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10-12-2018, 05:29 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Some great news and some what the hell news - First the good news. I found a company well over a year ago that still had the original type vinyl and cloth material in Saddle for my 3 bench seats - - they finally finished them and shipped them to me... Seriously, these are some of the highest quality covers I have ever seen. The stitching and padding and workmanship is far and above what I was expecting! Truly over the top quality!
The what the hell news - for well over a year and a dozen pictures of the single scroll a 1969 seat has - they made and shipped covers for a 1972!!! 1969 has one scroll in the middle and the 1972 has the two smaller scrolls connected at the top! Wow! The covers are so nice, I went ahead and had them installed onto the benches, because I wanted to enjoy having the covers on. Soooo - in about another 6 months I should get the new seat of covers for a 1969 Suburban. And when I do get the new / correct covers for my '69 I will be selling these covers for a '72. Last edited by WannaBe68; 10-12-2018 at 05:36 PM. |
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10-12-2018, 05:52 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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Nice lookin' covers! When you get the new ones and get them installed Post these up on the Blazer and Suburban parts for sale forum. I would think they would sell pretty quickly..... LockDoc
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10-12-2018, 08:33 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Should have made that clear - wasn't going to peddle anything here. I'll put them on the parts page when the time comes.
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10-13-2018, 05:17 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Those covers are awesome!
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11-26-2018, 02:08 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I got my front seat recovered and I replaced the mid seat windows and felts but apparently the aftermarket power window motors are too weak to move the windows now. Fortunately, there was a great mod on here using ‘91 motors and a custom bracket. That’ll be next. Another thread helped with getting the windows installed. This place is invaluable!
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11-27-2018, 09:25 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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Power windows must be a nice upgrade!
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11-27-2018, 10:55 PM
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12-03-2018, 08:34 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
No. I drove it around before total disassembly and no issues. I am sure I'll have to make a spring change. But I am not worried about that. I have smaller springs and smaller tires.
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12-03-2018, 08:57 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I'm sorry to hear it is still a crime to be tall. I was living there when they put the law into effect and my GTO had pizza cutters on the front and L50/15's on the back. Couldn't tell you how many times I was pulled over by a bored lawman looking to measure my rear bumper height. They never had a tape just a flashlight they would claim was 18". Then I would whip out my tape and show them I was 19 1/2". Good by 1/2"!
 That usually led to the kind officer touring around my car looking to point out some other infraction.  I remember you could buy lifted trucks for dimes on the dollar after they passed the law.
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12-05-2018, 04:39 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Does any1 have any latches forbthe barn door burb, need the part that mount on body under the doors
The door hook to these lil things when closed |
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12-05-2018, 10:01 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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good luck! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=751286 http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=680494
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04-03-2019, 11:20 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Today was the day to replace my mirrors! Those extra large towing mirrors just weren't working for me so I replaced them with reproductions of the originals. I was lucky that the original owner chose to just cover the original holes with a plate, so that simplified things...but now I have a bunch more holes that will need to be filled the right way! I also replaced my interior mirror, but used one designed for the '71 Suburban. I like that style better than the glued-on '72 version. Will eventually get a new windshield and don't want to glue anything to it!
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04-03-2019, 11:47 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Torrance? I work nights in Wilmington.. although interrupted several times, my lunch is done.. we should compare notes sometime, I live just east of seal beach weps sta..
just put the K20 and K1500 burbs out back to shuffle trucks around up front  
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04-04-2019, 07:47 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
#Beach-Burban
Lookin' good! I have the same mirrors. They work well for me but probably won't have the same rear-view your big ones had. (more turning your head to double-check) I had a problem with the mirror on the passenger side - the existing holes didn't allow clear sight of the mirror from the driver's seat. I had to shim up the bottom a bit to get it to work. |
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04-04-2019, 12:11 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1554393056 Passenger door has been bulged-out at the holes and it crackled the paint on the top three...but I've got some fitment issues with this side as well due to previous repairs by original owner. Entire drivers side has never been hit and is super straight.  May be the reason he put on the large mirrors???Woody |
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04-04-2019, 11:36 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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04-23-2019, 06:51 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I got a little more ambitious today...thought I'd quickly pull out my grill to clean-up a few things, and boy, did that turn into a can of worms! The bright side after taking off much more than I thought I would have to, I can easily access my radiator core support body mounts that I received from GMC Pauls. Unfortunately, the Body Mount Kit is back-ordered!
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04-23-2019, 07:05 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Question for those more knowledgable than me...is the grill surround normally pop-riveted in place as mine was?
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04-23-2019, 08:44 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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It has likely been changed out at some point. They are riveted from the factory but not with that style pop rivet. Factory ones have no hole. Richard
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04-24-2019, 01:00 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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04-24-2019, 08:21 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Did my radiator core support frame cushions today...took a while but pretty straight forward. Side by side shows how compressed the upper cushions were. 20 years ago, the original owner must have taken the easy route as the bottom cushions appear to have been changed before, but not the uppers or bolts!
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04-24-2019, 08:25 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I started on my body mounts as well but decided to go the long route
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04-24-2019, 08:44 PM
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04-24-2019, 08:40 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Here's the finished product with a little black paint added to hide the "Never-Seize" that gets everywhere!
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04-24-2019, 09:04 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
A bit of advice...if your radiator core support cushion set comes with square washers that look like these, don't use them. The square hole is a little bit too large and the carriage bolt shoulder spun inside of it. The hole in the original washer fit the shoulder of the new bolts perfectly. Also, the originals have the square hole "off-set" for a reason...which is to keep the entire washer from spinning around. I had both problems while I was assembling the first side ending up doing it 3 times. Use the original square washers to avoid this issue.
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