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« on: June 29, 2015, 08:17:13 PM »
My parents have that same sign in their home and I have it in mine. I want my children to have salvation as mine want me to have.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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« on: June 25, 2015, 01:24:42 PM »
Well, put my order in for the Raptor Liner this morning from my paint supplier. Going with field green for the color. It is the greener of the NATO greens. Getting excited to put some color on her!
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« on: June 24, 2015, 06:44:29 PM »
I have nothing to add besides GO BIG RED.
Nice to see a fellow husker fan on here.
Wear Red. Be loud. Let's go 'skers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: June 24, 2015, 06:43:18 PM »
WILCO, thanks buddy. I have the same broken fender at the mounting bolt on my passenger side. is this a common GM thing, or just a early 2000's GM thing?
Sorry for the late response. Got tied up last night with a broken garage door at work and didn't get home until late. I wouldn't say it's a common thing but it does happen. What usually occurs is that the lower bolt from the fender to the core support works its way out and that allows the top of the fender to shift back and forth against the top mounting point. Just like a paper clip bending back and forth, the steel work hardens and then cracks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: June 22, 2015, 04:54:45 PM »
I'm not connecting the dots here.
Is the truck going back original color or are you painting it olive drab?
The Hoe is going olive drab raptor liner. I just wound up with used parts the same color as the Hoe. Of course I think 90% of GM's vehicles were painted that pewter color in that era, so the probability of getting those colored parts was pretty high. My original plans were to liner the jambs but talking with another gentlemen he had problems with weather strips degrading and pulling the liner loose from the surface, hence the rustoleum flat forest green paint in the jambs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: June 22, 2015, 04:51:14 PM »
Looks like a hail dented hood? Wish I had your talents for body work, I would then be much more excited about our crew cab build LoL
Actually no hail dents. Couple of dents on the front of the hood and it looks like something was dropped on the hood, nothing major. I didn't even have to bust out the filler, just some glaze. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: June 22, 2015, 07:17:22 AM »
Silver Birch would be a tough one to touch up and polish. It can be done, just not always with 100% results.
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« on: June 21, 2015, 11:10:30 PM »
Looking real good Trevor.
Question for you, I have some ugly rock chips to fix, best plan to feather it out, prime paint and clear? Or is there a better way since you may the the SME on this?
Well yes and no. The way I would repair rock chips for a customer (and provide a warranty for the repairs) would be to feather the chips, prime and the refinish the entire panel. Another way to repair rock chips is to use a fiberglass pen to rough up the inside of the chip and remove any corrosion. Then over the course of several hours and/or days, apply lacquer based touch up paint until the chip is completely filled. You will then need to let the paint cure before proceeding to the next step. Carefully wet sand the touch up until it is level with the surrounding paint. Finally using a buffer (or by hand if you have some time) and gently buff the touch up until it is the same gloss as the rest of the paint. Now this repair is not a long term repair, this is a make it look decent until... (fill in the blank). One other note on this is that this only works with mainly solid colors, if you have a metallic paint, when you wet sand the touch up it will cut the face off of the metallics and make them dark, thus resulting in a filled chip that looks slightly darker than the surrounding paint. I hope this helps!
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« on: June 21, 2015, 09:53:16 PM »
Here is a close up of the improper prep and refinish on the rear door:  Looking at the photos now, I guess there must have been dust on my phone lens. The jambs are olive drab, even if the photo doesn't show it.  And a last one of my goofy ten year old photo bombing the recently primed rear door and olive drab jambed right side.  The plan for this week is to finish jambing out the Hoe and then de-trim and prep the body for bedliner. We are calling the exterior Phase One. Phase Two will be interior modifications followed by Phase 3 which will be drivetrain related.
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« on: June 21, 2015, 07:50:46 PM »
She is looking great! Your build thread is what introduced me to this site and boy am I glad for it!
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« on: June 21, 2015, 07:47:48 PM »
That hood will set it apart nicely.
Waiting for the liner work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I like the subtle change from the stock hood to the HD hood. Looks good.
Thank you gentlemen! I had debated going with a cowl induction style hood or a ram air style, but when you can find someone willing to sell you a hood for $65 the decision is made for you! BobbyB- I am hoping that we will be lining the Tahoe next weekend. I foresee some late nights this week...
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« on: June 21, 2015, 07:43:16 PM »
Thanks guys! I just got in from working on the Hoe. Had to strip the right rear door as some ding-a-ling blended into that door without detriming it or sanding it for that matter. The clear was peeling all over the place.
Man it irritates me when someone doesn't put in the time or effort to do the job right.
So after spending most of the day stripping the rear door and fixing a couple of small door dings in it, she is primed. I have a gloriously trailer park camo Tahoe at this point in time.
I decided that instead of bedliner the jambs, I would use the flat camo paint that rustoleum makes. I have used this on a couple of other projects and it seems to hold pretty well, plus being able to have a rattle can of it makes touch-ups a breeze. I was able to get the right rear door and most of the right uniside shot this afternoon. I need to pull the front door off to get the back of the fender and the hinge pillar, but am trying to make a decision as to rework someone's horrendous door skin job or source a new door.
Once I get done grillin' some good ole Nebraska beefsteaks, I will get the photos transferred from my phone onto imgur so that I can share with you all!
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« on: June 21, 2015, 10:25:31 AM »
I like it!
We need a build of one of these later Tahoe/Burbs.
My family has owned two, a 04 Z-71Burb and a 08 Yukon Denali. Both outstanding people movers, but the wife would not allow me to do anything to them...I wanted to do something with them soooooo badly!
That was the same response my wife had when she was driving it! I kept getting the "I don't think so Tim." response from her... Now that I work at a GMC/Buick Dealership, it made since to have a build on a GM platform vehicle (I don't get nearly as many dirty looks pulling into the parking lot with the Tahoe as opposed to pulling in with the Super Duty).
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« on: June 21, 2015, 12:05:17 AM »
Luckily, when I moved into the office four years ago, all my tools came home with me. Minus a frame machine and paint booth, I have body shop in my garage. I set out this morning to smoothing out those B grade parts and a dent that your truly put in the fender two weeks after buying it. Started out with a trip to the local car wash to remove Thursday's trip down a muddy dirt road to look at a farm for sale. Here is my oldest learning to use the pressure washer:  Had to grind off the paint so that I could use my Stud gun to weld on a the little copper pulling studs.  And then after some careful hammer and dolly work it was on to filler time:  I had to rig a tarp up as the morning sun, the 95 degree temp and the 85 percent humidity were about all I could take. I have her primed tonight, but didn't take a photo.... yet. More fun in store tomorrow!
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:56:39 PM »
Now the fun part begins, fixing the "repairs" that the previous owner had hopefully not paid someone to do. When I pulled the right front door molding off, it pulled paint and exposed some filler underneath. Not having gotten into the door just yet, I am assuming someone put a skin on the door and either didn't have a clue what they were doing or just didn't care. (Not in my shop. My guys know that excellence expected.)  And when we were working on the front suspension, we found this on the right front fender.  So it was time to call in another couple of favors from the suppliers that I use. My buddy Gary at Kosiski Auto Parts was able to source me a used fender and a 2500hd hood for the Hoe. These were both B grade parts, not able to sell to body shops due to damage on them. I was willing to get a couple of damaged parts for the price and this weekend have set out to get them in order. First things first, I had to swap out the old damaged parts and install the new to me parts. No during pictures as I was focused on getting the job done, but here are some after:  And a side view to show how the different profile of the HD hood: 
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:47:42 PM »
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:45:10 PM »
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:34:14 PM »
I originally was going to swap out the front suspension parts with new OEM parts, but I decided that I would source used parts, overhaul them with new poly bushings and then swap them out at the same time instead of a piece at a time. The Hoe started out life as as a comfort ride equipped soccer brat hauling mom mobile. Since the day we bought it four years ago, I have loathed the ride and wanted to change that. After some research, I found that I could swap out the Nivomat self leveling shocks and super soft springs for the stiffer z71 springs and new shocks. My shooting buddy at LKQ was able to hook me up with lower control arms to overhaul and z71 springs.   And the Brown Box Genie came by dropped off some goodies:  Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos of the overhaul process, let's just say that the 200,000 miles that was on that suspension fought me every step of the way. What should have been six hours of work turned into two full days of knuckle busting, but here is a photo of the finished product:  New upper control arms with poly bushings replaced. Lower controls arms overhauled with new poly bushings and new ball joints. New Rough Country shocks. New tie rod ends. Rough country re-indexed keys and spacers for the rear springs. Brought the entire vehicle up around 2 1/2". I didn't want to go over 2 inches of actual suspension lift, as it puts undue stress on all the components.
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:11:45 PM »
So here she is in all her soccer mom glory:  First things first. The running boards had to go. With them on the Adventure Hoe had just about enough ground clearance for a grass parking spot on the local soccer field.  Then those rear seats needed to go. This is my daily driver, so the normal cargo is me, my lunch and my everyday carry bag. On occasion, my wife and kiddos rough it and ride with me. That means four seats. I pulled the rearmost seat of seats to make some cargo room in the Hoe.  Here she is sans running boards and seats.  At that point in time, it was time to gather parts for a front suspension overhaul and a minor lift. Luckily, being in the automotive industry, I was able to use my contacts to source parts.
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« on: June 20, 2015, 11:03:07 PM »
I finally had time to upload some of my pictures of my current project to imgur. A little back story: I have always been an outdoorsman. Growing up in rural America, I think it was a requirement. That being said, I have always needed to have a vehicle that was capable of getting me to the local fishing hole, the deer stand or down to the river. After a stint in South Florida, Western Kentucky and now back to the good ole' Cornhusker State, I have gone through a couple of vehicles here. The first one was a 1995 Isuzu Trooper. I really enjoyed this vehicle and sadly the powerplant in this vehicle was on it's way out when I acquired it. I won't bore you with details but Isuzu's engine on the Trooper was less than a success. Here are a couple of photos of it:    Then I moved on to a 2005 Ford F250. This one was traded into the dealership were I am the bodyshop manager. I spent 10 years of my career at Ford Dealerships so this vehicle was near and dear to my heart, but after running her for a little over the year and never pulling anything with her, I traded her in for a nice 4Runner for my wife. Which is how I inherited the Adventure Hoe. First a pic of Super Duty: 
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« on: June 19, 2015, 09:52:52 PM »
Thank you!
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« on: June 19, 2015, 10:19:28 AM »
Awesome! I can speak from experience that you made an excellent choice! Post some pics when you get it!
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« on: June 19, 2015, 10:15:31 AM »
Powerful stuff there! Do you mind if I copy and paste this to share with others?
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« on: June 19, 2015, 10:13:16 AM »
Unfortunately, mine are doing the same thing. I thought that perhaps there was a minimum post number before you could access your messages, but seeing someone else have the same problem...
Trev
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« on: June 07, 2015, 10:14:25 AM »
I enjoyed reading comments from so many like minded individuals, but I was wondering if Don ever had the chance to work with JM Bullion again? I have purchased silver through silver.com and have been pleased, but am always looking for positive reviews of others.
Trev- I've made substantial purchases from JM Bullion and I've always had great service, quality of product and fair pricing; lowest that I've found from a reputable outfit. After you've established a working relationship with them (multiple purchases) they will often kick yup up to a streamlined purchase group, speeding up the purchase timeline. Best part of JM that I like, is that you get live pricing updates (refresh often to see) and the current price that you lock your order in at, is what you pay! Shop on-line, 24/7. Their phone support and question line is US based, so you're not talking to Himadre who introduces herself as "Jill" saying, "how may I hellllp djou" and needing to place you on hold to answer your questions! Free, insured and tracked shipping included & their tracking is accurate. Depending upon quantity and weight, USPS or UPS delivers to your door, signature required.
Don and a few others have also used JM Bullion as well and expressed satisfaction as well- I'll let them relay their experiences.
I will say that based upon current pricing, Gold & Silver appear to be still "on sale" considering the similar message and obvious theme in world news, common sense and Biblical Prophesy. Too many dissimilar voices are saying the same thing. Current paper currency and National economies are on the precipice of ruin, to NOT hold physical metals; currency and the kind resting atop some cordite that comes in standardized calibers.
I am glad to hear that JM is good company to work with, as I watch the metal prices everyday on my phone with the Kitco app and silver took a nose dive over the last four days. My wife and I call our precious metals "our 401K". After the last crash in 2008, we lost nearly $15000 in investments. I said enough was enough and pulled very last dime out, paid the taxes and penalties and turned it into precious metals. Our thoughts being, if you can't hold it, you don't own it. We are no where near our goal of having the amount of pms put aside, but we also plan on purchasing some every month from now until we are no longer able to. I also am a firm believer in holding a fair amount of ballistic wampum also. ;)
Yes I have many times now, but mostly gold. I did a small purchase of silver as a vetting/testing purchase and it worked out the same. I am happy with them. Every single sale was handled properly and on every single sale, I got the little box quicker than they estimated
I am glad to hear that Don! When I get home from church today, I will be placing an order with them!
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« on: June 06, 2015, 10:39:38 PM »
I enjoyed reading comments from so many like minded individuals, but I was wondering if Don ever had the chance to work with JM Bullion again? I have purchased silver through silver.com and have been pleased, but am always looking for positive reviews of others.
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« on: May 31, 2015, 05:18:37 PM »
I haven't got to play with the 320.... yet. I like the idea of being able to have a modular style pistol that you can switch calibers, barrel lengths, etc. If you get a chance to play with one, let me know what you think!
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« on: May 27, 2015, 10:27:48 PM »
Thank you all for the warm welcome! I am very excited about getting a build thread going for a couple of reasons. 1) It is a great way to stay motivated in getting the project done and 2) so my brother, who is deployed right now can follow the progress.
Can't wait to get to know you all!
Don't share specific information with us about your brother, I'm sure he briefed you on all that, but thanks for telling us. We will be praying for his safe return and I am personally honored and deeply appreciate you using this site to encourage one of our warriors.
If you need anything from us, just ask!
I appreciate that flyin6. My brother and I are very close and he is doing what I wasn't able to do. I would never jeopardize his or his units safety. Loose lips sink ships ;)
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« on: May 27, 2015, 09:54:35 PM »
Like the title says, does anyone have a known remedy for squeaky polyurethane bushings? I recently overhauled the front suspension on my Tahoe, replacing the bushings with poly. I used the provided grease. Everything was great for a month, know I am noticing that I am getting a fairly decent amount of noise going over bumps.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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« on: May 27, 2015, 09:45:50 PM »
I would like to give you my two cents on the Glock versus Sig questions. I have had the pleasure to shoot both and they are both good guns. I will say this, Sig Sauer is more or less the Cadillac of guns and once you start running a Sig, you become kind of a Sig Snob. :)
Believe it or not, I use my Sig P226 in .40s&w as my normal carry gun (both in and outside my waste band). When asked, why I would carry a full size all metal gun, I always reply that if I miss them with the 12 rounds I have, I can always beat them to death with the gun. ;D
All kidding aside, I would highly suggest you at least look at the P226. I can tell you that as of last Sunday, my Sig has 3850 rounds down the tube and it fires and operates the same today as the day I brought it home.
The downside to the Sig is the price tag that comes with it. If I remember correctly, mine was just shy of $1000.00, whereas you could pick up two Glocks for the price of one Sig.
Magazines are more expensive and less plentiful for the Sig, but I can also say that the MecGar mags are less expensive and operate just as well as the factory Sig Mags.
Ultimately what swayed my decision to purchase the P226 was the way the gun felt in my hand. The grip angle and stance just fit my hand correctly. I have let others fire my weapon at the range and some like it, some don't.
I hope you find the handgun that fits and functions for you, but I also wanted to make sure you knew some pros and cons of the SigSauer.
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« on: May 27, 2015, 09:23:03 PM »
Thank you all for the warm welcome! I am very excited about getting a build thread going for a couple of reasons. 1) It is a great way to stay motivated in getting the project done and 2) so my brother, who is deployed right now can follow the progress.
Can't wait to get to know you all!
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« on: May 25, 2015, 10:52:02 AM »
Welcome Trev..or?
That is correct. I am a Trev-or. ;)
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« on: May 25, 2015, 09:59:14 AM »
My oldest son and I were on our way to the range yesterday afternoon and we had almost this exact conversation. He is 9 and very intelligent. While talking about the difference between Christianity (salvation through belief) and Islam (salvation through works), he piped up and hit the nail right on the head, saying: "Sounds to me like Islam is something the devil came up with."
Needless to say I was shocked when my 9 year old was able to figure out in a twenty minute conversation that Islam and Muslims are not tolerant people, but believe in a demon that is rooted in pure evil.
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« on: May 25, 2015, 09:49:15 AM »
Hello Everyone!
I am excited to be joining you all and chronicling my adventure/survival truck build! I first stumbled upon this site through Expedition Portal and the SquareD project was linked. After spending an entire week of evenings reading through the build thread, I was inspired to build my own worse case scenario vehicle.
A little about me: I am a proud husband and father to two boys. We are a strong conservative Christian family who do our best to spread the gospel everyday through our actions. I am the body shop manager for a Buick GMC dealership here in Omaha and my wife is a preschool teacher at one of the local churches. We love the outdoors and try to spend time in it whenever possible. Hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, shooting are just a few of the outdoor activities we enjoy.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to getting to know you all!
HuskerTrev
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