What did you do to your GMT today?

[mcsteven]

Added a rear bumper protector (mostly to protect against folks who can't parallel park) and the HIDs in the fog lamps today. I'll do the relay for the DRL killer this weekend and put the HIDs into the low beams as well. I also remounted the passenger side cornering light. The car had been hit in a parking lot, cracked the cover, and the light had popped out. I didn't realize how easy it was to reinstall until I pulled both headlights out.

Right now the bumper protector is chrome/stainless. The truck is black, so I'm not sure about painting the protector. I want people to see it. I figure once it gets banged and scratched up a bit I'll dip it like I did the grille.

I'll post a pic tomorrow of the protector. The fogs are OMG bright.

 

[dmanns67]

SS wheels?

Yes sir. I have been looking for Months on Craig's List. Finally found a set of OE the guy took of his wife's TBSS for a great deal. He is even including TPM sensors, center caps, and decent tires. They are plasti-dipped currently, not sure if I will keep them that way or not. They have the polished finish underneath.

 

[Envoy_04]

Yes sir. I have been looking for Months on Craig's List. Finally found a set of OE the guy took of his wife's TBSS for a great deal. He is even including TPM sensors, center caps, and decent tires. They are plasti-dipped currently, not sure if I will keep them that way or not. They have the polished finish underneath.

Oh man, polished SS wheels would look KILLER on your TB!

 

[dmanns67]

Oh man, polished SS wheels would look KILLER on your TB!

Thats what I am thinking. I might install or sit the wheels in front of my current wheels to see if I like them plasti-dipped. Most likely will go ahead and peel it off. The guy said they have been plasti-dipped for a while, so hopefully that help protect the stock finish of the wheels. We shall see, I will post some pics tomorrow morning after picking them up. Not looking forward to the 3hr drive after getting off work in the morning, but it will be worth it.

 

[Sparky]

Hopefully no surprises under the dip.

 

[yodaddy4200]

dmann67 congrats on the SS wheels man! I absolutely fell in love the first time a saw them on the OS. Can't wait for pics!


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[dmanns67]

Hopefully no surprises under the dip.

Yeah good point. He has showed me pics of the wheels before they were plasti-dipped and looked good. He said there was no peeling of the clear coat and no curbing. He seems like a decent guy. I will definitely examine them thoroughly when I get there.

dmann67 congrats on the SS wheels man! I absolutely fell in love the first time a saw them on the OS. Can't wait for pics!


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They are not mine yet, but hopefully in the next 12hrs they will be . I will def be posting some pics.

 

[blazinlow89]

Parked it for the next few weeks so I can do whatever free or cheap maintenance I can.

On the list figure out what is making the strange noises from the driver side and hopefully replace, put a SS hose clamp on the passenger side CV boot, change front and rear dif fluid as I already have the stuff for it, fix the terrible cut off on my projectors, and clean up my rats nest under the hood that I call wiring.

 

[Fire06]

Good luck on the rats nest/wiring

 

[Blckshdw]

After seeing another member do this with their Torque App, I copied the idea and made a page for current/historical misfires and let it run on my commute home. It was running in the background behind a few other apps I keep running while I drive, so I didn't see it until I got home.

I have some investigating/tinkering to do this weekend I know Torque isn't completely accurate, because the current misfire numbers would go up and then back down as I idled in the driveway before shutting down.

 

[DonnyDrywall]

I did the quad high beam mod today.

Also while I didn't do it today, I sold the clear lens that came with my mirrors. bought amber, smoked them with lens tent and I couldn't be happier with the result. while they don't look bright in the pictures during the day they are plenty bright enough to see.

 

[Envoy_04]

Put the new intermediate shaft in the Voy today and still no solution to the incessant rattling and wandering, but I've ruled almost everything else out. Starting to think maybe something in the rack??? I really hope not, that'd be a real PITA to have to deal with right now.

Enough of my problems, Dmanns, we need pics of the new wheels!!!

 

[Fire06]

Put the new intermediate shaft in the Voy today and still no solution to the incessant rattling and wandering, but I've ruled almost everything else out. Starting to think maybe something in the rack??? I really hope not, that'd be a real PITA to have to deal with right now.

Enough of my problems, Dmanns, we need pics of the new wheels!!!

You have checked the front wheel bearings, tie rods ,and ball joints

 

[Envoy_04]

You have checked the front wheel bearings, tie rods ,and ball joints

Yep, those were the first things I went after, I was hoping like crazy it was actually something like that because it would've been relatively easy to fix.

 

[0u812]

Today.... the plan is valve cover gasket and intake manifold gasket. the leak around the valve cover seems to have expanded and cannot be ignored by someone like me... so while I have to be there... the manifold gasket will also get my attention.

 

[dmanns67]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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[smt 59]

Adjusted tire pressure and tightened the battery cables as the lights were flickering a bit lately, hope it works.

 

[gmcman]

Going to get an oil pressure socket and test the oil pressure at cold startup and when hot. Have this odd knock when cold but doesn't sound like a rod, goes away above idle and more pronounced when cold. Not sure what the tensioner sounds like when worn or a piston slap since this motor has been quiet most of it's life.

I know I have a worn lash adjuster so maybe it doesn't fully close the gap when it stops ticking...does this on a cold start up on occasion. Also have exhaust leak since the last manifold bolt in rear is busted. Water pump is good, just many variables right now so I want to narrow this down.

 

[yodaddy4200]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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Looks killer! I like the dip!

 

[jrSS]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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Not gonna lie...after I did p-dip i hated it. But it did make up my mind that I wanted black wheels when i did. Truck looks good man....needs low

 

[mcsteven]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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Those look great with your darker ride. It'd be nice to see it lowered, but I also see it's 4wd and I know a lot of folks don't want to lower a 4wd so they can keep some clearance. Keep the dip.

 

[Envoy_04]

Dmanns, you know I'm personally a fan of the polished look on TBSS wheels, but with the color of your TB and the black grille you've got, the dip works. Good thing about the plastidip is that you can always peel 'em and try polished for a while, and then decide which you like better and re-dip 'em if you like the black look best.


Today I put my 3600 lumen Cree LED headlights in the highs and lows on my Envoy. The fogs are a project for next weekend as the surrounding plastic at the back of the housing is going to need a bit of dremel work. Pics and a few details are in the Cree Headlight thread.

 

[mike_k]

Figured out my electrical issue finally. Put the stock radio and a satelite radio receiver in and got the wires ready for the big 3 upgrade.

 

[blazinlow89]

Looks good Dmanns. However I think with a 2.5" lift and some bigger tires, that thing would look sick.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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Lose the dip. Wheels look like spare SS wheels. Let the polish shine!!! Or at least go gloss black.

 

[Ghoster]

Lose the dip. Wheels look like spare SS wheels. Let the polish shine!!! Or at least go gloss black.

Agreed.

 

[Playsinsnow]

Installed some new shoes (TBSS OEM) :wootwoot: and ran it through the car wash.

After talking to the guy found out he is a member on TBSSowners. His 06 SS is sweet all blacked out. I mentioned Carlisle Truck Nats so hopefully he shows up.

Still debating on keeping the plasti-dip or not. All opinions are welcome

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Flat black, gloss black, or gunmetal in no particular order.


Looks good Manns!

Edit: picture for contest #25?

 

[Harpo]

I have cleaned and adjusted the parking brakes today. Got the annual inspection tomorrow

I got a minor leak at the axle on drivers side that completely soak the parking brake pads over a year. Never use it other than the yearly inspection.

Hope all goes well tomorrow.

If everything goes well and no reinspection is needed my summer 20"
wheels will be on the truck next weekend. Can't use them at the inspection cause they add to much width to be approved.

 

[Mark20]

Leaving a shopping center last night I decided to line up the tail end with the windows of a dark store to give a quick light check. Looked light one on the right side was out. It was raining pretty well so there were a few choice words about having to replace the bulb.

Checked again when I got home with a brick on the brake peddle (and me standing in the rain) but both sides looked good. I'm going to have to wait for decent weather to take a closer look.

 

[Blckshdw]

Broke it... Well a piece of a very important part on it anyway... I was going to check the torque on the valve cover bolts and intake manifold today. Started taking things apart, and just after I got the PCM disconnected, realized I couldn't find my 1/4" to 3/8" adapter, to use my 10mm socket with the appropriate torque wrench So I went to put everything back together, figuring I could borrow someone's later.

Start mounting the PCM, and putting the connectors on. As I'm tightening the connector bolts, it seemed like I was tightening it more than I thought it should without clicking. Then I remembered some of the reviews on the 1/4" Harbor Freight one that I have, where a few people complained about it over torquing. Before I could finish thinking, "I should stop here..." **SNAP**

:banghead: So now one of my PCM connectors is being held in place by some daisy chained zip ties, until I can figure out how to fix this correctly. I'll have to hit up Limequat and see if he has any PCM connector bolts he can sell me.

 

[Boricua SS]

I started wrapping up my clear corner headlight mod. I've had the headlights apart for weeks now, painted my bezels black, fixed my broken "bouncy" reflective housing and made my clear lenses last week. I just got lazy with work and all, but im off today so I decided to seal everything up. I put my first bead of RTV on the inside of the lens to make a seal from the inside out. Then I laid a pretty thick bead on the outside. When it dries, i'll go over it visually again and see if I have any pin holes or openings, but more then likely, I'll just run a whole other bead around everything just to make sure everything is sealed up. That RTV is just messy!!! If you touch just one spot, it's following you everywhere. While this mod has been fun, gratifying, for the most part free, and just overall awesome, I will never do this again what a PITA!

if you look on the inside, you can see the crack where the housing separated therefore making the reflector bounce when I hit bumps.

I shot a screw all the way through and now everything is nice and tight again and stays put now. No more bouncing.

Just to make me happy before I seal them up.

and now onto the sealing...

They're curing as we speak. If not tomorrow, I'll hit with some more sealant sometime this week so I can put it everything back together on the beaSSt.

 

[Blckshdw]

I started wrapping up my clear corner headlight mod. I've had the headlights apart for weeks now, painted my bezels black, fixed my broken "bouncy" reflective housing and made my clear lenses last week. I just got lazy with work and all, but im off today so I decided to seal everything up. I put my first bead of RTV on the inside of the lens to make a seal from the inside out. Then I laid a pretty thick bead on the outside. When it dries, i'll go over it visually again and see if I have any pin holes or openings, but more then likely, I'll just run a whole other bead around everything just to make sure everything is sealed up. That RTV is just messy!!! If you touch just one spot, it's following you everywhere. While this mod has been fun, gratifying, for the most part free, and just overall awesome, I will never do this again what a PITA!

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They're curing as we speak. If not tomorrow, I'll hit with some more sealant sometime this week so I can put it everything back together on the beaSSt.

Yeah, it's a time consuming mod, and a royal pain when something doesn't go according to plan. I too said to myself that I'd never open headlights again, and you see how that turned out.

Just between me and you, I already have my 2nd projector retrofit all priced out

 

[Boricua SS]

Yeah, it's a time consuming mod, and a royal pain when something doesn't go according to plan. I too said to myself that I'd never open headlights again, and you see how that turned out.

Just between me and you, I already have my 2nd projector retrofit all priced out

well, like you said, if there is a next time around, all I have to do is cut the rtv . there better not be a next time! This is all I want to do for my lights. Once she becomes a drag truck, I probably wont even have headlights on her

 

[Blckshdw]

well, like you said, if there is a next time around, all I have to do is cut the rtv . there better not be a next time! This is all I want to do for my lights. Once she becomes a drag truck, I probably wont even have headlights on her

Ha ha, well make sure you've got a drag truck by the time I'm ready to pull the trigger on my next retrofit and I might buy em off you. My current front lenses are shot.

 

[Sparky]

I don't want to open mine back up, but I need to this year to fix the alignment. Horiztonal is swept to the side on the passenger light and it annoys me. Plus, I want to improve my turn signals.

Wonder how hard it will be to open my lights again since I used clear RTV on the lens channel to seal it up! Doubt heat will work to soften that...

 

[Blckshdw]

I don't want to open mine back up, but I need to this year to fix the alignment. Horiztonal is swept to the side on the passenger light and it annoys me. Plus, I want to improve my turn signals.

Wonder how hard it will be to open my lights again since I used clear RTV on the lens channel to seal it up! Doubt heat will work to soften that...

Yeah, isn't this stuff supposed to be able to handle a lot of heat?

I'm fairly certain I'll always use the cut method, just cuz I'm impatient like that. After seeing the bolt and angled aluminum mounting style, I want to try that next. Would be nice to be able to make micro adjustments after you get them put on the truck for testing

 

[Sparky]

Yeah, isn't this stuff supposed to be able to handle a lot of heat?

I'm fairly certain I'll always use the cut method, just cuz I'm impatient like that. After seeing the bolt and angled aluminum mounting style, I want to try that next. Would be nice to be able to make micro adjustments after you get them put on the truck for testing

Well I used aftermarket housings on mine, so I initially just baked them open. I might have to actually cut them open this second time around as I have my doubts about the RTV letting go easily

 

[Midnyteryder196]

Replaced fuel filter, and also replaced the fpr, pretty sure my hard starting when warm is fixed now!

 

[Mark20]

Drove it and checked the rear lights again. All lit. Maybe I was wrong thinking a bulb was out.

 

[mcsteven]

Drove it and checked the rear lights again. All lit. Maybe I was wrong thinking a bulb was out.

I've done that - looked and saw a light out that was actually lit. Turned out the window it was reflecting in was angled a little. The brake/tails were in one, wide, and the backups were in separate smaller windows. Of course, it's where I usually park, so it drove me nuts for about 3 tries doing this until I hit the ebrake, turned the key to run, put it in reverse, and saw that it worked without seeing a reflection. Then I noticed the angle of the windows was just enough away on that panel so I couldn't see it.