What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[tucsonlocal]

Washed her up today, she was beyond due..

 

[gdddup]

yesterday i painted the feet and polished the rails to my stock roof rack
this morning painted the gmc badge and installed th eroof rack

 

[BillBlatt18]

That's exactly what I want to do to my roof rack. What did you use for the chrome?

 

[gdddup]

lol great minds think alike... no chrome. its just the original rails stripped and mirror polished.

 

[BillBlatt18]

does it look like chrome in person? Wanna make sure it matches the rest of the truck

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Also, how did you do it and do you have any more pics?

 

[gdddup]

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=338035#post338035
In that thread there are more pics and I give a little run down on what I did. Polished aluminum won't look like Chrome.

 

[gdddup]

Last night sprayed the lower valance satin black.
This morning re-installed the valance and added a 05-06 bumper extender

 

[My01yuk]

Last night sprayed the lower valance satin black.
This morning re-installed the valance and added a 05-06 bumper extender

Damn bro, you have just given me 3 new mods that I had never thought of. Thanks, the roof rack is by far my favorite of the three. Looks nice and clean. So am I understanding your write-up correctly on the roof rack? You sanded and buffed it to the shine? You didn't have anyting put on it?

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I cleaned the shit out of the kon, inside/outside and under the hood. I love my 22's but damn it's a pita to get clean and get the smudges off.

 

[jem556]

Yesterday evening I installed these LED tails and I guess I have mixed feelings about them.

Pic from HIDguy website:



All the leds illuminate as turn signal and brake light.
The clear section uses factory backup bulb.
The small lower red section is just a non-illuminated reflector.

First impressions:

Look pretty good from the rear, but there is hardly any illumination of the side (wrap-around) section of the tail lens. I guess maybe they are all this way?

Anyway, here's a vid I made in a hurry...

Evening Light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G199EY3Vc4

Night Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdP4rOT_TwA

 

[gdddup]

Damn bro, you have just given me 3 new mods that I had never thought of. Thanks, the roof rack is by far my favorite of the three. Looks nice and clean. So am I understanding your write-up correctly on the roof rack? You sanded and buffed it to the shine? You didn't have anyting put on it?

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I cleaned the shit out of the kon, inside/outside and under the hood. I love my 22's but damn it's a pita to get clean and get the smudges off.

thanks i stripped all the oringal paint off then began dry sanding with 180 and 220. then wetsanded with 400, 600, 800, 1000, then polished with my buffer and 3m compound. there are other ways of doing this. try to google polished aluminum to get more techniques.

....today i washed the beast