Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

My taillgiht for some reason was hazing on the outside. Only the passenger side one too. I decided to cut and buff it. Thank god that cleared it right up. I would have to track down and then pay for a set of NOS tail lights. That sounds expensive lol.

sand paper is amazing stuff aint it? i did my head lights and they look almost new now. 99% better then they did, thats for sure.

I used wet sand paper last year on them. The original owner nite shaded them. I dont know why they are near perfect shape. Maybe he liked the look of the tinted tails.

I spent a few hours on each tail light of just wet sanding to remove it all. Now they look like showroom condition.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Any tricks on those manifold studs in the trucks? lol I have two missing heads.

Can you feel the stud still?

If you can, remove the manifold and either hit it with some MAP gas for a few seconds and use a vise grips to get it to come the rest of the way out.

Or do this first if you don't want to mess the threads up. Take a nut that fits it, thread it on a few turns and take a welder and weld the center. So the nut gets welded to the stud and turn it out with a wrench.

Well, I posted about my adventures in my work truck the other day and how it got the absolute fvck scratched out of it. I went and picked it up from the shop yesterday and brought it home to try my luck at some rubbing compound and polishing compound. The only sucky part was I was doing this by hand. I took before and after pics of the bedside.

Before



After



There is no wax on that either. I actually went ahead and purchased a Porter Cable buffer online so I plan on going over it again. For now I think it looks good.

Originally Posted by Russosaur

Fixed the window motor again on the Trans Am, then door is ****ed from it tearing apart what feels like cardboard of the inside of the door where it bolts. Fixed it was huge washers and lock nuts for now. Also broke few things on it

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If this is a fourth gen Trans Am, the door skins are like fiberglass. Not sure about the inside shell (been too long now), I think that part might be metal. Just be careful, those door skins like to separate (come unglued) and thats a huge mess. Watch for that is all I'm sayin. Hope you just have minor damage there where the trim panel goes on.

looks almost new. time for a raise for taking care of the co truck like that, most dont give a rats ass.

Originally Posted by Nates94

My taillgiht for some reason was hazing on the outside. Only the passenger side one too. I decided to cut and buff it. Thank god that cleared it right up. I would have to track down and then pay for a set of NOS tail lights. That sounds expensive lol.

Man that tail light looks good! I have wondered about clearcoating them with some good body shop clear since it would probably stay beautiful longer. But I don't have a nice set in my hands yet. They sure are expensive!

Originally Posted by stealthee

I took before and after pics of the bedside. For now I think it looks good.

It does! I love how stuff just rubs off of factory paint.

Originally Posted by danielle15

Fit a pair of cabinets in the trunk. Idk how they are coming out. But they went in...so they'll come out, right? lol

The question is are they going to come out undamaged

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

looks almost new. time for a raise for taking care of the co truck like that, most dont give a rats ass.

Last time I used the CO truck I gave it the whole nine yards. It was so nasty I was sick for a couple days. One dude had used it for a year and never did chit to it. CEL light came on shortly after I got in it, two quarts low on oil.

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

looks almost new. time for a raise for taking care of the co truck like that, most dont give a rats ass.

I' intend on treating the truck like it is mine. Had to laugh the one sales rep looked at the truck today and said it was the cleanest he has ever seen it.

There is one heavier scratch that isn't ever going to be perfect again unless it would be sanded off and resprayed in that area, and one actual dent in the lower rear section of the bedside where a big stick must have gotten it good when I was backing out of the mess I was in, but all in all the exterior is going to look good. There is no hop for the inside of the bed though. LOL Thats to be expected on a truck that is actually used as a truck though.

Its probaly got a half inch ground downward from 2 of the bolts sliding through the hole in the fiber glass because the kit we bought with the motor was garbage (forgot to take pics). No lock nuts and the bolt and it only went on in a few threads. Also yeah its an 00. I hope the lock nuts keep it in place. Honestly I hope some sucker overpays and buys it because it needs a little TLC.

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Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Last time I used the CO truck I gave it the whole nine yards. It was so nasty I was sick for a couple days. One dude had used it for a year and never did chit to it. CEL light came on shortly after I got in it, two quarts low on oil.

CEL is on in this truck too. Ran it to my uncle's and borrowed his reader and it came up as evap solenoid or something. Reset the code and it came right back on. The TPMS light is on too, but there is a dead sensor causing that.

Originally Posted by Russosaur

Its probaly got a half inch ground downward from 2 of the bolts sliding through the hole in the fiber glass because the kit we bought with the motor was garbage (forgot to take pics). No lock nuts and the bolt and it only went on in a few threads. Also yeah its an 00. I hope the lock nuts keep it in place. Honestly I hope some sucker overpays and buys it because it needs a little TLC.

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Damn the inside is 'glass too? Well if she don't hold long enough and cracks out you can always rivet & glue a plate there. Remember to "pay it forward" now, lol.

Originally Posted by stealthee

CEL is on in this truck too. Ran it to my uncle's and borrowed his reader and it came up as evap solenoid or something. Reset the code and it came right back on. The TPMS light is on too, but there is a dead sensor causing that.

Yep that sounds like a work horse, rode hard and put away wet. I beat the snot out of a couple in my day. They need love too. The one that was two quarts low didn't turn the light on until I whomped second hard, made the oil slosh enough I guess. 93 S-10 4.3 5 speed reg cab shorty.

I think so, I hope I never have to do another one I my life.

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Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Man that tail light looks good! I have wondered about clearcoating them with some good body shop clear since it would probably stay beautiful longer. But I don't have a nice set in my hands yet. They sure are expensive!

Thanks. Good sets are expensive thats why I am trying to keep the stockers nice.

That looks awesome Brian! Nice work!

The truck that is mine at work, we just had it interior detailed so its all clean and smoke free from previous driver. Well, people have been driving it a lot these past few days and they are all smokers. I made sure my point was known, no smoking in it or I stop giving my keys out. It's my truck, company policy is no smoking in the trucks anyways. Even tho no one listens to that rule. If I'm going to be driving it for the time being, no one is to be smoking in it. End of story. Pretty sure most of them thought I was being a b!tch about it today, but oh well. You can't abide by the rules and my requests, take the crappy shop truck with no brakes and leave my truck alone. The GM agreed with me, so if anyone has a problem they can take it up with me.

I don't care if people smoke, more power to ya. I just think it's rude to smoke in a vehicle that isn't yours.

Ok, off my soap box.

But seriously, good job Brian. Now...imagine that with about 1/4 of the elbow grease when you get the PC
What pad's did you end up going with? Sorry I never got back with you on that.