What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Grady_Wilson]

I did see quite a few RWD Denalis when I was looking for mine almost 2 years ago.
But that was in So Cal where no one really uses an AWD or 4WD vehicle.

 

[Charlie207]

Currently working to fix some plastics damage. Pulled the front bumper cover (what a stoopid design) and broken lower supports. I was able to use a heat gun to soften the plastic, and pop the big dents out of each side, then flatten out the creases. Now I'm getting the lower supports cleaned up and am going to try to "weld" them back together with my soldering iron. Luckily they are made of the same material as the intake manifold - PA w/glass-fiber reinforcement - so I should be able to make it work.

I have some PA60 (basically nylon) cooking utensils left over from fixing the cracked intake manifold from my donor 6.0, and can cut up pieces to make patches & reinforce. Wish me luck and lots of ventilation.

I'm still look a passenger side running board, cause the replacments on ebay are nuts... $400+, although did see an "Make an offer" part for under $200 shipped, so I reached out. Still no luck finding one locally via car-parts.com's website, Faceballs, or cracklist.

I thought I wrecked the driver's side foglight, but i just smacked the bumper hard enough that it popped the bulb out, and I found that it all still works, so that's cool.

 

[Charlie207]

Surgery was a success, and time will tell if it stays together, but I got all the broken and bent bits put back together. Here's one of the brackets that had all three bosses snapped off, after finishing my soldering iron procedure.



Also found a "name your price" deal on a used running board from fleabay. The fiance said I could deduct the damage from the house fund, because it was her idea to go off the road and down down down the trail, so that's cool.

 

[blondie70]

Well....how did the pistol shoot ??

 

[Charlie207]

Flawless through the first 100 rounds, which is a pleasant surprise. Running S&B 230gr FMJ right now, and then will try some JHPs against the wishes of JMB himself.

 

[Doubeleive]

Surgery was a success, and time will tell if it stays together, but I got all the broken and bent bits put back together. Here's one of the brackets that had all three bosses snapped off, after finishing my soldering iron procedure.

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Also found a "name your price" deal on a used running board from fleabay. The fiance said I could deduct the damage from the house fund, because it was her idea to go off the road and down down down the trail, so that's cool.

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for future reference, Butler is a haggler if you see they have something on ebay just call them and make a deal over the phone instead

 

[Charlie207]

for future reference, Butler is a haggler if you see they have something on ebay just call them and make a deal over the phone instead

I did the e-haggle, and offered them $20 less than asking. It has free shipping also.

Looking at the other used running boards, which are all hundreds of dollars more, I didn't want to play scumbag-lowball, and lose out.

 

[Doubeleive]

I did the e-haggle, and offered them $20 less than asking. It has free shipping also.

Looking at the other used running boards, which are all hundreds of dollars more, I didn't want to play scumbag-lowball, and lose out.

there usually about a $100 each side around here, $29.99 at pick-n-pull
last time i bought from butler i needed a mirror they had one listed for like $225 or something like that I called them up gave them the item number and asked whats the best price? and the guy took a $100 off and free shipping, ok deal
the problem with shipping a running board though is the size, probably cost $75 plus a long box
some places will just shrink wrap bigger stuff and send it but then you risk the shipping guys being in a hurry and f-ing it up.

 

[Charlie207]

there usually about a $100 each side around here, $29.99 at pick-n-pull

Yeah, I called around to the few that are within driving distance, and there aren't any. If there were some decent options for rocksliders I'd consider them. But the regular step-sides/nerf bars all look kind of dumb.

 

[Doubeleive]

Yeah, I called around to the few that are within driving distance, and there aren't any. If there were some decent options for rocksliders I'd consider them. But the regular step-sides/nerf bars all look kind of dumb.

I drove about an hour for my last one, yard had a few one was in pretty good shape but was still bolted on and they wanted there "guy" to pull it and he proceeded to jam a forklift arm into the bottom of it, wasn't too bad I took it anyway and filled it in with some epoxy it's on the bottom so can't see it.