This ‘05 vette has a harmonic balancer failing - about 1500 dollars on the high side- TJs aren’t that bad to maintain. If you gonna play, you gotta pay.
Nice. I hope I’m that cool when I’m 81…
I drove the Jeep to get piazza for dinner to celebrate our 50th anniversary.
Totally detailed it- What in the world was my 81-year-old dad doing buying something like this- has 22,000 miles -
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I hope I have something like that when I’m 81
I polished the turn signals.
This is after the first round of sanding with 800 grit, but it looks identical to how it started.
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And this is after following the 800 with 1500, 2000, then Novus fine scratch remover and then Novus plastic clean and shine.
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The sanding discs and applicator I used are from a duplicolor headlight restoration kit I got 3 years ago for another vehicle, but I lost the polishing compound that came with it so I used the Novus stuff, which I actually got to clear up the vinyl windows in some 5 year old Smittybilt soft uppers that came with my half doors.
I polished the turn signals.
This is after the first round of sanding with 800 grit, but it looks identical to how it started.
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And this is after following the 800 with 1500, 2000, then Novus fine scratch remover and then Novus plastic clean and shine.
View attachment 350815
The sanding discs and applicator I used are from a duplicolor headlight restoration kit I got 3 years ago for another vehicle, but I lost the polishing compound that came with it so I used the Novus stuff, which I actually got to clear up the vinyl windows in some 5 year old Smittybilt soft uppers that came with my half doors.
I'm lazy. I spent $14 and replaced both of mine.
I polished the turn signals.
This is after the first round of sanding with 800 grit, but it looks identical to how it started.
View attachment 350812
And this is after following the 800 with 1500, 2000, then Novus fine scratch remover and then Novus plastic clean and shine.
View attachment 350815
The sanding discs and applicator I used are from a duplicolor headlight restoration kit I got 3 years ago for another vehicle, but I lost the polishing compound that came with it so I used the Novus stuff, which I actually got to clear up the vinyl windows in some 5 year old Smittybilt soft uppers that came with my half doors.
0330. Just hit the road for a 15hr 1,000mi round trip to go pick up some Jeep parts.
Anybody else done this?
Drove my TJ at 75MPH first time with new 4.56 gears