Tristan's 1994 z71 build thread

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Pics of the underbody so far:

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Plans for this weekend:

-Definitely repaint the rear bumper. The 2 large chips on the back are really irritating me.
-Repaint the grill in one small section that chipped from mud drying on the surface
-Repaint my rear wheels that are chipping on one small side
-Steam treat my paint on the body and detail the snot out of it.
-Finish underbody paint


Bascially im going to detail my entire truck this weekend. Tired of horrible paint. Especially the rear bumper. It's bugging the hell out of me...

 

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Went on a deer hunting trip this weekend with my dad and his long time friend. Camped out in the bed of my truck. Here is some pics

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Worked on my rear bumper. already re-painted it. This was why:

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Finally i can get on and post more pics, i believe the site was down for a couple days? who knows..

Anyways, i painted my valve covers... few other things, you get the jiff. lol

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going to try to fill this dent just for fun.. never used car bondo before

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and maybe this dent before i paint my truck

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how i remember the firing order

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my interior.. needs cleaned.

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My tailgate handle housing thing kept falling out, so 4 tiny screws took care of that. Also totally forgot i carbon-wrapped these a while back, as well as my doorhandles.

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My actuator went out a few weeks ago. Replaced it about 5 days after it went out after I got stuck and decided I need 4wd asap. Cost 104.99 to fix, but it has lifetime warranty. Pics below. The tire ramps weren't necessary. But it makes it easier to work with.

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Old one

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Hit it up with some paint just for the hell of it. Ill finish it off later once I get my lift.

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In with the new

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I stopped driving it when my tires started to become very worn. The fronts are bald on the outside and one has a nail in it, the rears are bald, missing chunks, and one is leaking air so bad, i have to air it up every day. So I stopped driving it due to the fear of getting a flat, not to mention traction issues.

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Then after I got 4wd back, i went out and had a little fun at 4 in the morning. It was thunderstorming and i did a little 4 wheeling

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Big mistake not washing my truck and letting the mud bake onto my rear bumper..

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Since this happens alot, im going to place an order on a 6x2 black vinyl sheet. So i dont have to worry about it anymore.

Goals for this truck in the next month or two: (hopefully before February due to snow storms during that month)

Main Goals:
-2.5'' block lift and crack - 65$
-305/75r16 mud tires
-Vinyl Wrap rear bumper

Goals after those: 6'' rcx lift with 315's

 

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snowed alot in the dallas area of texas. Started right up and I drove my mom safely to work.

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Update:

-Order some 2'' Lift blocks yesterday, and im waiting for a good deal on some 33's to pop up on craigslist.
-New off road lights.. The previous ones didn't cut it.
-Driving on a spare ATM.... but its a fullsize spare..
-need to repaint my bumper, but i'm going to color-match it white.
-need to re-paint mirror caps, mud baked onto them and chipped them


Had some fun last night:

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40$ 2'' lift blocks

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one bolt was so siezed i just cut off the u bolt...

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before crank

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my torsion bars are worn.. this is full crank.. i need new ones. anyways i need new tires. im going to get some used 33's

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I think my torsion bars are starting to slowly raise and settle as i drive it. Looks noticably higher, anyways i washed it and waxed it.

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it looks un-level though.. im going to have to tweak it a little more. Ill adjust the air pressure in my new tires to raise the front end up a little. Then hopefully get some new bars...








this is why i need some bushwacker pocket flares.. I hit a fence while mudding

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i hate how the tires look so small now.. time for 33's

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315/75r16's on pathfinder wheels >

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