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11-07-2012, 04:57 PM | #1 |
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Great work! It's really coming together now!
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11-11-2012, 08:58 PM | #2 |
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Think I got the rocker panels mostly done this weekend.
One giant one now. Lots of grinding to get this part to look good. Also found all the curves in the rocker panels. They curve in at the front AND back. Had to cut and massage the part that connects them. It was in almost 1/4" from where the rockers are. I think I need to go to massage school for metal. I'm really slow at all this. After I got it fit and ground down I remembered since the rear door is suicide I need to have the rubber bumper up front. So I matched the one for the front door. Now that the door is fitting good I can maybe move forward again.
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11-12-2012, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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Lookin good man! I'm jealous!
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11-12-2012, 01:58 AM | #4 |
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Nothing to be jealous about yet. I'm still moving at a snails pace. With the cold wet weather up here I'm glad to have my new garage, but I think I need an exhaust fan to clean all the welding and grinding smoke and dust.
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11-18-2012, 08:21 PM | #5 |
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Only got one day to work on the suburban this weekend. And got a late start, not a lot of energy today. So I didn't get too much done.
Are they ever going to stamp replacement rocker panels that fit correct. I know mine has been modified a lot but I still had to fix the part under the front corner of the front door. If I didn't do this the corner of the door would hit the rocker panel. Then I had to finish up where I cut the top to fit better. I got so used to seeing it the way it was I almost didn't notice it wasn't finished. Then I decided to grind more welds on the B pillar. I have put off this part for nearly 3 years. Don't know why, its not any worse that everything else I've been grinding.
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11-18-2012, 08:40 PM | #6 |
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Keep at it! Always good to make some progress....I'm headed out to my garage now
On the rockers, I've had aftermarket ones fit perfect w/ no mods needed and the same brand rocker need a lot of work to fit the next truck...I think it's a lot to do with how our trucks were built in the first place...not much QC.... On my shop truck the passenger rocker is factory and the door closes perfect and has great gaps...but every time I shut the door there is a little streak of rust from where it actually hits the painted rocker...the bottom of the door is rusty but not out of shape so just the rust scale makes it hit the rocker....showing how tight it was from the factory...
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11-18-2012, 11:49 PM | #7 |
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Wow, late night working in the garage. It was almost 5 PM here when you posted. At 8 PM I wouldn't be motivated to get dirty unless I was getting close to a deadline.
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11-18-2012, 11:59 PM | #8 |
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Just cleaning up some parts tonight...my wife and girls were at a baby shower and the race and games I watched were over
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11-19-2012, 01:16 PM | #9 |
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Great progress!
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11-19-2012, 01:30 PM | #10 |
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looking good !
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11-19-2012, 09:53 PM | #11 |
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Great work! The rocker is looking awesome!
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11-20-2012, 12:58 AM | #12 |
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Thanks. It makes me feel good when I get compliments from guys with awesome trucks.
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11-25-2012, 09:13 PM | #13 |
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I spent this weekend with so many excuses that I didn't get much done. I blame too much turkey on Thursday.
The top of my B pillar wasn't right. There needed to be a rubber bumper there and wasn't enough room. So I cut and fixed what was wrong. Don't know how I was off when I did it but that is my way (a little off). The door is really flexible with out the skin attached. I can twist it 1/2" with just my fingers. This also affects how the body lines match up. This is where I'm at with lining up. I also started plug welding the rocker panel into place. Anyone else get nervous at this point. Did I forget anything? If I have to take it off now I could destroy it. I'm a little worried about how the body gets wider on the suburban. Didn't notice it much at first. Now that I'm looking down the body to see if the lines are straight I can see it gets wider from the cowl to the back of the rear doors. Then it stays at that width to the tail lights. The passenger side seems to be like that too so it should be right. Is there anyone with a shiny suburban that can confirm it? Reflections will make it obvious if it's incorrect.
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11-25-2012, 09:28 PM | #14 |
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The roof line width gets wider on the burb body i am using. I am measuring from the pinch weld seams on the header panels. My pick up back half is 1 5/8" narrower.
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12-09-2012, 07:51 PM | #16 |
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Finally got tired of looking at the large gap at the front of the back door.
These little clamps are the best thing. Can't have too many. Then lots of welding to get the addition on. I plug welded the skin to the door frame then added the extra 7/8". After I got the edge fitted so the door gap was close I added another layer of sheet metal to the back. It sandwiches the lip from the door frame and I plug welded it to the door frame also. Then welded the two edges together to make it thicker. If anyone ever says you have too many clamps show them these pics. I could use a few more. After much grinding it looked like this. And with the two layers with staggered joints it is very rigid. Here is the inside layer of metal after I plug welded it. And after I finished grinding it. Looks clean. Will add seam sealer to edge before painting. I started the back edge of the door also. It was also just one layer of sheet metal that is plug welded to the door frame. Added a layer inside like the front and got it ground down to set the door gap and ran out of steam for today. Now I need to finish the back and then do the bottom to get the gap correct.
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12-09-2012, 09:00 PM | #17 |
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Very nice. You have way more patience than I.
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12-10-2012, 12:33 AM | #18 |
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Ding!! You just gave me an idea for the front edge of my doors!!! Thanks man!
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12-15-2012, 07:28 PM | #20 |
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Working on matching the body curve on the door with the curve on the suburban. They are close but not exact. I used the rear part of a drivers door to make the rear of the door but as I keep finding out suburbans are different. Now is the time to make it work. The top part of the door was in too far so I made the body match, the middle of the door was flatter so I cut the suburban skin so I could flatten it.
The bottom of the door lines up with the rocker panel but was rusted out on the suburban all the way to the wheel well. I finally opened up the body cavity (yes I did a body cavity search), looking for rust. Then the worst thing happened, my welder stopped welding. I know I was almost out of gas, so I checked my wire spool and it was empty. I looked at the time and the welding supply store had been closed for 15 minutes. Done for the weekend!!! Wrong, if the rain quits I can cut out a patch panel from extra parts. I don't like taking electric tools out in rain storms (reason for new garage).
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12-15-2012, 09:53 PM | #21 |
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Wow! I have less inner wheel well than you do! That doesn't look too bad!
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12-15-2012, 10:29 PM | #22 |
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I was really surprised too. The way the outside looked and I know how much dirt came out of that cavity. It was full of dirt up to the inspection plug in the wheel well (plug was missing).
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12-15-2012, 10:49 PM | #23 |
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Well anyone from Washington or somewhere close will understand this. It quit raining and was only a drizzle so I ran my extension cord to my pile of parts and cut off a patch panel from an old bedside.
I cut and fit the panel. Suburbans have a spot where the floor is spot welded to the skin and I thought it was good. So I cut there and the splice will be supported by the floor. It goes up high because there was a dent at a bad spot. See the arrow. Then I finished cleaning the back of the patch and the inner wheel well with POR 15 clean and prep. I will paint it tomorrow. Got nothing else to do. Here is the saddest site this weekend. No more wire. And almost no gas.
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12-16-2012, 12:29 PM | #24 |
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Lookin really good man! I hear ya on the consumables!
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12-21-2012, 01:51 AM | #25 |
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I know how it is. I was trying to get as much work done on my Suburban as possible when it started raining. I did get the mufflers on during the hale storm though. The cops weren't liking the open headers much and it drew a lot of attention.
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