What have you done to your square lately??

[evlblkrfl]

Installed a 4" Tuff Country ez ride spring lift with their SX8000 shocks. New tie rods,pitman,drag link and steering damper

 

[evlblkrfl]

Gotta save up for tires I guess

 

[evlblkrfl]

Test fitting the interior before sound deadening, carpet and dash/gauges. This is probably where I'm stalled at as far as interior until I address more pressing mechanical issues.....which are on deck

 

[evlblkrfl]

On deck.....I'll share more later down the road I guess. Gotta keep her smog legal too

 

[Camar068]

Put the bed back on today. Chain hoist and beam worked perfectly. No help needed.

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great idea, never thought about that.

 

[JamesSam]

Finally got the steering stabilizer on. And took it for a spin, after hosing off days of pollen collected. There is just a touch more firmness to the turning and actually a little bit of recoil when letting go. It feels a little better. Cruised through the neighborhood and hit up Advance to buy some more coolant to feed the slight leak problem and saw this rad Camaro. Look at the meat on those tires! The guy was in Advance looking for a part when I checked out. Pretty sure he saw me poach the photo of our cool azz rides. We cranked up at the same time and both had to pull u-ees in oposite directions. He let me go first. It's an SS, I bet it gets down!

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[DoubleDingo]

Replaced about 15 feet of vacuum hoses. Still have some more to do. Bought a new PCV and PCV grommet, along with new 3/4 heater hose for the air pump cr@p and new hose clamps for those connections. The clamps on there, someone bought the cheapest, flimsiest clamps they could find, as they won't even go tighter than finger tight before they skip.

 

[82sbshortbed]

Gave a fender a buffin. This paint is gonna come back nicely! Haven't waxed yet. Just 1,200 Grit compound.

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[Bextreme04]

Installed a 4" Tuff Country ez ride spring lift with their SX8000 shocks. New tie rods,pitman,drag link and steering damper

I highly recommend a sway bar disconnect kit. I have the exact same springs and shocks on mine. Before the sway bar disconnect kit, it was rough. Sway bar connected with the disconnect kit, back to feeling about like it did stock, then with the sway bar disconnected, rides great.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Gave a fender a buffin. This paint is gonna come back nicely! Haven't waxed yet. Just 1,200 Grit compound.

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The reds and oranges come back so nice! Looks great!

I have to give mine a try one of these days, I've never buffed before so that's pretty much all that's holding me back lol

 

[82sbshortbed]

The reds and oranges come back so nice! Looks great!

I have to give mine a try one of these days, I've never buffed before so that's pretty much all that's holding me back lol

It's been like 30 years since I've done it. It takes practice and can be a little intimidating but you can do it. Got the variable speed buffer on Amazon and the Mcguires compound at Walmart.

Just start out at slower speed and don't need to use a lot of pressure and keep it moving. Be careful on the edges so you don't burn the paint.

A tip is to put tape over the edges so you don't burn through the paint. Then go back and buff by hand where the tape was. I taped off the edge of the hood because I knew it would take the primer right off. I'm not too worried if I have a couple of spots I mess up on mine. Lol

Just take your time go slow.

 

[82sbshortbed]

Paint buffing 101

Ok y'all I said I'd start a thread on this to help people out on buffing our trucks back to a shine. It's not hard but, you do need practice on it and what other old trucks would be perfect for the practice. I got my buffer and all the pads and spur off Amazon for under a 100 bucks. The...

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I did this on the 82's paint and it's in much more worse shape than the 84. It may help y'all a little bit understand how to do it.

 

[82sbshortbed]

Fender and door. I used to do a couple vehicles in a day at the shop in my 20s. Now in my 50s gotta take a few breaks. Lol

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Also got the led strip light under the front bumper glued on now.

Started to rain before I could get done. So gotta finish tomorrow if weather holds up.

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[Ajax19]

Finally got the steering stabilizer on. And took it for a spin, after hosing off days of pollen collected. There is just a touch more firmness to the turning and actually a little bit of recoil when letting go. It feels a little better. Cruised through the neighborhood and hit up Advance to buy some more coolant to feed the slight leak problem and saw this rad Camaro. Look at the meat on those tires! The guy was in Advance looking for a part when I checked out. Pretty sure he saw me poach the photo of our cool azz rides. We cranked up at the same time and both had to pull u-ees in oposite directions. He let me go first. It's an SS, I bet it gets down!

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I see you got rancho shocks look at the welds good just got a set one missing a weld!

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[PeteJr]

Two hundred mile round trip with a few buddies to the all GM truck show in Jonesboro, AR.
Fun, windy day........

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