OK. Picked her up Sept 10 and haven't really done much to her until the last month or so. I don't have a picture of the car when I first got it, didn't really think much of it. I was in a 2000 Lincoln LS before and the motor crapped out while I was on vacation so I bought the max as a quick set of wheels.

Goods:
$1800 for a descent running car
Its a Max
Manual

Bads:
Its a Max
160K now
Axles are done for
Severe rust parts
Hail damage on hood and rood
Misc BS
Already replaced KS, Battery, Alternator

So yea, it's full of problems but is also a lot of fun

So far:
Painted headlights & running lights
Tinted tails, corners, side markers
Painted brake calipers
Removed 90% under hood AC components
Painted under hood
Switched running lights to turn signals and vice versa
Removed crappy purpled tint
90% Interior LED swap
Shampooed the carpet (was very nasty)
Dropped her quite a bit
Painted grill

Enough of the garble, onto the pix









Thoughts, comments, questions, jive?

 

Gauges are sweet! are they easy to do with not too much wiring experience?

 

i like the needles....what did you use to paint them? but why isnt the rest of the cluster lit along with the needles?

 

Twas an old pic. I had blue leds behind the needles at the time and had only sanded the orange off. Now I have white LEDs illuminating the cluster. I threw a sheet of paper under the needles and used a metallic blue fingernail polish I picked up from walmart to paint them I felt so buying fingernail polish but it was worth it. I will try to get an updated cluster pic soon

xtereme - they are very easy to do. Grab a soldering iron, some leds, and resistors and have at it

 

A couple of new holes? Prewired blue LEDs? Sanded white LEDs? Chopped up bloody finger? I has a speedo projecto undeway Too bad this is my DD and looks like tomorrow I will be driving without it :/

 

You should've just thrown some LED bulbs in there and called it a day. Front end is looking clean though.

 

Thank you

And what would be the fun in that? Having a fully functional, non frankensteined car? lol that is not me. If I can make something difficult, I will. I want my car to be a one-off original. Might turn out like siht, but at least its my siht. lol

 

lol +1

 

You could also use Pactra R/C car body paint, which actually sticks to the needles better, and is semi transparent so it carries light throuth the needle better. Thats what I used in my guages. Best part no feeling @ Walmart

 

great observation

 

Hehe I figured someone would catch that :P

Have been lazy for the last week, therefor have been driving without my speedo cluster all week long :/ But I did manage to get a few things done today

I HATE me a tan interior, so I had some fun




Then I replaced my poor sway bar end links


While re-installing my painted interior pieces I kept hearing a clicking sound. Was faint, but almost sounded like a turn signal was on. None were on, the key was NOT in the ignition so no ACC power at all. Traced the noise down to my IACV...wtf?


My question is why in the world is any sort of power going to the IACV when there isn't even a key in the ignition?

 

It shouldn't do it continously, unless it's not functioning properly. Usually the clicking happens once when the ignition is turned on without the car starting, but IIRC that's the Evap solenoid valve with the step motor postitioning itself before the engine cranks.

Keep in consideration that the IACV does control your air from the intake, so if it's clicking, once again, it may be done, or just needs a through cleaning.

I hope it helps

 

Its been quick cleaned once about a year ago and thoroughly cleaned about 3 months ago. Idle is beautiful. But why is it getting any voltage when it shouldn't? The key was still clipped onto my pants at the time

 

Oh... then damn, that is a mystery. Lol It's not possessed is it?

Could there be a short somewhere along the lines?

Other than that, I'm stumped to be honest

 

Got a couple more things done today...still no speedo lol

Got a mirror kit from somewhere and installed it. Only needed power and ground Has temp and compass as well as auto dim Need to figure out how to cover up the yellow plastic though. Looks tacky.


Replaced the 194 courtesy bulbs in the doors with a bigger, brighter bulb

 

Wanna buy some black leather headrests to go with it?? Ill got a nice pair cheap? 15 bucks pkus shipping of course

 

OP, you've just inspired me to spray can my interior black. Thanks!

God I hope I don't f#$k it up. lol

 

Wipe down the areas you are going to spray with a cleaner and mask off the areas you don't want sprayed

 

I love to mod things... hello front lip

 

looks sweet how much are you dropped?

 

Dang man! That's good work! Looking very nice!

 

Too much, but not enough

Thanks man

 

What type of lip is that?

 

you mean spray paint your interior.
op you just spray painted your interior black? good job. the pics look like they're genuine oem dyed.

 

Yukon Denali XL

Thank you. I've had a few years of "rattle can exp" lol
I love rattle can

 

lol good work so far... im subscribed!

 

Nice progress normally i would be against painting interior arts but looks good.


btw whats 56K mean in your title thread seen ppl post that a few times never knew what it meant to this interweb lingo

 

Just because I love my max

 

If you have some of the black spray paint left, you should spray your windshield wiper blades.

 

we're gonna have to call his car "the racoon max", just please dont "rattle can" the rest of the car. thank you for your cooperation in this matter...

 

No more paint for now

Haha. People have such a bad misconception about "rattle can" but to each his own. And I plan on leaving the car the color it is now.

 

Are your corners nightshaded? I tried that and it did nothing but cracked, and ate all the plastic, I cleaned them real well before doing so as well...

 

Whoa, the interior turned out great.

 

very nice!!!! im inspired now....did u have to do anything to that denali lip to make it fit?

 

Thanks all Yes the corners are nightshaded...they are my turn signals now btw... The only mod is bend the f**k out of it. It not from a yukon as previously thought, but from a gmc sierra.

 

picture size, quality. basically if you are running on dial-up internet kiss this thread goodbye cause its gonna take forever to load lol.
putting 56k in the title is just a heads up for those that have slow internet or whatever, you get me


btw the max is looking good OP