The life and times of Debonair’s Denali

[Debonair]

2011 Yukon Denali.



Day one of owning this truck (04/26/18) i jumped in and stared fixing isusues and “fixing” annoyances. I’ll post info on them here for others to reference and maybe even enjoy. In all the years this model has been out I’m sure some of this has been covered but some may have been lost to time, especially the pictures. I don’t intend on modifying it as much as my previous cars but time will tell.

Issues at purchase in no particular order:

1. No floor mats
2. Broken cup holder and ash tray doors
3. Dirty everywhere
4. Cracked dash
5. Incandescent lights everywhere
6. Missing trim here and there

I’m sure I’m missing some. So here we go.

 

[Debonair]

Broken ash tray and cup holder doors:

They would clunk open crooked when pressed. The spring release did not work. After pulling them out i found that both doors were broken in the same way. One of the pivot pegs on each door had sheared off. I found one peg and both springs in the center console compartment below the cup holder but the other peg was missing. A longer screw and the broken peg is all that was needed to fix one door. For the other i measured the peg width (11mm i think) and headed to the hardware store to get a replacement. I found this aluminum piece and installed it with a washer. Both doors fixed @ $0.62 and working like new!

Please excuse the dirt. I cleaned it up after i fixed it. Didn’t want to put that effort in until i knew i was not replacing it.

 

[tgui]

I "fixed" my Denalis cracked dash Ebay find.




Also found on ebay:

 

[Debonair]

I already got my mats from High End Motorsports which are actually Lloyd mats. Three rows, no cargo mat... yet. I need to get some picture of them installed.

 

[tgui]

But they don't say "Denali". How are people going to know what you drive?!

 

[Debonair]

But they don't say "Denali". How are people going to know what you drive?!

I actually opted out of it. They look great at first but then start to look dingy when they get dirty (I'm carpet mat 12mo. a year guy). I am looking at for a metal DENALI or GMC plate I can add to them like this:

 

[tgui]

Wait, where did you find those? I could use em for my Lexus. lol

 

[Tonyrodz]

Those plates

I actually opted out of it. They look great at first but then start to look dingy when they get dirty (I'm carpet mat 12mo. a year guy). I am looking at for a metal DENALI or GMC plate I can add to them like this:

Those plates would get scratched to hell. They look like they'd also work on the door sills.

 

[Debonair]

Wait, where did you find those? I could use em for my Lexus. lol

HERE

Those plates would get scratched to hell. They look like they'd also work on the door sills.

As long as they are not too big they would never get stepped on on. I plan on putting them parallel to the door sill (see pic) if I ever find any. These mats look so clean now plain that I may just leave them as is.

 

[Debonair]

Taillight fix:

Left rear had some kind of chemical damage. Probobly from some kind of tape being left on there.

Compound and polish with my trusty UDM made it invisible unless you know it’s there.