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Hauled this precious cargo home for the first time from the NICU after 40 days!   Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

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I installed this thingy on the top of my 2017 6.2L. Not really sure what it does, but my truck goes really fast now.  

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Found an hour of free time yesterday and installed GM - Illuminated Door Sills. Love the way they look! Of course, made a how to video. The box didn't come with instructions and tried searching he

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I installed a sail panel here in Florida. Great for keeping it shaded.

 

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How many HP does that mod add? :)

 

I might have to use this while out camping sometime.

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I installed a sail panel here in Florida. Great for keeping it shaded.

 

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I like it. just put truck in garage ???

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I tried washing mine at 8 am, but without shade I got water spots before I could get the vehicle dried off. Then after I pulled it into the garage I spent quite a bit of time with detail spray removing water spots. The last couple of times I set up some lights and started washing around 10 pm. It was much better in the cool of the night, but I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy.

 

Thanks. I had to add some blocks to make it over the cab. I work in the heat so once I'm inside for the evening I stay there. So I hit it at 8am today.

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I tried washing mine at 8 am, but without shade I got water spots before I could get the vehicle dried off. Then after I pulled it into the garage I spent quite a bit of time with detail spray removing water spots. The last couple of times I set up some lights and started washing around 10 pm. It was much better in the cool of the night, but I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy.

 

 

I added the dupont option at the dealer. It seems to be helping fight the spots

 

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Unfortunately the truck is too long for the garage, for some reason where I live in Florida garages have the a/c, water heater and washer/dryer.

 

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Ag76 I had similar issue, I added an inline water filter to my outside hose with a .5 micron filter. Solved 90% of problem.

 

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Ag76 I had similar issue, I added an inline water filter to my outside hose with a .5 micron filter. Solved 90% of problem.

 

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I'm gonna have to look into those, I get a ton of spots as well, never would have thought about an inline filter. Thanks for the tip!
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It's a .5 micron carbon filter, I had found a guy that was having similar problems with spots on his charter boat. I'll try and find the link. The whole set up costs around $100

 

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Miles are adding up quick.

 

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too many road trips ???

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I installed a sail panel here in Florida. Great for keeping it shaded.

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At first I thought the rear of the sail was being held up by something attached to your hitch.

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Thanks, Tom. I'll take a look at that. I'm usually okay if I can dry the truck off before the water dries, which I can do at night. But there's no way I can prevent water spots if I wash in the heat of a Texas summer day with the sun shining on the truck. I'm curious to find out if a filter could prevent spots even in the heat of the day.

 

 

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