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  1. Buckshot556
    That is the standard leaf spring pack on the HD's. The overload spring, if you were to have it has two bump stops mounted on the frame.
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    Plastic Fastener Replaced
    Watch out is doesn't rust. Had no idea GM used plastic there.
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    I love how simple and effective my step bumper is. Why complicate things with this useless and complicated feature
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    Wet driver floor board is the shark fin leaking. Back window leaking is the third brake light or body seam. water eventually will work it's way down to the lowest point in the cab (inner rocker panels) then sit and rot the truck from the inside out. by the time it's rotted away they want you to sell it to the next guy and buy a new one. No single manufacturer is guilty, every forum discusses these issues.
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    Where the hell are you finding ice thick enough to drive on already?! I'm in northern MI and the lakes aren't even ready for snowmobiles
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    Looks like some serious mods were made. What all was replaced and added?
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    Also a putty knife works great to scrape off the existing wax garbage if it's already a lost cause to save. I can only recommend the NOX Rust 121b if you only need to touch up small portions. If the frame is a lost cause just wire brush the hell out of it and paint it
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    I would buy a wire brush kit you attach to a cordless drill, clean off as much rust as you can, then paint over with permatex rust stopper or similar product. Then finish with a zinc infused black spray paint. You will have to do annual touchups but your frame will look brand new forever. Don't bother with replaceable components like suspension. They will be replaced eventually. The Daubert NOX rust works great to touch up the frame, but spray paint is more durable against rock chips etc.
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    Nice work Whiskey
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    You sir speak from experience. I excersize the same cautions as you because I also own a jeep Wrangler and know how bad tires like that throw stones
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    I recently sat down with an chemical engineer who works for a tier one chemical & additive supplier to GM. He said GM's focus on the K2 trucks was rust prevention so the additives in the paint are geared for preventing rust. The compromise is a more brittle paint. GM compounds that by painting these trucks as thin as possible. Some Engineer got a nice pat on the back for that cost saving measure. The problem I'm experiencing isn't so much the frequency of rock chips, but how devistating they are when they occur. A simple rock chip now involves touching up an area the size of a pea. The textured paint along the bottom of our trucks doesn't work worth a crap because it's just so brittle. Best thing I did was buy a WeatherTech low pro stone shield for the hood, and I linex'd the rockers on my truck. Now the only susceptible spot on my truck is the area between the headlight and bumper.
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    Excellent. I will look for recessed hinges. Did you utilize the stake pocket mounting bolts to mount the toolbox?
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    Did you do anything special to get the tool box to fit with the magnum rack? I have a regular cab with the magnum rack and need a tool box to store truck stuff without filling up the cab.
  14. Buckshot556
    Whiskey you inspired me to plastidip my door emblems black. Did you just carefully mask around it with masking tape? I've never used plasti dip before.
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