05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

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Front end looks really good, especially with the front bumper color matched. How'd you do the bumper again? Rattle canned it? I forgot.
All parts I paint are rattle canned. holding up pretty good. There’s some chips on the front bumper I need to fill in, then I’ll put a clear bra over it. Just not avoidable here:nolol:

And yep I used the rust-oleum rust reformer, same as the one @Galante posted.
 
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A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!:party36:

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.B068E893-924E-4E22-9B0A-05476618E2AF.jpeg 4DC40573-38AF-4B07-B057-B99725EC674C.jpeg 02DE3E75-0110-4791-826F-E9AA21FB675D.jpeg 1AF91272-5D4D-4FF9-99AF-577206DBC1A3.jpeg
 
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All of my center caps have dents. This cap was the worst one. Upon closer inspection I noticed it’s an aluminum cover over the plastic center cap and that they can be separated. So I pried the tabs and separated them to try and work the dents out and try to make the aluminum look smooth again. 5BE54B0B-7F58-4878-8FBA-624AC98354FA.jpegFE379E74-F38D-40AD-BDE4-2F8C7508D6C6.jpegB0E61F18-D91B-4664-BDD8-5D3DA3CB31E6.jpegD2BE44F9-F7C1-4C74-A5E6-4196B67AE409.jpegBE46ACEE-E56C-4F34-B9E1-42092764FC11.jpeg
 

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A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!:party36:

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.View attachment 221927 View attachment 221928 View attachment 221929 View attachment 221930
Looks really good. Kind of reminds me of Star Trek for some reason lol.
 

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A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!:party36:

Haven’t deep cleaned the bay in a couple years so I decided bring it back to life. Simple green (or degreaser of your choice) then rinse. When it’s still a little wet from the rinse then soak it down with armor all (or shine of your choice) and let sit for 30 minutes. Then wipe the excess off. Also finished debadging the engine components, took stickers off air box, maf, and ps fluid reservoir.View attachment 221927 View attachment 221928 View attachment 221929 View attachment 221930
Now that’s a clean engine. I need to do mine.
 

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