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Went fishing yesterday at Lake Perris: Got some fish, but it was slow. Worked from home today and snuck in some work on the ‘99. Replaced the steering stabilzer during lunch:

It goes through the catch can and then into the boot before the turbo. I can quickly swap the CDR back in and see if the leakage stops.

This is creating a patch of oil everytime I stop and these leaks were not there before I installed the CKO Provent.

On the CKO ProVent install, I previously posted videos showing blowby fumes coming from the valve cover grommet and the dipstick. Those videos were taken at idle. I’ve done some driving around since then and have developed oil leaks. From underneath, one is definitely from the dipstick; the...

Got TEMU turbo heat shield installed on the ‘99:

I prefer Kumho, they work til the end.

I was just having fun here.

Well I got my answer on water vs solvent based paint. There is minimal shelf life for water based paint once it is color mixed, so they don’t carry it. So I put in my paint order for the two Suburbans: primers, base, and clear, plus plastic sheeting and dust wipe down towels. They will call me...

Like Will L said, $4K is not worth it on a 6.5 and probably not worth it on any of the next gen common rail diesels. I did find the dimpled car funny, thus my posting it here.

Taking dimples to the next level:

It’s the Indigo Blue Metallic paint code WA9792

For the ‘99 it appears to be Indigo Blue Metallic: WA9792. Since I’m painting the full truck, that should be good enough.

I had my son take the pictures last night as I am in Montana and the trucks are in California. The rest of the pics are very blurry and unreadable. I will have to redo them. The RPO labels are pretty worn. Is there another label like on the door pillar that has the paint code? Does the VIN#...

Can someone help with deciphering the paint code on my '99. The sticker is pretty faded. The color is a dark metallic blue. The color locator provided here has two options: 1) Opal Blue Metallic, 2) Dark Blue.

Temu order arrived:

Here ya go: https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/sucp-1205-water-vs-solvent/

Bottom line, I punted on painting the 4Runner because of the apparent bend in the fender framing that will need a puller to straighten and the further complication of color matching two separately mixed paints. I can still paint the Suburbans as they will complete body paint jobs.

Yep, 9.5 psi which is perfect for HVLP guns.

Not a Home Depot unit, nor are the guns: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B9X3GKW/ref=pe_2313370_729150020_em_1p_0_lm?th=1