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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Home from paint jail....been there a year
Here is my 72 K20...home from paint jail....she was there over a year...now I did get a screaming deal, so I don't mind the wait time.....now the real work happens....new headliner, fix the AC, re-install all of the interior, flush old fuel lines, new carb, and the list goes on....
One word of caution - I bought all the rubber seals, gaskets, and bumpers from LMC Truck (in the last 3 months)...the truck has never been outside since the installation and already the rubber is splitting...I called LMC this morning and they won't help and don't want to hear my complaint ![]() ...well here is the one photo that I snapped before loading her up onto the trailer...more to come... |
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and a before photo
here she is before paint....looks tougher in these....
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Beautiful truck! I really like the green and the stance of the 4by4's!
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Alabama
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Great looking truck!
Too bad LMC won't give you any customer service. |
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Your truck looks awesome Scotty! I really like the original look. Great job. Sorry to hear about the LMC gaskets. I have a box full of them waiting for me to install
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Looks great. Good luck with LMC, I've heard a few stories about their customer service dept.
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Looks great! Mine was in paint jail for about 9 months, so I feel your pain.
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
I dig it!
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Thanks for the good words guys....if you have LMC rubber products - SEND THEM BACK QUICKLY...you only have a short period of time to return them...
I hear that Soft Seal products are much better.... I feel like I got screwed, I paid for the rubber, I paid for the install, and now I have to take anything that has their crappy rubber gasket on it apart and replace the seals....I don't know where LMC gets the rubber pieces parts, but I would bet it is somewhere between China, Thailand, or like places....I can't get past how much effort has been wasted on their crap.... I won't buy anything from them again - I'll make it from silicone and paper bags before that!!! The truck is coming along nicely....I just came in from installing the headliner (did ya know that the LMC headliner trim is plastic? and equally crappy?) at least the headliner looks good....I have dinner waiting, so no more for today...we'll see what I can do between the 'honey do's of tomorrow. |
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
On the headliner trim either by counterpart brand or Trim parts brand the other is JUNK!!!
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Great looking truck.
Ron
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
looks great!I could deal with a year in jail if it made me look young again.
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
I noticed on your before pics that it looks like your drivers side rear wheel is farther farward than on the pass side have you fixed that yet?
love the color. my burb is about to go into the body shop to fix all the rust
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
hey so i got a question. it looks like you have 3 gas tanks? i knew they had an auxilary that i have seen on the drivers side but have not seen one on the pass side. that being said i would love to score the one for the drivers side for my truck as i plan on adding the tool box to the pass and also plan on getting rid of the tank behind the seat but leaving the cap on the cab side.
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
oh i got so cought up in myself that i forgot the obvious great looking truck man i like the original paint.
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Awesome looking truck!
Where did you get the steel wheels?
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
looks great i love the steelies, WE NEED PICS OF THE HEADLINER ETC., what bed cover is that?
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
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Here is a photo with the bed cover open, you can see where they sit. |
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Those steel wheels are a whole story unto themselves....I had gotten the truck with 16.5 wheels (really ugly, see before photos)...I began trying to find out what wheels were available when the truck was made..I found out that the base model wheels were 16" and the 'upgrade' was to 16.5. It took me 8 months of hitting tire shops looking for these elusive 16" steel monsters when I found a musty old hippie living next Canyon lake who had the running gear from a 72 3/4 ton 4x4 and when he sold the axles the guy did not want the steel wheels....$25 bucks and a short drive later I have factory wheels again!
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
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I really like the dark green that was available on these trucks, but now I am growing more fond of the Olive as well....I felt that it would be best to put it back to the factory colors....I think that it turned out well |
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
Truck looks awesome!!!!
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
looks very nice, would like to see more pics of the rest of the truck...
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
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I just had to do this to my buddys 1995 GMC Yukon 2-door the most common cause is hollow lifting blocks that have failed. You may need to have set of blocks made from solid steel to replace the hollow OE units and I would advise you to replace the U-bolts with new ones as well. Robert
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Re: Home from paint jail....been there a year
just make sure that your front wheels are strait when you take your measurements
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