bc-chris

i know i'm a little late to the party....but for others wanting some pics.... i added a little LED to the back cubby.....

in my best 'french canadian' accent (coming from a guy that lives in western canada! ha!) "shoot da puck" "score da goal!"

it was absolutely beautiful today - clear sunny skies and about 7C (45F). washed both my truck and my wife's car. i got a good laugh thanks to my neighbour - he came by and took a pic of me washing my wife's car (wearing a hoodie and shorts) and sent it to his son who is currently visiting friends in winnipeg (i think it got down to -35C last night - gaahhhhh!! why?? why would you go there?? there is no reason!! ha! ha!). he just wanted to have a little fun at his son's expense! it's nice to have a black truck again http://IMG_5103 by bc-chris, on Flickr

the kicker for me is this is usd... so add 30% to get it into canadian $.... and then the lovely $32 customs charge compliments of canada post... but i still LOVE it! Order Summary ITEM QTY UNIT PRICE SUBTOTAL Custom Kelowna Colts Trailer Hitch Cover SQ4268752 1 $140.00 $140.00 Item Subtotal Shipping & Handling Tax TOTAL $140.00 $25.00 $0.00 $165.00

a while ago in this thread one of the guys showed some pics of some new hitch covers he got from kempter kustoms they looked AWESOME so i checked out the link above and found a part of the webpage where you can order a custom hitch cover. so then my dilemma was 'do i just order the awesome boba fett hitch cover or go full custom?'... well, i went full custom. after a few emails back and forth i placed my order and today my hitch cover showed up - it's AWESOME!!!! this is my men's hockey team jersey (i've run this team for 9 seasons now - just a great bunch of guys - they are like brothers!) and this is the hitch cover that showed up today.... what i LOVE is that they left the eye 'hollow' and there is a cutout in the back of the hitch cover so i can add an LED. i'm going to use a red LED and wire it to my brake light! ha! ha!

Ponch and Jon AWAYS get the the bad guys!!! ...wow... i'm sooooooooooo showing my age! ha! ha!

is the front end out of alignment?? it might be worth getting it checked also - i know you say the wheels are balanced, but it might not hurt to get a second opinion. a number of years ago my wife and i went on a little road trip to celebrate our 10th anniversary. on the way back home i got hit (we were about 2.5 hours from home). insurance wouldn't pay to transport my truck back home to get fixed becuz there was an "accredited" shop close to where the accident happened. that shop was brutal! they missed that the gas sending unit (near the top of the tank) was cracked so when i went and filled up to drive back home gas went everywhere at the gas station. they didn't reconnect the rear tail lights so unknown to me i had no rear driving lights, turn lights, reverse lights OR brake lights! they also said they had the front end aligned - not a chance! so all that to say, 'not all shops are created equally'. so yea - if you have a shop you trust then i wouldn't worry too much about rechecking the tire balance, but if you're not sure then getting them checked somewhere else might by an idea. **in my province (british columbia), auto insurance is a crown corporation - so everyone uses one company that's run by the province (icbc). you can get additional coverage thru private companies if you like, but all basic coverage goes thru icbc. becuz of that, they have 'accredited' shops all over the province. icbc did call me after i got my truck back and asked about my experience with their accredited shop - they got an earful!

i used the glossifier on the bowties and left all the other 'badging' with just plasti dip i find that if i'm using a really fuzzy towel that it will leave a little fuzz on the bowties - so instead of 'wiping' the bowties i usually just take the towel and push/pat the bowtie. the wiping motion seems to leave waaaaay more 'fuzz'

ha... forget about "new car smell" when STRM opens up his truck door... i thought they smelt bad... on the outside! ha! ha! also - STRMTRPR.... you mentioned white leather interior.... my neighbour had an old mustang a few years ago and got the interior redone and did white leather. he LOVED the look but it was brutal to keep clean. he often wore jeans and quickly noticed the seats were becoming blue. he tried everything to keep the seats white but it was a losing battle. odds are they will discolour fairly quickly. heh... perfect time to use another classic solo quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYX-NSZMqt0

the plasti dip has held up AWESOME!! it cleans up great and no nicks, chips, cuts yet (and i did this 2 summers ago) i do want to redo the front bow tie, only becuz when i did it i 'dipped' both the gold bow tie and the chrome trim around it. i'd like to have just the gold part 'dipped' i removed the plasti dip off the chrome door bumper guards - i liked the look of the chrome better all the other stuff that i plasti dipped has held up great (silverado on doors and tailgate, rear bow tie, the red 'z' on the z71 in the grill)

i figured you'd be going with white like jorge did.... dropkick his user name on this forum is NitroDatsik - he's done lots of cool stuff to his truck!

so when are you doing a horn mod.... i think this would sound about right.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpGXgNHaJsk

WOW!!! looks great!! fantastic photo too!!! i need to get out again for another photo shoot with my truck

do you have a "cap-it" close to you?? i found the cap-it in kelowna had the best price for plastidip. i wish i could remember how much it was per can, but i think it was a little under $20... like $18 or $19??

very possibly. after seeing how bright the 6mm red bolts are i think that will be plenty bright for me using amber in the grill

no - i haven't put any lights in my grill.... yet!! when i do do my grill, i'm planning 5 amber 6mm bolts (one in each opening at the top of the grill)

those are just a couple of led 'bolts' hooked up to a 12v battery (link the light lights below) - you can sorta see the battery sitting on the ground under the truck in the 'white' pic. i haven't done this yet.... but it's on the list... waaaaay down the list, but on the list none the less! the tow lights were just a couple of these hooked up to a 12v battery to see if i liked the look: led bolts - 6mm i haven't done grill lights (yet), but i did use the same 6mm bolts on the back of my truck. i put 3 red ones above the plate/below the tailgate....

i played around with some lights in the tow hook area... but haven't done anything yet blue: white:

i know!! i've taken the accent pieces off before. getting them off isn't too bad, but putting them back on - wow - what a pain!!!! i'm actually considering taking all the vinyl off, doing something like 6 layers of plastidip and then spraying a blue similar to the vinyl colour over the dip and then clearing it. at least i'll be able to get it off later if i want to go back to stock??

i fired up my '89 today (first time in over a year). she started right away!! moved it out of the garage and gave it a much needed bath! then picture time! i think i'll put insurance on it for the month of september and enjoy driving it around again. i just love that truck!

had some time to kill today so i fired up 'the old girl'!! i haven't started my '89 in over a year. started right away!!!! i let it run for a bit then gave it a much needed bath and then of course... picture time!!! also took the kids for a spin it. they LOVE it becuz being a 2-seater, they get to sit in the front!!!!

he already did...

make a build thread!!! i'm always in the build thread section checking out current and old threads - i LOVE seeing what other guys have done to their trucks. i've gotten lots of ideas from them which has lead me to do a bunch of mods myself

there's a few places you could wire it to... over head lights, ignition, maybe even for when the headlights turn on. with overhead lights just look in the footwell lighting thread for the wire for ignition, i take power from here: ignition power (check the 3rd and 4th pics in the post) not sure where the headlight power wire is, but i'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to figure out