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Old 06-25-2018, 06:44 PM
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[QUOTE=blazen_red_4x4;691968]Trying to combat this Florida summer heat, this afternoon I whipped some ghetto sun shades for the back quarter windows and back door windows out of some fold up sun shades that I had laying around in the garage. Will will either help keep it a little cooler inside by reflecting light away or turn the Blazer into a rolling solar oven. We'll see lol...


My truck sits out in the parking lot at work and just gets beat by the sun for 10 hours a day, so I might be trying a few different things... Just putting a sun shade in the front window isn't cutting it.


Try cracking ( opening ) each window to let some of the heat out and let some cooler air in to circulate. I noticed you have the window rain shields that should conceal the open ( cracked ) windows. That is what I do. You may be able to find a solar powered exhaust fan like these that suits you.
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Good luck and let us know if you try a solar fan and how it works out.
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Old 06-25-2018, 07:07 PM
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weathertech front mats and rear cargo mat cleaned up and installed. Picked them up used on the weekend for a mere $35.
 
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Old 06-25-2018, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by N. Jensen
Just bring that canopy with you everyday. Get there 45 minutes early to set it up...

You know, I live literally 7 minutes from work and I can't get there 15 minutes early, much less 45 lmao




Originally Posted by 2004 Blazer
Try cracking ( opening ) each window to let some of the heat out and let some cooler air in to circulate. I noticed you have the window rain shields that should conceal the open ( cracked ) windows. That is what I do.

Been doing that too and it does help a little
 
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Old 06-25-2018, 08:48 PM
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At the man mall this weekend, picked up this lil' beauty...


Had a nice, plastic composite skid plate/oil filter access panel in hand, when I stumbled across this... Almost physically!
Stopped a Buick to grab a matching rim for my wife's car when I saw it, in all its shiny glory, laying across a LeSabre rim in the rear of the car.
It was fate. ��
 

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Old 06-25-2018, 08:54 PM
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Nice! I had a full set of the aluminum ones at one time, never bolted them on though... couldn't... they were off a ZR2, wouldn't bolt onto my non-ZR 4x4 But I eventually ran across some of the carbon ones and that's what I'm running on her right now, until I find some non-ZR aluminum skids
 
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Old 06-26-2018, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by blazen_red_4x4
Nice! I had a full set of the aluminum ones at one time, never bolted them on though... couldn't... they were off a ZR2, wouldn't bolt onto my non-ZR 4x4 But I eventually ran across some of the carbon ones and that's what I'm running on her right now, until I find some non-ZR aluminum skids
I am going to nab the other two skid plates I need in carbon. They seemed readily available in my area.
 
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Old 06-28-2018, 06:44 PM
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Well to report back on my "solar shielding" for lack of a better term, it doesn't seem to necessarily keep the truck any cooler through the day, but it DOES seem to get cooler inside faster and even overall get colder inside the cab with the windows blocked off. So I guess that's something!
 
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Old 06-29-2018, 01:55 PM
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got the poor mans lift done, wheel spacers, and going to pick up the raptor coating today
 
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Old 06-30-2018, 11:31 AM
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Well. the caster is way off after the accident in December I had with my ZR2... I am setting that today then the toe-out...
 
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Old 06-30-2018, 11:38 AM
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Picked up a break booster, drivers side headlight, and dash speaker covers. Took me 2 hours to rip it out of the scrap yard... I'll be working on that this weekend.
 


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