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What did you do to your GMT today?

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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Aries » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:03 pm

mikekey wrote:still waiting on SummitRacing to deliver the back half of the lowers. Called them yesterday and they said they had just been shipped, placed that order back on Dec 3rd!!!!! :hissyfit:

Been there. But I will still buy from them over Jegs
Planning on running the spindles over to my father in-law's shop to sandblast and paint
And here is brand new red Moogs upper control arm, :idea: because why not. Too much??

Hell ya! That's gonna look awesome. Now you got me thinking Image
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by mikekey » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:30 pm

The annoying thing is on their site my order status says shipped on the 12/12/13 but when I called they already knew it hadn't been shipped. I'm assuming it's been drop shipped from Moog.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by DustinC1989 » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:55 pm

Worked on getting my LED light bar in, but ran out of daylight
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Trail X » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:23 pm

Installed new beefy UCAs, took out the rear sway bar, so I'm now swaybarless... rotate tires, fix a flat spare, and did an eyeball alignment.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by v7guy » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:36 pm

JamesDowning wrote:Installed new beefy UCAs...



:no pics:


:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by dvanbramer88 » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:41 pm

v7guy wrote:
JamesDowning wrote:Installed new beefy UCAs...



:no pics:


:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:



viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4915

These are so epic they deserve their own thread.

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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Aries » Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:25 pm

Installed new Strong Arm #4576 rear window lift supports struts,

Made good progress on the re-build/4.56 re-gear of the spare GM-7.2 front differential,
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by HARDTRAILZ » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:34 am

Radflo's In...

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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by hayes » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:08 pm

mikekey wrote:
And here is brand new red Moogs upper control arm, :idea: because why not. Too much??



Is there something special about these upper control arms? or are they just stock replacements? I ask because I am about to embark on some front end maintenance.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by ErikSS » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:17 pm

Red. They are red for sure. haha I assume they are OE style control arms with Moog ball joints. It would be nice to find out for sure! Compare them for us!
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by mikekey » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:29 pm

They're actually made out of super dense magnototrumble that won't bend and they act to create a geo stabilizing effect that centers the vehicle when off-roading. This hydro-magneto powered control arm will allow your vehicle to approach a FUGAWI without scaring it off. Suppose to be the latest shit. Plus they're red.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by NC_IslandRunner » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:13 pm

mikekey wrote:They're actually made out of super dense magnototrumble that won't bend and they act to create a geo stabilizing effect that centers the vehicle when off-roading. This hydro-magneto powered control arm will allow your vehicle to approach a FUGAWI without scaring it off. Suppose to be the latest shit. Plus they're red.


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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by dvanbramer88 » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:35 pm

Even George died of old age before he could catch a Fugawi.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:13 am

dvanbramer88 wrote:Even George died of old age before he could catch a Fugawi.


George will always be a legend in those woods!
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by DirtyBacon04 » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:23 am

hey mike... the UCA is upside down in that pic...
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by mikekey » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:45 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:hey mike... the UCA is upside down in that pic...


You mean right side up since I'm not holding it in the flipped position. :finger:
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by DirtyBacon04 » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:04 pm

Thats what I was getting at :facepalm:

Since upside down is the new rightside up...
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by The Roadie » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:16 pm

I was just thinking ..... has anybody been putting duct or electrical tape over the rectangular holes that were meant for holding wiring harness clips? I just thought that now they're up, the UCAs could be filling with water/salt/crud. I think I'm going to heat mine up with a mild torch flame to make sure they're dry, then seal the holes.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Aries » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:26 pm

The Roadie wrote:I was just thinking ..... has anybody been putting duct or electrical tape over the rectangular holes that were meant for holding wiring harness clips? I just thought that now they're up, the UCAs could be filling with water/salt/crud. I think I'm going to heat mine up with a mild torch flame to make sure they're dry, then seal the holes.

I thought about that when I flipped mine. I also thought about drilling a hole for drainage and maybe pouring in rust neutralizer and then paint but I didn't have time for it to dry. I did think about tho :coffee:
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Trail X » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:39 pm

While you're at it, if you're going through the trouble to drain it and all, you might want to caulk the seam between the two formed plates.

But even then, isn't the whole back side (around the bushings) open to weather too?
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