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Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 10:14 pm

Went down and got it inspected today, Ill wait till friday to get my new plates........get more for my money that way. Stupid sunroof really took alot of timel I'm going to have a word with the Napa guy about the paint, the color match is just nowhere near close enough. Im going to wait until I get better matching paint to colorsand it.

Otherwise just a few things to finish up with, we are going to jury rig the sunroof up into the sealed position and leave it untill I can figure what to do about it.

This morning when I filled the tank it was blowing smoke pretty good, after driving it a little that stopped, I figure I musta been blowing out oil that had run around in the intake when it went turtle. Otherwise is seems to be driving pretty good, making some clunking noise that I want to track down, and it feels like it could use an alignment.

But man, that diesel pulls nice, we got some rain today, just give it some gas from a stop was able to break the tires loose, now the tires Im sure are crappy, but still, it scoots, gotta love that torque.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 10:42 pm

She's come a LOOOOONG way from where you got her at. You plan on fixing the other dents and dings in her? or were you just going to get it driveable and then hand it over to the parents to fine tune as they like???

Good job otherwise...

elephantrider · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 10:51 pm

man, that is impressive you redoing all of that. ive been lurking on each of your posts so far, and am amazed you tacked that.

good job, grab a cold beverage of your choice on me.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 11:13 pm

2006KJSPORT4x4 wrote:

She's come a LOOOOONG way from where you got her at. You plan on fixing the other dents and dings in her? or were you just going to get it driveable and then hand it over to the parents to fine tune as they like???

Good job otherwise...

For now no more body work. I have some other things to take care of. Need to get the vehicle ready to drive 1100+ miles starting on saturday.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 11:14 pm

jasonk wrote:

man, that is impressive you redoing all of that. ive been lurking on each of your posts so far, and am amazed you tacked that.

good job, grab a cold beverage of your choice on me.

I went to the brewry today and picked up a growler of odells IPA........its super yummi(if you like hops).

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 1:09 am

before pics for comparison.

Maximum Carnage · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 8:11 am

Very nice job!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 8:52 am

Wow they really did a bad job on color matching :shock:

! Good work,it is fun repairing it yourself.I had a blast doing mine.

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 10:03 am

Great job
I'd add that before next winter and maybe before - you might want to upgrade the tires - I suspect the stockers were the reason it rolled - they're great for mileage and or breaking'em loose - but they're marginal in rain and I suspect worthless in snow
(I never tried that)

CaKJFreedom · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 11:47 am

Darn great job! I still don't get why the sunroof and rear windows didn't break.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 12:43 pm

ATXKJ wrote:

Great job
I'd add that before next winter and maybe before - you might want to upgrade the tires - I suspect the stockers were the reason it rolled - they're great for mileage and or breaking'em loose - but they're marginal in rain and I suspect worthless in snow
(I never tried that)

Yes, I would like to go ahead and get new ones now, but damm if we havent spent enough cash in the past 2 months. Some other things like that will need to wait.

dog_party · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 1:33 pm

Wow! Nice job! Thanks for putting the before and after picts in the same thread!

Sorry the color-match came out so bad. Nice application of the paint though.

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