Spent a wad of cash at Quick Performance for the Impala. Ordered up a complete 9" axle with about every upgrade except the fabricated housing, 12" Wilwoods with parking brake, 35 spline axles, Yukon aluminum center section with Daytona support/billet yoke, Wavetrac, narrowed to 60" overall to fit the 10" wheels. Needed the custom width just to fit the wheels and need it ready for the turbo 6.2 going in this winter.
What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]
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Did an oil change on the GTO Friday night
Then Saturday went to the U Pull It and practically stole 5 overhead consoles
Then Saturday went to the U Pull It and practically stole 5 overhead consoles
Took Natasha's Z28 and the Kitty in for safeties today. All good except for two blown bulbs in the Lady Mullet. Quick fix.
Red, white and blue supercharged beauties.
Red, white and blue supercharged beauties.
If anyone here can guess what these GMT400 lights came from, you get a cool point from me.
They're going on the dually (in sig).
They're going on the dually (in sig).
I can't believe that door doesn't line up straight. It must be all of the inner support it has.......haI'm a few updates behind, so here goes:
Monday I painted the factory steel mirror mounts. Sunday I chucked the rubber crap off of them. I painted them black so they'd blend into the background and I really like the way they came out.
Next I went after the door trim. I sawed it off with fishing line, hit the double sided tape with 3M adhesive remover, then rolled it off with my thumbs. They're not happy, but I got it done and even knocked out the RF fender I changed out last year.
Next order of business is to get this thing cleaned up, put it on jackstands, pull the front wheels, and get to aligning the door/hinges to make everything play nice.
Tuesday I put it on stands and tweaked on the driver's door and fender to improve fitment. The bottom of the door is finally flush with the quarter, it's never been since I bought the car in 2013. Feels good to get this thing 1 step closer to how I would have done it.
The gaps are still weird though, it's like the door needs to rotate clockwise but if I raise it in the front it won't line up correctly there.
Passenger door sticks out too far, not sure what my options are there.
Wednesday I went after the passenger's door alignment. I didn't bother with the hinge to body bolts, just the hinge to door nuts. It's less bad, but far from perfect, but then again that RR quarter panel is ****ed up pretty bad still.
I'll call this good for now. Next I shifted my focus to some reinforcent dealies to keep the mirrors from jiggling too much.
What a world of improvement. Even before these things I was better than before but now I am solid. Next I think I'll swap in a pair of power adjustable capable mirrors with a switch.
They're noticeably stronger than the old doors, hardly any flex when passing through the detents now. And after passing through the last detent, you can let go and they clunk shut like a normal door. I used to have to push them closed to get them fully latched.
Brazil. I've been waiting over a month, but worth it to have something unique with OE quality baked in.
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