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A couple of pics from my flight last week. Photo credit to my loadmaster [emoji41]f44676077148fe79f4d21fc992e09166.jpg206d03a1b7b892aaa353cb0da9c581ac.jpg

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Stripped the bike apart tonight, now I gotta decide what I want to do with it. 

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Daisy

2009 LaCrosse CLX

 

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51.6K on the clock now. 15 years old from her 2008 build date. Three years since the last report and just a couple of thousand put on her. 360 miles of that yesterday with a trip to Peoria to pick up some fluids from Hoerr Racing. 60/65 mph trip netted 33 mpg. Washed and waxed and a full under hood wipe down then put to bed again. Had her out once earlier this year for a hundred and an oil change. Switched back to Red Line HP from AMSOIL after seeing the internals of Pepper at 175K on that Red Sauce. 😉 

 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, xranger90 said:

Congrats! What mods have you done so far?

 

Well...let's see. I made a prepurchase punch list and so far have this much done:

 

1.) Weather Tech floor matts. Front only. They don't give those away. 

2.) Full PPF nose, A pillars and a foot of roof plus door sills, edges and handle pockets and mirror backs, truck ledge.

3.) Level 2 paint correction and G3Ceramic coating including the PPF

4.) Added camber eccentrics and gave it a good alignment. 

5.) Sylvania H-11 Silverstar Hi/Lo bulbs 

6.) Moved on from Mitsubishi to Red Line Lubricants and Purolator filters

7.) Changed factory preset OLM length from 12,000 miles or 13 months to 3,750 miles or 6 months

8.) Came with LED floods. 

 

Yet to do on my original list

 

A.) Fluid Film (hottest item on my left to do list)

B.) Ceramic IR/UVA/UVB blocking Window Tint

C.) Seat protection covers. Something more Rex friendly. My boy sheds. 

D.) Block and pan heaters / CVT cooler

E.) Canton Pre-lube system

 

The entire original list went/is toward protection/safety. 

 

bric-à-brac:

 

1.) iOttie phone cradle and shielded USB cable

2.) Black bath towel folded up over the E-brake area so Rex has a pillow while he furs up my front seat. :crackup:

 

 

 

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2024, sold Trail Boss. 4524 miles when bought. 3.6LV6 8 speed ZF AT Sport S 

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80-85 from Texas to CO after 1.5 hr delay in DFW rat-race traffic. 

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My latest addition, imported it from Nevada back in July. 2018 JGC 3.6. Guy went crazy checking the option boxes. Air suspension, pano roof...it can even park itself if I knew or cared how to use that feature. It’s like a slightly more reliable Range Rover. 😂IMG_3393.thumb.jpeg.6490c1afdf798ebc2eb977001cef1e02.jpeg

Right away I did the filters and all driveline fluids with Red Line, spark plugs, coils, oil cooler, serp belt & accessories, PCV valve and motor mounts while it was still warm out. Fresh set of Michelins. Good as new in every way.

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3 minutes ago, OnTheReel said:

My latest addition, imported it from Nevada back in July. 2018 JGC 3.6. Guy went crazy checking the option boxes. Air suspension, pano roof...it can even park itself if I knew or cared how to use that feature. It’s like a slightly more reliable Range Rover. 😂IMG_3393.thumb.jpeg.6490c1afdf798ebc2eb977001cef1e02.jpeg

Right away I did the filters and all driveline fluids with Red Line, spark plugs, coils, oil cooler, serp belt & accessories, PCV valve and motor mounts while it was still warm out. Fresh set of Michelins. Good as new in every way.

AWESOME!!! 

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11 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

Well...let's see. I made a prepurchase punch list and so far have this much done:

 

1.) Weather Tech floor matts. Front only. They don't give those away. 

2.) Full PPF nose, A pillars and a foot of roof plus door sills, edges and handle pockets and mirror backs, truck ledge.

3.) Level 2 paint correction and G3Ceramic coating including the PPF

4.) Added camber eccentrics and gave it a good alignment. 

5.) Sylvania H-11 Silverstar Hi/Lo bulbs 

6.) Moved on from Mitsubishi to Red Line Lubricants and Purolator filters

7.) Changed factory preset OLM length from 12,000 miles or 13 months to 3,750 miles or 6 months

8.) Came with LED floods. 

 

Yet to do on my original list

 

A.) Fluid Film (hottest item on my left to do list)

B.) Ceramic IR/UVA/UVB blocking Window Tint

C.) Seat protection covers. Something more Rex friendly. My boy sheds. 

D.) Block and pan heaters / CVT cooler

E.) Canton Pre-lube system

 

The entire original list went/is toward protection/safety. 

 

bric-à-brac:

 

1.) iOttie phone cradle and shielded USB cable

2.) Black bath towel folded up over the E-brake area so Rex has a pillow while he furs up my front seat. :crackup:

 

 

 

Good list! Enjoy the project

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Took her out yesterday for her monthly drive. The older I get the more I appreciate shifting gears. It’s a blast. 

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My wifes ride and my other ride I use on the weekends is 23 Tahoe Z71 with 6.2L and air ride.   Had to make it look kind of like my Trailboss so I used edgymods lift links and set it a little over 1" lift all around.   Then mounted LT275/60/20 Falken AT3W tires on Voss Trailboss replica rims.

 

It is just enough to give it a more rugged look without affecting ride quality.

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On 12/12/2024 at 7:09 AM, KARNUT said:

Took her out yesterday for her monthly drive. The older I get the more I appreciate shifting gears. It’s a blast. 

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Going out today for emissions inspection and yearly oil change at the dealership today. I put less than 200 miles on it this year even driving once a month. Still drives and smells new. 

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