank it was 11.47 gallons for 253 miles.
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[Carolina_Jake]

I can tell you were having a good time painting, you painted ALL of the tape too!

Edit: Nevermind, my laptop screen made the blue part look like overhead light glare

HAHAHA Exactly what my laptop screen did too... looks good any how

 

[Ryda55555]

Those are the Black Bermuda style tail lights. Kind of pricey, but you can find them on ebay.

Chevrolet Trailblazer 2002 2009 Tail Lamps LED Bermuda Black Inpro | eBay

I think they look 10x better tinted

We need something like this for envoys, i would buy it even if they cost $4-500

 

[dmanns67]

Dmanns!! That looks great! What tail lights do you have?!?

Fr34kout is correct. They are made by IPCW, style is Bermuda black led taillights. I also have the IPCW bermuda black Avalanche 3rd brake light. I have been debating about night shading my taillights and 3rd brake light, but I am still on the fence. I think they look great tinted on black, silver, and white TBs. How easy is it to remove the night shade?

What does everyone think. Night shade taillights and 3rd brake light or leave as is? Here is what they currently look like.

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We need something like this for envoys, i would buy it even if they cost $4-500

Spec-D has a good selection of taillights for the Envoy at CARiD.com - Car Accessories & Parts

 

[Short Bus]

Spec-D has a good selection of taillights for the Envoy at CARiD.com - Car Accessories & Parts

Most of those look like they are fore the older style Envoys.

 

[fr34kout]

The only aftermarket I've ever seen for Envoys are these type

02 08 GMC Envoy Tail Lights Rear Brake Lamps Black Blk Assembly LH RH Pair New | eBay

Personally I think they look horrible. The stock lights don't exactly look good, but sprayed with either VHT red for all red, VHT Niteshade for tinted, or swapping to Ascenders looks way better to me.

Dmann I say you tint them, but removing it isn't easy like Plastidip. It's regular paint, so you need to use thinner to remove it. I would honestly spend the extra money to take them to a body shop to have sprayed the correct way. Tinted clear as a base coat, and covered with clear afterwards. Sanded and buffed, it will look like a mirror. Nite shade I noticed had a brown tinge to it in direct sun light, and it also has red inside so it made my orange turn signals look red. Overall it looked significantly better when sprayed with true automotive paint out of a gun.

 

[Ryda55555]

The only aftermarket I've ever seen for Envoys are these type

02 08 GMC Envoy Tail Lights Rear Brake Lamps Black Blk Assembly LH RH Pair New | eBay

Personally I think they look horrible. The stock lights don't exactly look good, but sprayed with either VHT red for all red, VHT Niteshade for tinted, or swapping to Ascenders looks way better to me.

Dmann I say you tint them, but removing it isn't easy like Plastidip. It's regular paint, so you need to use thinner to remove it. I would honestly spend the extra money to take them to a body shop to have sprayed the correct way. Tinted clear as a base coat, and covered with clear afterwards. Sanded and buffed, it will look like a mirror. Nite shade I noticed had a brown tinge to it in direct sun light, and it also has red inside so it made my orange turn signals look red. Overall it looked significantly better when sprayed with true automotive paint out of a gun.

Yea, not a big fan of those
I wanna tint mine darker but dont want any light or cop issues
Maybe i'll try and locate a pair of ascender tails

 

[Carolina_Jake]

Wet sanded
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5 coats VHT Nite-Shades w/ 10 coats clear coats Krylon
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Lots of "orange peel" left on lights so more sanding and glazing , I'll do that once my hands get feeling again

 

[Sparky]

Should sand off all the printing on the lenses

I know, now I'm giving you more work!

 

[wesman43]

Fr34kout is correct. They are made by IPCW, style is Bermuda black led taillights. I also have the IPCW bermuda black Avalanche 3rd brake light. I have been debating about night shading my taillights and 3rd brake light, but I am still on the fence. I think they look great tinted on black, silver, and white TBs. How easy is it to remove the night shade?

What does everyone think. Night shade taillights and 3rd brake light or leave as is? Here is what they currently look like.

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Spec-D has a good selection of taillights for the Envoy at CARiD.com - Car Accessories & Parts

Found these exact one on newegg(lmaowut?) For $221 with free shipping I'm placing my order today!

Just ordered Morimoto mini h1 retrofit kit with the new 6.0 minis!!!!

 

[mike_k]

Took 2 broken center consoles and made 1 not broken center console. Finally installed the new mirrors i got with the hail storm in 2012.

 

[CdnGMan]

Having it towed to my mechanic as she's stuck in park due to a brake pedal sensor not working...

 

[fr34kout]

You found car parts on newegg? Lmao I would never expect that

 

[dmanns67]

Has anyone tried adhesion promoter when using VHT night shade instead of sanding the taillight lens? If for some reason you had to/wanted to remove the night shade, you would have to replace your taillights. I am assuming it would be fine as the adhesion promoter is clear and is used with plastics.

 

[fr34kout]

I've removed niteshade several times from my lenses. First I never sanded my lights in the first place. A simple acid wash followed by degreaser and a quick wipe of thinner got the surface clean enough for the paint to stick. To remove I used thinner, microfibers, and a lot of elbow grease.

The one time I did sand my lights, my cousin buffed them out using a rotary buffer and some buffing compound and the lights looked brand new.

 

[Short Bus]

You found car parts on newegg? Lmao I would never expect that

How about gun parts?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA04K06R3978

Lasermax Laser Sights LMS3XD - Newegg.com

 

[fr34kout]

Wow crazy selection of things, they're turning into Amazon lol. Only knew they had computer parts.

Edit: Holy shit their prices are ridiclious. a 7/8" cushion clamp for $41. One of these

Can find them on Amazon for less than half the price.

 

[jimmyjam]

Newegg is just aggregating from other sellers. Like Amazon does. Those products aren't sold by newegg, they just use their website. For example those sights are sold by opticsplanet if you read the site

 

[24v 4.2]

Got my Spec D grille today. Not sure if I will paint the part surrounding the mesh or not...

 

[yodaddy4200]

Just about done with the transfer case fluid change. MAY03LT. Thanks again for all the amazingly helpful videos bro!!

Oh for any one with rattling sounds. (My truck sounded like it was going to fall apart) The bar going across the bottom of the truck was rattling off of the plastic (armour) that sits right above it covering the gas tank. Thought i was going to be doing endlinks here soon NOPE!! Just gonna leave that pos bar off so when i hit a sewer cover my truck doesnt sound like its going to fall apart!!

 

[dmanns67]

Got my Spec D grille today. Not sure if I will paint the part surrounding the mesh or not...

I like it. The black grille goes well with the black rims and running boards.

Maybe you could play around with photo shop and see what it would look like color matching before painting. I think it gives the TB a more aggressive look

 

[STLtrailbSS]

Snagged up a LS7 Throttle Body and a new armrest off TBSSowners that place is worse than ebay for my bank
throttle will be here Wednesday and should see some longtubes pretty soon in the mail

 

[fr34kout]

Just curious, what do you have done that warrants an LS7 tb? I was under the assumption that the LS2 was good enough even for a decent power adder, but your 6.0 is a whole different beast compared to my 5.3

 

[STLtrailbSS]

The LS7 shows no actual HP improvement what so ever the motor is stronger and the throttle response is improved. Also its get rid of a throttle flutter that mine suffers from. Just a better TB to run over OEM A lot of boost guys run it beacause of a problem with 'Limp Mode" being triggered by the other TB

 

[TexazReece]

Snagged up a LS7 Throttle Body and a new armrest off TBSSowners that place is worse than ebay for my bank
throttle will be here Wednesday and should see some longtubes pretty soon in the mail

So your the one that got the armrest......Grrrrrrrrrrrr lol jk

 

[24v 4.2]

I like it. The black grille goes well with the black rims and running boards.

Maybe you could play around with photo shop and see what it would look like color matching before painting. I think it gives the TB a more aggressive look

I may just leave it for now. Or plasti-dip the surround as you suggested the other day. Next up is a belltech 2/3 drop, then headlight retrofit. I am planning to sand and colormatch the grey center of the inside, and fit projectors, clear corners, and amber led strips up the corners and across the bottom.

Do I need anything other than the 2/3 kit from belltech?

A arms, etc?

 

[fr34kout]

Yea throttle response was the main thing I heard about moving to the LS7 TB.

 

[jrSS]

24v 4.2.....yes you'll need tonys modified uca's. Theres way more you can get... other than the drop and uca's. Pan hard bar....shorter endlinks...new rear control arms etc. But for an economical drop you'll just need the drop and uca's.

 

[STLtrailbSS]

So your the one that got the armrest......Grrrrrrrrrrrr lol jk

Oh yay buddy I have lived with my elbow indented armrest for about a year now! its for my health

 

[wesman43]

Oh yay buddy I have lived with my elbow indented armrest for about a year now! its for my health

Provides a nice lovely cushiony hole for you to stick your elbow :thumbup:

 

[Short Bus]

Oh yay buddy I have lived with my elbow indented armrest for about a year now! its for my health

I have one of those

 

[Ryda55555]

A porsche carrera parked beside me while i was getting food today... But thats not the good part lol the good part was that he waited for me to get back to tell me he liked my truck :wootwoot:
But he also asked me where my center caps were, so i stopped by a canadian tire and bought a can of stainless steel silver to spray my caps, the cap matched up very nicely with my rims so hopefully its not too off but imma need to sand a lot
But i've been taking it easy on my gas pedal and iim getting 474kms per tank compared to 430-440 i was getting before the tune so hopefully it stays like that if my foot stays light