I got all my control arm bushings and pulled the left side apart... but when I pressed the old ones out, it took so much force that it deformed the upper control arm....I found a great deal on the a pair of new upper control arms with bushings and balljoints already installed, so I ordered them off Amazon prime and should have them by Friday....And I got the bushings locally, so they can be returned.

While the truck is suck on the lift , I figured it would be a good time to a dress the sagging bumper issue.....a little bit of adjustment, reattached a bumper guide that pulled off, and bent back a bumper support bar....And it looks much better now!




Not perfect, but it will do until I get a replacement bumper....still haven't had any luck with an envoy bumper, so I may just get a factory in replacement, or a bravada bumper until I can source an envoy one.

 

De-badged the rear gate today...made me consider shaving the rear wiper and push button...hmm


I've been looking at this grille since I took it off the range rover wondering how it'd look modded with the gmc grille.. So I started playing now that the range rover is done.




Just rough cut and tossed in to get an idea, it would have the tapered ends on all 3 rows, not just the upper 2- and the ends would start in line vertically....painted either bodycolor or the same color silver as the roofrack...... but general idea is:



Not 100% if I'm gonna run it or not.
Open to hearing opinions on it, good or bad.

 

Love that grill look... wanna make one for Chevy? Lol

 

All I need is another front end hit range rover to come in the shop! Lol

Here's a pic of the whole thing now that it's a little further along

 

Modified my headlights today to make my directional lens clear

Before


After

 

I sort of like the Range Rover grill. It is different.

 

Thanks, I have mixed feelings about it so I haven't continued on it yet



Look at what I found finally


Little envoy bumper action

 

Nice! Looks like it’s in good shape!

 

Thanks! It needs a lil work but not too bad.

Got it cleaned up and mocked up on the reinforcement.. I want to add a couple brackets on the bottom to hold it a little better, and wire my fog lights. Then hopefully paint it over the weekend.


Glass bead blasted and painted my tow hooks silver to accent the red (once it's painted lol)

Also I finally got my upper control arms from ups
Last night, so I scuffed them up and shot them with a couple coats of epoxy sealer so they stay Looking nice and new- That factory coating always turns to rust in no time flat.
Those will be getting installed tomorrow

 

Installed the driver side upper control arm the other day and got that side back together.

Got the envoy spoiler today, tested the neon third brake light and it works...



Also got some base model s10 mirrors that look a little more sleek than the factory blazer ones.

I'm hoping to get the front bumper, spoiler, and mirrors all painted body color tomorrow, as well as the passenger side l
Upper control arm in.

Edit: here's a picture of it with the bumper now that it's off the lift