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Great tip on the double sided tape! I hope to get my stage 2 on this weekend. What’s the consensus on bolts...dry, loctite, anti seize?Nice purchase. Congrats. Youll feel the weight of those once installed. Just like the weight of sliders itll fade from thought. I did the stage 3 which is everything but the gas tank skid. They are extremely robust. On my front skid theres threaded holes in the truck frame that the skid attaches to. One of the threads nuts was missing on my truck for some reason so had to run a longer bolt and nut to secure it. No worries but if you run into that, theres your work around tip.
Enjoy those skids. I also placed some double sided foam tape between the over laps on the skids to kill any chatter. Didnt figure that out until after i ran HITR trail.
This week I started going over my new to me '09. First up was the KDSS valve. The rest of the truck had minimal rust for a Mid-Atlantic vehicle, but the valve looked like a cannon from a shipwreck.
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I was prepared for the worst, but a dental pick, some Kroil and a few sharp taps before inserting the hex driver managed to loosen both up. I backed them out a turn each, cleaned the threads and slathered the valve body in axle grease. I will clean them up and apply some LPS3. I'll probably give them a turn every few thousand miles. This major service concern has been ticked off my list and I can now consider a suspension lift.
Hmm... I wonder if that is something to cover with waterproof grease to avoid that from happening?
Many threads strongly recommending that. Yes. Do.
Great tip on the double sided tape! I hope to get my stage 2 on this weekend. What’s the consensus on bolts...dry, loctite, anti seize?
Do what you feel is best, loctite might not be a bad idea. I had one come loose and lost it because i didn’t recheck them after the initial install. @Taco2Cruiser, who works at Budbuilt, was able to sell me a replacement hardware kit, bolts /bits.
I think that might have been sarcasm. I know we don't see it around here much, so it is hard to recognize, but it does show itself on occasion.![]()
What exactly did you do?
I was actually looking at that the other day on Amazon. Your before/after proves it'll do the job
Yeah you'll be surprised how good they look afterwards. Especially if they start out really bad. Just sand really thoroughly then wipe slow and smooth to keep the bubbles down and they'll look awesome. Only have to dry for about an hour before you can touch them or drive around safely
Does it come with adapter to attach it to a power tool?
I like to be lazy where I can lol.
This kit doesn't come with it because I don't like spinning sand paper near my paint and it's pretty easy by hand.. But 3M makes a kit that has the mandrels to put in a power drill if you want them.
I agree with you on sanding with power tool near paint... but the headlight is big enough IMO to use it and then deal with the edges by hand