Recent content by Dougnuts

Not yet. But the companies were being forced to make them (and try to sell them) in order to reach CAFE standards, else they had to pay financial penalties.

I'd get a Land Cruiser.

My coworker bought one for his wife, an Elite trim. It is a LOT of car for the money. The ride is great, although you get some tire noise from the 31" General Grabbers. The configurability of the dash (Google maps in the display!) and the interior quality is fantastic. The only thing that's...

EVs are awesome at what they are good at. Tesla is still the leader in most aspects. If you think Elon is problematic, well, that's certainly a prerogative. Hybrids are probably the best option for a plurality of Americans. Hybrid is a broad term, and some manufacturers are way better at them...

I haven't had much time to work on the Sonoma lately, but I did get the Sylvania LED bulbs installed today. The left housing (as viewed) has the LED bulb installed.

My only advice is that I would not get another 3.0L V6 (I've had two). For me, it would be 4.0L or nothing.

Here are a few more pictures of the K1500. I couldn’t remember if it was a '94 or '95, but now I see it’s a '94. My texts from last month say the same. I prefer this dash, as it reminds me of when I was younger. This will be a major project, obviously. Right now, I'm picturing an LS swap...

Today I removed the tint on the passenger window, which was so badly bubbled that it was difficult to see out of. Such a tedious job! I used the heat gun to soften the adhesive. Then I used a razor blade to scrape the adhesive off. After a while, I finally got it all.

Yep! I laughed at that too.

Ah, the snorkel gives it away as AI. 😂

Just found that I took a picture of the polished portion of the bed side. The reflection of the pad is the money shot, for me. It's far from perfect, but it's so much better than it was.

After additional development of my paint polishing skills, I was confident enough to document paint repair on my YouTube channel. I'm still apprentice level, but the results were fantastic. Doing YouTube is way outside of my comfort zone, so if you folks would be so inclined to like and...

My uncle got this car. He really wanted it so I didn't try to get it.

Here are pictures of the K1500:

Last night, I did a few more polishing passes on the roof, put on a coat of wax, and installed the new 3rd brake light lens. The clearcoat blemishes don't look as bad in person, but I did get some blue wax on order, to see if I can get them to blend in a little.