LML Duramax build part 6

[Flyin6]

After a lot of vacuum action, I had it looking respectable

It will get shampoo'd and re-dyed after I slab on the sound deadener underneath.

[Flyin6]

The fore-aft screw was actually bound up with a big ball of dog hair. I spent some good time cleaning the underside of the seats until they were respectable enough to go to the shop. I'll detail then some more when I get them back and re-grease the screw-jacks

[Flyin6]

Stacked up and ready for the shop. They get delivered tomorrow

My trusty assistants are always at the ready to carry off something important. Today it was my prescription eyeglasses. I only recovered part of the side and a nose piece. No worries, they were just super expensive Oakley steel framed no line trifocals

[JR]

Bet your hands smell like snacks. You give em snacks, then touch your glasses, history.

[Bigdave_185]

I don’t know how you can mess up an iPhone. My 80 yr ol mom has been posting photos of her trip to Italy all week with her iPhone

Iv never had a problem.

All you pictures came in just fine via tapatalk

I don’t think I’d be able to find the post again.  I believe it was on instagram. 

https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/vinyl-and-fabric-paint/p/dupli-color-flat-black-vinyl-fabric-spray-paint-11oz/645639_0_0

This product is what I remember him using. 
Masking off the plastic bits like lights n things.  Imagine you would have to scuff the other hard surfaces a little and clean well with a solvent to make sure it bonds well.
Black roof in there would look pretty killer and since all the other things are out. Lots more simple


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[Flyin6]

I don’t know how you can mess up an iPhone. My 80 yr ol mom has been posting photos of her trip to Italy all week with her iPhone

Iv never had a problem.

All you pictures came in just fine via tapatalk

I don’t think I’d be able to find the post again.  I believe it was on instagram. 

https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/vinyl-and-fabric-paint/p/dupli-color-flat-black-vinyl-fabric-spray-paint-11oz/645639_0_0

This product is what I remember him using. 
Masking off the plastic bits like lights n things.  Imagine you would have to scuff the other hard surfaces a little and clean well with a solvent to make sure it bonds well.
Black roof in there would look pretty killer and since all the other things are out. Lots more simple


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I like the idea because I have some cosmetic damage from years of activity and dogs and hyper teenagers and hard bouncing on bumpy dirt roads and you name it. Black would cover that pretty well.
I never thought about it, but I think I may consider it...
I'm already re-dying the carpet which is in great shape despite its age, so, yea, the interior roof stuff would be easy.

[Bigdave_185]

I don’t know how you can mess up an iPhone. My 80 yr ol mom has been posting photos of her trip to Italy all week with her iPhone

Iv never had a problem.

All you pictures came in just fine via tapatalk

I don’t think I’d be able to find the post again.  I believe it was on instagram. 

https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/vinyl-and-fabric-paint/p/dupli-color-flat-black-vinyl-fabric-spray-paint-11oz/645639_0_0

This product is what I remember him using. 
Masking off the plastic bits like lights n things.  Imagine you would have to scuff the other hard surfaces a little and clean well with a solvent to make sure it bonds well.
Black roof in there would look pretty killer and since all the other things are out. Lots more simple


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I like the idea because I have some cosmetic damage from years of activity and dogs and hyper teenagers and hard bouncing on bumpy dirt roads and you name it. Black would cover that pretty well.
I never thought about it, but I think I may consider it...
I'm already re-dying the carpet which is in great shape despite its age, so, yea, the interior roof stuff would be easy.

I’m not sure if with the sun roof you would be able to pull it down with out any damage or a crease.  But might be worth looking into.   Or if ya need some new glass in this process pull the windshield and slip it out the front window and have a good surface to spray instead of the overhead idea


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[JR]

Black would show more, go or stay with darker grey.

[Bigdave_185]

Black would show more, go or stay with darker grey.

Your out of your mind! Black would only show two things more. Dog hair which can be cleaned up and coffee creamer.
I don’t picture coffee creamer being an issue in the truck unless don picks up a habit of Starbucks.

Grey on the other hand shows black marks from grease hands, brown from coffee or soda splashs, all of which don’t clean off easy with out discoloration of the grey


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[JR]

JMHO 

[Flyin6]

I dropped off the interior parts just now at the upholstery shop.

Before I left, I was looking at that headliner. There are a ton of light gray trim pieces made of plastic holding a bunch of stuff down. Dome lights, an ovhd console, a sunroof, and the other trim. I wonder what a black headliner would look like with the light gray trim pieces. In my mind that is not looking very good, although having just sat in Duane's Ram3500 with a black headliner, I have to say, it makes things look a lot better, cooler too somehow.

[Bigdave_185]

I’d say paint them all


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[Flyin6]

Here's the interior dropped off at the upholstery shop and a hint of the new color scheme

[Flyin6]

^^^^^^^Helpful I-phone orientation^^^^^^^^^^^^

You take the pic in the correct orientation
Then you copy it to the computer,
Where the orientation checks out OK, again
Then you post it online
and it changes, of course
Because Apple products are so easy to use and compatible with everything
(My money says only democrats and liberals build Apple products)
Just like the democrats, the things apple products don't actually work!

[KensAuto]

Democrats just build them, or is it only democrats that buy them and can't use them?

;)

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[Bigdave_185]

Democrats just build them, or is it only democrats that buy them and can't use them?

;)

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All from the man driving a EV lol


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[Flyin6]

Democrats just build them, or is it only democrats that buy them and can't use them?

;)

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All from the man driving The most American made vehicle on sale anywhere


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FIFY David

[KensAuto]

^^^ good point .

Edit: to expand on that, I, like all of us here, appreciates well made items. Whether it's a tool, a piece of furniture, or a perfectly straight brick wall.

When I received the Starlink system the first thing I noticed was the physical quality. The heft of the routers, and the quality of the power/data weather resistant cords. I should've taken pics.

[TexasRedNeck]

 My problem is the massive use of taxpayer dollars (100s of Billions) to build these charging stations and not letting the free market create them as the demand increases.  Government is spending money, driving inflation, crippling the common man to pursue their wet dream of a green economy and electric cars (powered by coal)


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[wilsonphil]

^^^ good point .

Edit: to expand on that, I, like all of us here, appreciates well made items. Whether it's a tool, a piece of furniture, or a perfectly straight brick wall.

When I received the Starlink system the first thing I noticed was the physical quality. The heft of the routers, and the quality of the power/data weather resistant cords. I should've taken pics.

OK Don, im going to do a little DOT. 

Ken what you just said about the Starlink system if how it should always be with USA made equipment.  just a quick sidenote on that system its 100% built AND packaged right here in USA.  lots more going on and I will share will the time comes.

[JR]

My problem is the massive use of taxpayer dollars (100s of Billions) to build these charging stations and not letting the free market create them as the demand increases.  Government is spending money, driving inflation, crippling the common man to pursue their wet dream of a green economy and electric cars (powered by coal.


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But they say it helps!!!

How many gas stations did they build?

How do you think a farm would run if they ran it?



My email was down for 2 days, drove me nuts. Kinda like the old days,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Flyin6]

^^^ good point .

Edit: to expand on that, I, like all of us here, appreciates well made items. Whether it's a tool, a piece of furniture, or a perfectly straight brick wall.

When I received the Starlink system the first thing I noticed was the physical quality. The heft of the routers, and the quality of the power/data weather resistant cords. I should've taken pics.

Ken,

Simply put, I believe this Tesla car is the highest quality vehicle built in the world, period. I keep finding more and more super high-quality parts and assembly methods. Just found out the side door glass is actually doubled. Makes it stronger and quieter. Never saw that except in up-armored vehicles, but they had a bunch of laminations...

It is the benchmark when it comes to quality. It has the best engineering that mankind can contrive. It is assembled in the most state-of-the-art assembly building that the industry has ever put together. It is assembled by machines and American workers, at least for the cars selling in the US market. The technology is so far ahead of every other manufacturer that the industry's best engineer, Sandy Muro says to every other car manufacturer on earth, "Copy Tesla or die."

It is faster than nearly every other car on the planet. It is so cheap to operate, when compared to a car or truck, it's almost free. Its warranty exceeds any car manufactured. It is the largest collection of state-of-the-art technologies, that likely only DARPA could top. There really is no comparing it to any (ANY) other cars. On top of that, the software is just as advanced. And it actually all works. I haven't run into any glitches with mine, none. It is the single safest car on earth. It's faster, smarter, cheaper to operate, most aerodynamic, has a better warranty, and is in such high demand that upon delivery you can easily make $3K-$5K more than you paid for it after taxes. People will buy your car in a day or two simply because they can't get one without waiting a few months. I am probably going to order a model Y for the wife. Delivery is slated for April 2023. That's how much in demand these cars are!

I mean what can I tell you? My car's chassis is a casting! Yes, it is a poured aluminum, one-piece casting in the front, one in the rear, the center is a very low-slung titanium housed battery, and two side rails...That's it. Can you point to any other car whose chassis is a one-piece poured ultra-strong singular component? Add to that the front and rear power train modules, some fenders and doors, some glass, and an interior and that's all the car has for parts. It has about as many moving parts as two wheelbarrows. The interior wood, is, WOOD!. The seats are fantastic. The ride is out of this world. You'll have to go to a world-class merc or the like to equal it. Factory, my car will corner at 1.08G...STOCK!

So, a guy stopped by my house just up from the LS nationals in Bowling green. He purchased my 37" tires. He saw my T-car and shook his head. He said there were two Teslas at the meet and no corvette there could touch either one. No Vette could out accelerate the stock Tesla, and he said there was no corvette, prepped or otherwise that could out corner the T-cars on the road course. He said if they want to showcase LS cars in the future, he felt they will need to prohibit Tesla cars from entering the competition.

Just name an area to compare to a normal car, just one. Do it and dive into the comparison and you'll start to see just how far out in front these T-cars are. That T-car is going to upend and beat almost anything you could show up with regardless of the price. Unlike the early T-cars, the paint and panel alignment are now perfect. I don't know of a quality issue with the car. They just work. Buy it, then drive it for three years, then sell it for what you paid for it and do it again. Where have you ever been able to do that with a random production car? Anything? At any time, ever? There is simply no competition out there and Elon has gotten so far out in front at this point that no one is going to catch him.

In closing, I'd just say, drive one. Drive one and you'll begin to see what I am talking about. Owning a tesla now is sort of like getting an early computer when everyone else balked at the notion. Then you suddenly found out just how much you could do, all while no one around you had the slightest idea what you were on to. That's what it is like now with respect to these T-cars. We are in the final days of the T-car being an insider thing. Mainstream is about to get the memo. Drive one but keep a good ICE truck for now...

[JR]

I hear Nascar is going run EVs soon. But it would be EV vs EV, not EV vs gas.

Problem is they control you and know everything you do. I can't charge at my prop, yet. EVs can't really tow yet either, sure that will come.

[Flyin6]

I hear Nascar is going run EVs soon. But it would be EV vs EV, not EV vs gas.

Problem is they control you and know everything you do. I can't charge at my prop, yet. EVs can't really tow yet either, sure that will come.

New batteries are coming out now. These Iron based batteries are 2X larger and 5X the juice. They will give the towing EV some decent range. Technology is often driven by money, and the big money and market are chasing EV's. So, something newer and more capable is just over the horizon.

[rpar86]

I hear Nascar is going run EVs soon. But it would be EV vs EV, not EV vs gas.

Problem is they control you and know everything you do. I can't charge at my prop, yet. EVs can't really tow yet either, sure that will come.

I saw a Rivian at the campground a couple weekends ago, I can only assume they towed their trailer down with it - had the hitch platform in the receiver. Nope - not for me. I love my diesel.

[JR]

I like my diesel too.

So far tests have been horrible for EV towing.

[Flyin6]

I like my diesel too.

So far tests have been horrible for EV towing.

Love my diesel as well. Going to be hard to come up with an EV solution to heavy towing.

[Flyin6]

I peeled back the carpet and felt pad from the rear and prepped it for installation of the dynamat. I am amazed at how well this truck is surviving the elements. I am at nearly zero rust anywhere (Underbelly included).

[Flyin6]

I discovered the sharp edges of that thicker than normal foil can be sharp. There are drops of blood scattered over the interior now...Ouch!

I tiled the installation, overlapping large and small panels of the sticky stuff

[Flyin6]

Rear section, Done!

[Flyin6]

The front was vastly more complicated. There is a large wiring bundle bisecting the cabin beneath the front seating which is also attached to a couple of control modules. Additionally, the carpet wraps around the stack of something beneath the console and lies in part beneath the trunk-lines of the wiring harness. That made the front, especially, the passenger side quite challenging. I solved the problem by cutting the material down into approximately 8"x8" pieces, then sliding them up under the felt to their final position.
I vacuumed and cleaned everything prior to applying any Dynamat. It all turned out quite well.

[Flyin6]

...And, Dave, I think that although I would really like to go with your suggestion to paint the interior headliner and trim black, it would be a pretty big job and not without frustration. So, I decided to keep it all stock, and just clean it up the best I can. I am using Simple green for the hard parts cleaning task, and some commercial carpet shampoo and cleaner to do the carpet prior to re-dying that a uniform black.

[Bigdave_185]

Totally understand. Pulling headliners down isn’t much fun.  I think it would be simple in a reg cab.  But there simply isn’t much room for error on the crew cabs. 

Can’t wait to hear the review on the sound Mat throughout the whole cab.  Did ya do the back wall also?


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[Flyin6]

Totally understand. Pulling headliners down isn’t much fun.  I think it would be simple in a reg cab.  But there simply isn’t much room for error on the crew cabs. 

Can’t wait to hear the review on the sound Mat throughout the whole cab.  Did ya do the back wall also?


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So far, I did not do that wall, but eyeballing it. It has a thick rubber and felt pad over it already, and of course, a seat in front of that. Removing it has me tearing out some plastic retainer at the very top which gave me a bunch of problems, so I left it alone and just cleaned it all up. I'd say, I'm not going to mess with it for now.

[Flyin6]

Cleaned the carpet and headliner today. Took quite a while.

The carpet was heavily stained and soiled. The headliner was pretty dirty too. I don't think I have ever even wiped it down

The closeup of the carpet was the front of the seat in the driver's well, the dirtiest part of the carpet. It cleaned up very nicely

Next step will be dying the carpet again with a light spray of carpet dye/paint.

[Flyin6]

The headliner cleaned up very nicely as well

[Flyin6]

I purchased this little Bissel machine to do the handy work. I used standard detergent mixed according to directions. I did, however pre-treat the surfaces with simple green and let it sit there for 15-20 minutes

[JR]

Looks good Don.

My headliner needs some attention too and I have a little older version of the green machine, works good.

[Flyin6]

Today I sprayed the whole carpet then scrubbed the door panels, then gave everything that was vinyl or hard plastic a liberal, soaking coat of armor-all. I'll topcoat that with something else to get myself some more of a barrier.

Seems I have to defend against dog hair and dog slobber most of all. I carry 1-3 dogs to/from the farm whenever I go down, and they are the ones who contributed to such an awful mess beneath the seats.

[Flyin6]

This guy, who someone (not me) named Chester, is always hanging around or sitting on top of you (literally!)

[Flyin6]

Here is what I am going to do this time to try to save my carpet and interior.

Its a product from 4Knines to keep the mutts in the back seat. It is the only one that goes all the way to the floor which gives the dogs a lot more room.

I am thinking of only installing the small right-side seat and leaving out the two-thirds that is normally folded there. My reasoning is that these days I almost never haul even another person, let alone several. If I was going to the farm with a bunch, I'd just switch up to the Suburban or make em hold on tight to the hood or bumper (legal in Kentucky!!!!!) (Not really) (But had all you people from communist states wondering) (Think I'll stop using parentheses)

If I left out the larger section of seats, I think I'd find a piece of Molle and add some bags/pouches to it to store my routine stuff. Most of the time I am hauling dogs or a pump, or a cylinder, or a bunch of tools, and opening up that space will make that easier too.

What do you all think? Good idea to leave it out, or toss it back in?

[JR]

So, Chester the molester huh?

I was going to recommend one of the doggy things, but you got it.

[Flyin6]

So, Chester the molester huh?

I was going to recommend one of the doggy things, but you got it.

I've called him "Chester the molester" but Miss Kat does not like that very much

[TexasRedNeck]

Put the seats in. You spent good money on those covers.


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[Bigdave_185]

I’d toss the dogs in the wife suv. She’s the one who purchased them hairy monsters


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[EL TATE]

or when it's not hot as sin, in crates in the bed of the truck...

[dave945]

or when it's not hot as sin, in crates in the bed of the truck...

He could just hack a window AC unit into the side of his truck cap and the dogs could ride in style in the back.


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[Flyin6]

...Bunch o' haters

Hatin' on ma dogs no less

Although Dave is correct...The western Dave...She brought those dogs into our lives. Now they are a royal PITA and chew up everything, but I love em'! Would have been nice if they never showed up in the first place, but now that they are here, she shows very little interest in them and they become my responsibility, so I try to treat them good and take them to the farm where they can romp like nature intended for them.

So I really only have one "real" vote, and that is to remount the total rear seat and not just the single seat...

[TexasRedNeck]

Do I get a gold star for paying attention and following instructions?


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[EL TATE]

Do I get a gold star for paying attention and following instructions?


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Awe Tex, do you need to feel validated? You haven't been hanging out in Austin too much now have ya?