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Old 01-15-17, 07:39 PM
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Hey everyone, I recently picked up and clean 06 GX and just wanted to say hello and say thanks to the many members who have contributed to these forums. I've gained a ton of knowledge about these trucks over the past few years reading these forums, and I finally pulled the trigger when this beauty showed up. One of the biggest concerns for me was rust- I live in Nebraska so I traveled to buy a clean Texas truck. It's a one owner with 89k miles. I must say, it was worth the trip! The only thing I see it needing as of now is the dash replacement (it has one small crack) and of course the airbag recall which the parts are already ordered. Anyway, thanks for all the good info here, it definitely aided in my search for a good rig.


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Looks like a beauty. Congrats!
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Great find, looks super clean. I just bought an 04, same color scheme, but mine is no where near as clean.
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I love that color, wish I had waited for one... Congrats and welcome!
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Originally Posted by pennswoods
Great find, looks super clean. I just bought an 04, same color scheme, but mine is no where near as clean.
I just saw the post about your new gx, I'm sure you'll love it!
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Originally Posted by shadowmite
I love that color, wish I had waited for one... Congrats and welcome!
Thanks! I absolutely wanted one this color. They seem to be a little harder to find than black, silver, or white so I'm glad I jumped on this one.
Old 01-16-17, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NTH
Looks like a beauty. Congrats!
Thanks! Hoping to make it even better after I get a chance to do my full detail, unfortunately we're in the middle of an ice storm now.
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Congrats! Nice ride
Old 01-20-17, 05:48 AM
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Good looking truck! I love my pearl white when it's clean but is a royal PIA to keep clean.
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Originally Posted by mljohnson2
Good looking truck! I love my pearl white when it's clean but is a royal PIA to keep clean.
It's been over an year since I got mine 07" in decent condition and been wanting to buff the paint out and don't have any energy left after hand washing the truck by myself. So let's see how long will it take for me to detail it haha
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Originally Posted by Dallasguy1
It's been over an year since I got mine 07" in decent condition and been wanting to buff the paint out and don't have any energy left after hand washing the truck by myself. So let's see how long will it take for me to detail it haha
Hoping to buff mine out in the spring. Even though the inside was very clean from when I bought it, I still went through it yesterday and treated the seats with a three step kit from Leather Masters. Very impressed with this product, pulled a lot of dirt out of what appeared to be very clean seats. Those with the Ivory interior would probably see some very dramatic results.
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Originally Posted by Matt007
Hoping to buff mine out in the spring. Even though the inside was very clean from when I bought it, I still went through it yesterday and treated the seats with a three step kit from Leather Masters. Very impressed with this product, pulled a lot of dirt out of what appeared to be very clean seats. Those with the Ivory interior would probably see some very dramatic results.
Depending on the condition of your seats I had to get my driver seat redone it was all cracked up and looking at the front passenger it doesn't have much left in it. So cleaning it basically leaves the leather coming out from the seats unfortunately the leather is too bad on these trucks.
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Originally Posted by Dallasguy1
Depending on the condition of your seats I had to get my driver seat redone it was all cracked up and looking at the front passenger it doesn't have much left in it. So cleaning it basically leaves the leather coming out from the seats unfortunately the leather is too bad on these trucks.
Indeed they do get seem to get a lot of premature wear on the side bolsters.
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