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09-17-2019, 12:16 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Today I decided it is finally time to put the body back on the frame.
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09-24-2019, 01:26 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Not sure I drove mine in 2018 and definitely didn’t in ‘19 yet.. but, DW’s late model possibly blew a head gasket yesterday (radiator overflow can full of oil) so she’ll need to use my daily, which means the ol Sub gets duty. A little time on the charger and a couple dribbles of fuel down the carb and whammo! Running and not sounding too bad. Topped off the air pressure, evicted an army of spiders and started a basic pre trip inspection. We’ll know by tonight if it works out as well as hoped
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10-01-2019, 05:04 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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10-05-2019, 11:44 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
The body is finally back on the frame! Best of all, I freed up space in my garage so I can park in there this winter.
Now I'll be back to metal work. Probably time to start a build thread...
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11-13-2019, 05:53 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Finally put new seatbelt in...six out of the nine being 3 point shoulder straps for the grandkids! The belts will be coming out again when I replace the carpet and have the original seats reupholstered...so I'll paint the brackets at that time...but for now, they're working great!
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11-13-2019, 05:59 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
How or what did you use for an anchor for the top of the three point belts?
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help.  RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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11-13-2019, 11:09 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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11-14-2019, 10:53 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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 Maybe you have a late run truck that was pulled in to engineering to do testing. Congratulations on your nice easy installation it looks good.
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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11-15-2019, 02:10 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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Wish I could help you figure out how to get those anchors up there! Seems like a lot of work, though! Woody |
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11-13-2019, 05:58 PM
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11-13-2019, 05:59 PM
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11-13-2019, 06:47 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I never thought of mounting the retractors there. I haven't mounted mine yet.
I mounted the front one's to the lower part of the B-pillar
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11-13-2019, 10:50 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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My fronts already had the retractors installed by PO which made that part of installing the new ones a lot easier because he used really nice "L" brackets that I reused. They mount to the floor between the "B-pillar" and inline with the seat back...but they appear to use a factory mounting point as the nut under the frame seems to be factory welded in (???in case someone ordered optional 3 points up front???). The retractors mounted with different amounts of difficulty depending on which row of seats I was working on...with the middle row being the hardest (shorter seat brackets)...but all in all, it was pretty straight forward. Woody |
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06-30-2020, 11:26 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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I guess when my upholsterer disassembled/reassembled my seats, the clearance I had before is now somewhat less? The retractors would not fit back on the top seat bracket bolt without binding, so I had to use the nifty "L" brackets supplied by the seatbelt vendor. With a little black paint, it looks and fits fine...just not as simple and clean as when installed up higher, although this way, I was able to angle the retractor slightly so the belt doesn't rub against the guide like it did when it was more vertical...so that's a plus! Woody |
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07-02-2020, 03:56 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Decided to go LED.
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07-03-2020, 01:01 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
What kit did you go with? Easy to install? Happy with it?
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07-06-2020, 09:28 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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11-15-2019, 10:18 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
Mine has factory shoulder anchor points for all three rows.
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11-15-2019, 11:23 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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And no mention of what year either.
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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11-16-2019, 12:26 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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His Siggy says '69. LockDoc
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11-16-2019, 01:17 AM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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11-16-2019, 04:15 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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12-08-2019, 05:43 PM
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12-06-2019, 02:12 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
I am going to add to the seat belt thread so it might give people ideas. I installed three point belts to my (now) bucket seat Suburban. I found it necessary for comfort to move the receptacles forward so I added aftermarket reinforcement plates. For the retractors I mounted them in a similar position to newer model trucks. I tacked the same reinforcement plates in the B pillar and used OE plastic plugs. I still need one for the drivers side. I might try to form some metal covers to hide the ugly retractors.
They came out very comfortable to wear.
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12-08-2019, 05:04 PM
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Re: What did you do to your Suburban Today?
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Thanks in advance.
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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