Guess the miles on the new 95!

[schiker]

Coming to us for counseling is like holding an AA meeting in a bar.

A straight decently looking good running 4x4 pickup rarely falls below $3,000 +/- so its hard to say you overpaid. Maybe not a deal but I never find a great deal. Seems the stuff I would buy (like a factory manual GM diesel) are rare enough to hold some market value for at least a few people. Typically the seller I see know it and are in a position to be patient for a buyer wanting it.

For those great deals you just have to be lucky in the right place at the right time or see it first with the opportunity to capitalize. Its so much harder when you only like specific models/features and doesn't compare to someone that will buy stuff just because its a deal. I only buy stuff I want and tend to have to pay for it.

I looked every day for about 2 years for my truck and catch grief from some of my friends about it but they drive an automatic, ford, dodge, gas engine, or any ole thing (that is no comparison).

 

[jrsavoie]

When is that AA meeting? And which bar?

 

[Big T]

My heel just aches looking at that wear spot. The foam in my driver's seat is compressed and I'm starting to wear in the same spot. Might be time to redo the foam.

 

[GM Guy]

My heel just aches looking at that wear spot. The foam in my driver's seat is compressed and I'm starting to wear in the same spot. Might be time to redo the foam.

I didnt like it either, but luckily the pic is far wore than reality, the carpet barely has any wear, the fibers are wore down a little, but not wore down to the backing yet, so luckily I caught it in time. I will be getting a good floor mat from a junk yard.

 

[GM Guy]

also, I posted this on another forum (New Agtalk), and someone thinks that the right side has had body work, or paint work at a minimum.

I assume looking at the second pic there is a slight shade difference between the gray on the rockers between the door and the bed and ext. cab.

After looking at pic 3 (of which I did not post on the other forum) there is no color difference.

The pics were late in the day with a low sun glaring heavily, so I am going to blame the sun.

What say you guys?

 

[Ed HD]

If body-work was done, it looks to be done pretty well. Otherwise it could just be the angle or variations in painted parts. You never know.

 

[schiker]

Looks fine to me. Hard to tell good work from a picture. I think it would be hard to hide body work if it got into the bed corners or header etc.

Aren't grey and blue the worst for color fade and variation with age ??? At 20 years old all bets are off IMO for color match paint work. It would be real hard to match those colors especially from what I understand. So the likely hood of any relatively young paint work is low again from my understanding. What are any opinions on that logic.

Good body work on dents doesn't bother me if its just cosmetic. I would only worry about collision work like hit in corners that might tweak frame.

 

[NVW]

My 95 is green, in certain light it looks blue especially in a picture.

 

[schiker]

I went to verify that with google and after pearlescent, metal flake, Candy Apple Red, and other multi stage paints. Silver is suppose to be the hardest to match. Grey might be like Silver depending on shade etc and something I heard once true or not that Grey is hard to match.

Then again all paints fade and are hard to match with age so I am thinking no paint work or it might be more obvious. I am with NVW light does play funky things with color especially the long sun in the pictures.

 

[NVW]

I find most paint jobs today can change in different lighting, must be the metal flecks in it?

I often pass someone I know but don't recognize the vehicle color due to this, that or I'm just getting old.

 

[GM Guy]

I looked, and hopefully as near as I can tell, the clear coat started peeling and they re-did just the clear coat.

Clear is peeling on the fender flares and a tiny right rear corner of the hood, all on the right side, so I bet it got bad first on the RH side, and they re-did the clear.

Found out why it was overheating, got a bunch of crap between condenser and radiator.

Leroy will be getting some more business as long as paypal credit will give me the "6 months interest free on purchases over 99 dollars" offer because the harmonic damper is shot. slid back and rubbing on front cover, just like the last one.

Past that shot damper and the crap build up, it looks to be fairly well maintained. New PS pump, looks like WP, and I am afraid it has a SS diesel cooling package on it, has a plastic tan fan.