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24v 4.2 said:Ok, cool thanks.
I have my wheels plasti-dipped so I may leave it fully black to match. We will see
True. You could always plasti dip the frame of the grille. If you do not like it you can peel it off. The grill itself is a high gloss abs plastic, whereas plasti dip has a flat finish. Whatever you decide post some pics.
dmanns67 said:True. You could always plasti dip the frame of the grille. If you do not like it you can peel it off. The grill itself is a high gloss abs plastic, whereas plasti dip has a flat finish. Whatever you decide post some pics.
I thought that may be the best plan. We will see, I do like your color match.
Replaced my broken headlight mount..stupid deer-_-View attachment 29240
And sanded and sprayed black enamel on the headlight clips so they will never rust!!
Dmanns!! That looks great! What tail lights do you have?!?
And sanded and sprayed black enamel on the headlight clips so they will never rust!!
Dmanns!! That looks great! What tail lights do you have?!?
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Those are the Black Bermuda style tail lights. Kind of pricey, but you can find them on ebay.
Chevrolet Trailblazer 2002 2009 Tail Lamps LED Bermuda Black Inpro | eBay
I think they look 10x better tinted
Chevrolet Trailblazer 2002 2009 Tail Lamps LED Bermuda Black Inpro | eBay
I think they look 10x better tinted
Drove her over 300 miles today and got 22mpg highway. Incase you didn't believe me pic taken at half of a tank remaining. When I refilled tank it was 11.47 gallons for 253 miles.
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Blckshdw said:I can tell you were having a good time painting, you painted ALL of the tape too!
Edit: Nevermind, my laptop screen made the blue part look like overhead light glare
HAHAHA Exactly what my laptop screen did too... looks good any how
fr34kout said:Those are the Black Bermuda style tail lights. Kind of pricey, but you can find them on ebay.
Chevrolet Trailblazer 2002 2009 Tail Lamps LED Bermuda Black Inpro | eBay
I think they look 10x better tinted
We need something like this for envoys, i would buy it even if they cost $4-500
wesman43 said:
Fr34kout is correct. They are made by IPCW, style is Bermuda black led taillights. I also have the IPCW bermuda black Avalanche 3rd brake light. I have been debating about night shading my taillights and 3rd brake light, but I am still on the fence. I think they look great tinted on black, silver, and white TBs. How easy is it to remove the night shade?
What does everyone think. Night shade taillights and 3rd brake light or leave as is? Here is what they currently look like.
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Ryda55555 said:
Spec-D has a good selection of taillights for the Envoy at CARiD.com - Car Accessories & Parts
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The only aftermarket I've ever seen for Envoys are these type
02 08 GMC Envoy Tail Lights Rear Brake Lamps Black Blk Assembly LH RH Pair New | eBay
Personally I think they look horrible. The stock lights don't exactly look good, but sprayed with either VHT red for all red, VHT Niteshade for tinted, or swapping to Ascenders looks way better to me.
Dmann I say you tint them, but removing it isn't easy like Plastidip. It's regular paint, so you need to use thinner to remove it. I would honestly spend the extra money to take them to a body shop to have sprayed the correct way. Tinted clear as a base coat, and covered with clear afterwards. Sanded and buffed, it will look like a mirror. Nite shade I noticed had a brown tinge to it in direct sun light, and it also has red inside so it made my orange turn signals look red. Overall it looked significantly better when sprayed with true automotive paint out of a gun.
02 08 GMC Envoy Tail Lights Rear Brake Lamps Black Blk Assembly LH RH Pair New | eBay
Personally I think they look horrible. The stock lights don't exactly look good, but sprayed with either VHT red for all red, VHT Niteshade for tinted, or swapping to Ascenders looks way better to me.
Dmann I say you tint them, but removing it isn't easy like Plastidip. It's regular paint, so you need to use thinner to remove it. I would honestly spend the extra money to take them to a body shop to have sprayed the correct way. Tinted clear as a base coat, and covered with clear afterwards. Sanded and buffed, it will look like a mirror. Nite shade I noticed had a brown tinge to it in direct sun light, and it also has red inside so it made my orange turn signals look red. Overall it looked significantly better when sprayed with true automotive paint out of a gun.
Wet sanded
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5 coats VHT Nite-Shades w/ 10 coats clear coats Krylon
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Lots of "orange peel" left on lights so more sanding and glazing , I'll do that once my hands get feeling again
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5 coats VHT Nite-Shades w/ 10 coats clear coats Krylon
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Lots of "orange peel" left on lights so more sanding and glazing , I'll do that once my hands get feeling again
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Has anyone tried adhesion promoter when using VHT night shade instead of sanding the taillight lens? If for some reason you had to/wanted to remove the night shade, you would have to replace your taillights. I am assuming it would be fine as the adhesion promoter is clear and is used with plastics.
If for some reason you had to/wanted to remove the night shade, you would have to replace your taillights. I am assuming it would be fine as the adhesion promoter is clear and is used with plastics.I've removed niteshade several times from my lenses. First I never sanded my lights in the first place. A simple acid wash followed by degreaser and a quick wipe of thinner got the surface clean enough for the paint to stick. To remove I used thinner, microfibers, and a lot of elbow grease.
The one time I did sand my lights, my cousin buffed them out using a rotary buffer and some buffing compound and the lights looked brand new.
The one time I did sand my lights, my cousin buffed them out using a rotary buffer and some buffing compound and the lights looked brand new.
fr34kout said:
How about gun parts?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA04K06R3978
Lasermax Laser Sights LMS3XD - Newegg.com
Just about done with the transfer case fluid change. MAY03LT. Thanks again for all the amazingly helpful videos bro!!
Oh for any one with rattling sounds. (My truck sounded like it was going to fall apart) The bar going across the bottom of the truck was rattling off of the plastic (armour) that sits right above it covering the gas tank. Thought i was going to be doing endlinks here soon NOPE!! Just gonna leave that pos bar off so when i hit a sewer cover my truck doesnt sound like its going to fall apart!!
Oh for any one with rattling sounds. (My truck sounded like it was going to fall apart) The bar going across the bottom of the truck was rattling off of the plastic (armour) that sits right above it covering the gas tank. Thought i was going to be doing endlinks here soon NOPE!! Just gonna leave that pos bar off so when i hit a sewer cover my truck doesnt sound like its going to fall apart!!
24v 4.2 said:Got my Spec D grille today. Not sure if I will paint the part surrounding the mesh or not...
I like it. The black grille goes well with the black rims and running boards.
Maybe you could play around with photo shop and see what it would look like color matching before painting. I think it gives the TB a more aggressive look
Snagged up a LS7 Throttle Body and a new armrest off TBSSowners that place is worse than ebay for my bank
throttle will be here Wednesday and should see some longtubes pretty soon in the mail
throttle will be here Wednesday and should see some longtubes pretty soon in the mail
The LS7 shows no actual HP improvement what so ever the motor is stronger and the throttle response is improved. Also its get rid of a throttle flutter that mine suffers from. Just a better TB to run over OEM A lot of boost guys run it beacause of a problem with 'Limp Mode" being triggered by the other TB
dmanns67 said:I like it. The black grille goes well with the black rims and running boards.
Maybe you could play around with photo shop and see what it would look like color matching before painting. I think it gives the TB a more aggressive look
I may just leave it for now. Or plasti-dip the surround as you suggested the other day. Next up is a belltech 2/3 drop, then headlight retrofit. I am planning to sand and colormatch the grey center of the inside, and fit projectors, clear corners, and amber led strips up the corners and across the bottom.
Do I need anything other than the 2/3 kit from belltech?
A arms, etc?
TexazReece said:So your the one that got the armrest......Grrrrrrrrrrrrlol jk
Oh yay buddy I have lived with my elbow indented armrest for about a year now!
its for my health
A porsche carrera parked beside me while i was getting food today... But thats not the good part lol the good part was that he waited for me to get back to tell me he liked my truck 
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But he also asked me where my center caps were, so i stopped by a canadian tire and bought a can of stainless steel silver to spray my caps, the cap matched up very nicely with my rims so hopefully its not too off but imma need to sand a lot
But i've been taking it easy on my gas pedal and iim getting 474kms per tank compared to 430-440 i was getting before the tune so hopefully it stays like that if my foot stays light
:wootwoot: But he also asked me where my center caps were, so i stopped by a canadian tire and bought a can of stainless steel silver to spray my caps, the cap matched up very nicely with my rims so hopefully its not too off but imma need to sand a lot
But i've been taking it easy on my gas pedal and iim getting 474kms per tank compared to 430-440 i was getting before the tune so hopefully it stays like that if my foot stays light
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