chevybird2006

HEB is now at $1.89

this morning gas at one station that i go to(heb gas) was at 2.03 and this afternoon its down to 1.89...ALL of the other stations within 5 miles have been bouncing between 1.98 and 2.15 while heb has stayed about the same.

im in abilene texas...but the tag says its from cali...it went towards the college that is on that street.

was going to the grocery store and saw a black ss on some big ass wheels. the wheels were black with a chrome lip. young college guy driving. on the back it had a dealer name plate. i think it said "ron baker" which i looked on google and it said it is in san diego. did some one here trade one in? it was a great looking truck.

im in the air force stationed at dyess in abilene.

yes this is normal in west texas...one of my troops got pulled over coming back from san angelo to abilene doing 67 in a 65 ( it was night)...he got a warning but it is the 3rd time he has been pulled over in the 4 months he has been here.

**edit** yea what i said i think was kinda stated...

looks great!!! i wish i had not starting sanding my dash bezel...or i would have done it like that.

yea not so much there are a couple places here in abilene...but i think they close around 1am. not too much of a partier though. havent been to a club but once in the last 4 years!. good luck in your cross training. there are a couple of places in san angelo...trust me you will have no problem finding your way to the bars...af people in training have radar...what mods are you planning while you are down? what are you cross training from? jsut read through another thread and realized you are ammo...loaders dont help ammo!!!ha! well at least you are cross training.

USAF, B1 bomber weapons loader, hit 7 years on the 15th, ssgt(e5)hoping for tech!!!!

yea its in the plans...as well as painting the top of the bumper...i dont know what chevy was thinking.

yea thats what i want to do paint the whole trim not the reflector...and thats why i want to buy another set so i can slowly work on them...and i messed the edges of mine up a little...you cant see it but i know its there. and i want to get the dealer piece.

not a change at all...definately do it!

just a few small things clear headlight mod... may grab another set of headlights to do over and paint the black inside red not sure though antenna delete hope to order the piece without the hole soon. i may paint the antenna red and get some red zipties side mouling removed tailgate debadged again...handle bezel removed being sanded down for paint

well sooooo many people have their trucks debadged and it looks great...i just wanted to try something different. well here is what i did: 1. debadged 2. removed bowtie from silverado emblem. i used a metal paint scaper with a pointed edge because it is thin enough to get under the edge without damaging the plastic...just be gentle. a. soaked bowtie in easyoff oven cleaner (heavy duty in the yellow can the fume free kind doesnt work)to remove gold. this WILL NOT damage the plastic.this does take a little work and a while for it to work to get all of the layers off. scrubbing it with a toothbrush rinsing and repeating helps. b. taped up the front of emblem with blue painters tape. c. paint it (insert your color here) (it doesnt have to be pretty because you will see the underside of the paint) 3. i used acetone to remove all of the paint from the silverado emblem to make it completely chrome. 4. hot glued the bowtie back to the silverado emblem. and here is the finished the product: i also painted the front bowtie. 1. for my 06 i removed the 4 push fastners from across the top of the grill. i then pulled the bottom left corner of the grill untill it popped loose,then bottom right corner, top left, top right, then on the far right edge between the headlights i pulled there until it popped loose and the same on the left (i guess this could be different but this is what worked best for my truck) 2. removed the 2 twist bolts from rear of emblem. 3. seperated the two pieces of the emblem with the paint scraper. 4. soak the emblem in the easyoff to remove the gold. this does take a little work and a while for it to work to get all of the layers off. scrubbing it with a toothbrush rinsing and repeating helps. 5. taped up the front of emblem with blue painters tape. 6. paint it (insert your color here) (it doesnt have to be pretty becauseyou will see the underside of the paint) 7. ***i didnt like this step.it works but i know there are better ideas out there***i used an epoxy to put the two halves back together...but i reccommend you use something else on this like some kind of silicone...something that wont get hard against the paint.(i am redoing mine due to the epoxy)and see if you can come up with something better. 8. reinstall finished product: total cost for this...under $20... mighty nice i must say:head:

whats going on guys...was directed over here for a how to from gmfullsize.com dont own an ss but i do love them. i have a 2006 silverado extended cab. has the 4.8. its victory red and silverbirch metallic. ive done a few mods but nothing special. painted bowtie, acetoned rear emblem(coming off) and cleared the front corners. hope to learn from you guys with bad ass trucks!