Pete's (Now Nate's) 2003 Denali Budget Build thread

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Today: Diagnosing no front speaker situation.
Pulled both fron door panels and pillars just to verify i even had speakers at all and that they were connected.
Took apart the dash etc and traced the wires to the head unit with no breaks in the wires. Must be the front channel of the factory head unit.Ordered a JVC double din and steering wheel control kit to replace it.

Debadge the rear...

Before:

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Used the heat gun and a strong string to remove the YUKON and GMC emblems
Used WD-40, microfiber and my thumbnail along with a hard piece of plastic to remove all the residue
Then i used rubbing compound to get the rest of the residue off

I could still see the shape of the letters, so i wet sanded 2000 grit to get that off
Then used the Griot's Garage Random Orbital and a Polish Pad to bring the shine back.
Then waxed

After:

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Denali Dually

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Yep better get rid of that wiper. Even more useless where you live. Nice job on debadging, so clean.
 

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Does anyone have a hard time seeing at night through our windshileds, like no matter what you do, there's not enough light?
 
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Gonna do a @Red Rocket ? It looks slick!

Yep better get rid of that wiper. Even more useless where you live. Nice job on debadging, so clean.

that's not an easy one though. i don't have a welder. would have to take it somewhere to have it done.
funny when i got this vehicle none of these things bothered me.

Does anyone have a hard time seeing at night through our windshileds, like no matter what you do, there's not enough light?

hmm, might wanna hit the eye doctor :) mine seems fine at night. its backing up with all that tint at night that makes it impossible to see
 

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Does anyone have a hard time seeing at night through our windshileds, like no matter what you do, there's not enough light?

What kinda shape are your headlights in? I've got no issues with my Esky even when I had the crappy OEM headlights on I could still see good (that's when this pic was from) even better now with the new headlight assembly's

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