Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[Rocket Man]

The color match of the Automotive Touchup was perfect. The old handles had looked terrible for a long time. They're like new now. Anybody that's thought about painting theirs , all I can say is do it. Removing them, disassembling and painting isn't that hard. It was way easier than I thought. The rear handles are real easy to get to the 3 bolts, the fronts have one that's a bit hard but if you roll the window down a couple inches you can see it and a 10 mm standard socket fits on it, behind the glass. You have to smash the ends on the pin on the handle itself to disassemble it, and replace with a bolt and I used nylock nuts.

 

[Tonyrodz]

A couple more pics. I also removed and re-glued the carpet on the front door panels because when I first did it, the glue didn't hold well. I used 3M Super 77 this time. You can see the darker color of the grills better on the fronts.

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77 is some good stuff.

 

[Sam Harris]

A couple more pics. I also removed and re-glued the carpet on the front door panels because when I first did it, the glue didn't hold well. I used 3M Super 77 this time. You can see the darker color of the grills better on the fronts.

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That looks great Mark. Really nice contrast

 

[adventurenali92]

I need to get my rear handles that I bought re painted. But I’m dragging my feet on disassembling them. Because I know I’m gonna screw it up and break them as I’ve never disassembled the door handles before... ugh...

 

[Rocket Man]

I removed my roof rack crossbars today. I’m going to CM them after seeing what they look like on @adventurenali92 ’s truck. But it looks so much cleaner without them that Ill probably leave them off afterward and just install them when I need them. I might not even CM them, since I’ve only needed to use them twice in the last few years. Sure will be easier to wash the roof, I hate them being in the way. Decisions.

 

[adventurenali92]

I removed my roof rack crossbars today. I’m going to CM them after seeing what they look like on @adventurenali92 ’s truck. But it looks so much cleaner without them that Ill probably leave them off afterward and just install them when I need them. I might not even CM them, since I’ve only needed to use them twice in the last few years. Sure will be easier to wash the roof, I hate them being in the way. Decisions.

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I color matched mine before even thinking about having to put stuff up there... I was like oops... but I’ve never had to use my roof racks either. So there’s that. Although I did grab a couple of pool noodles and cut them to the length of my cross rails and then put a cut in them down the middle so I can slide them over my cross rails. Just in case I ever have to set anything up there.

 

[Rocket Man]

I color matched mine before even thinking about having to put stuff up there... I was like oops... but I’ve never had to use my roof racks either. So there’s that. Although I did grab a couple of pool noodles and cut them to the length of my cross rails and then put a cut in them down the middle so I can slide them over my cross rails. Just in case I ever have to set anything up there.

That’s a great idea.

 

[adventurenali92]

That’s a great idea.

A cheap and easy solution to protect the cross rails if you have to put anything on them. Lol

 

[SteveB]

I vote leave them off

 

[Tonyrodz]

I vote leave them off

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