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Longsnowsm · 08-23-2015, 12:40 AM

Well I think all the pieces and parts are here now for the various projects on the truck. I patched up a chipped up spray in liner that had gotten kind of bad with some aerosol spray in bed liner once I hand sanded out the surface rust on the spots that were chipped and rusting. Then I put in a drop in bed liner to try and protect the bed from the elements. I will be putting a tonneau cover over that, but hopefully this will help prevent the rust from coming back and ensure that the bed isn't damaged due to all the work I make the truck do.

I also got the bed rail caps installed today and I have to wrap up the bed liner install with the tailgate cover some time next week. So I think the business end of the truck is getting close to being protected and ready for the eco related mods.

The factory air dam arrived and it is about 3 1/4 inches tall and mounts to a lip that is like 1/2" tall on the bottom of the bumper. The ground clearance with the bumper with no air dam is about 12". According to GM specs the truck has 7.9" of ground clearance. So I need to get the coverage from the air dam of at least 4.3". So I am going to round up and shoot to have at least 5" of coverage from the air dam plus the extension that I will add to the OEM air dam. That would give me about 7" of ground clearance and might be a decent compromise between economy and the ability to still work with the truck off road on my property. I will go back out and do some more measurements to ensure that I am going to be covering all the low hanging parts the best I can with that much coverage of about 5" or possibly 5.5". I will have to double check the measurements.

So my OEM air dam is here, my landscape edging is here, and my stainless bolts, washers, and nylocks are all waiting for me to get some time now. I need to get some more clean highway runs and get a better baseline of economy with the truck with no eco mods. First thing I will install that is eco related is the tonneau cover. I may go ahead next week and install the cover and just roll it up to do the runs and try to do an A-B-A run that way. We will just have to play it by ear and see how the schedule goes. :-)

08-23-2015, 12:40 AM	#22 (permalink)
Longsnowsm EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: US Posts: 70 Peaty - '03 Honda Insight Jimmy - '07 GMC Canyon 2wd, Extended Cab, SL Thanks: 22 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts	Well I think all the pieces and parts are here now for the various projects on the truck. I patched up a chipped up spray in liner that had gotten kind of bad with some aerosol spray in bed liner once I hand sanded out the surface rust on the spots that were chipped and rusting. Then I put in a drop in bed liner to try and protect the bed from the elements. I will be putting a tonneau cover over that, but hopefully this will help prevent the rust from coming back and ensure that the bed isn't damaged due to all the work I make the truck do. I also got the bed rail caps installed today and I have to wrap up the bed liner install with the tailgate cover some time next week. So I think the business end of the truck is getting close to being protected and ready for the eco related mods. The factory air dam arrived and it is about 3 1/4 inches tall and mounts to a lip that is like 1/2" tall on the bottom of the bumper. The ground clearance with the bumper with no air dam is about 12". According to GM specs the truck has 7.9" of ground clearance. So I need to get the coverage from the air dam of at least 4.3". So I am going to round up and shoot to have at least 5" of coverage from the air dam plus the extension that I will add to the OEM air dam. That would give me about 7" of ground clearance and might be a decent compromise between economy and the ability to still work with the truck off road on my property. I will go back out and do some more measurements to ensure that I am going to be covering all the low hanging parts the best I can with that much coverage of about 5" or possibly 5.5". I will have to double check the measurements. So my OEM air dam is here, my landscape edging is here, and my stainless bolts, washers, and nylocks are all waiting for me to get some time now. I need to get some more clean highway runs and get a better baseline of economy with the truck with no eco mods. First thing I will install that is eco related is the tonneau cover. I may go ahead next week and install the cover and just roll it up to do the runs and try to do an A-B-A run that way. We will just have to play it by ear and see how the schedule goes. :-)