spencerjw
Registered Member
Ok, now that I have my 86 K5, I have a few things that I want to do to make her *my own*. If possible I'd appreciate some assistance from those of you who have done this sort of thing.
1) I want to do the "Axel Lift". I believe that this is a lift that is accomplished without having to buy additional parts (except some new bushings possibly). Anyone have a FAQ as to how this is done and hopefully some pics?
2) I want to change out the front seats to something a bit more comfortible. the ones that are stock in the 86's are in GREAT shape, and I'd be willing to sell them to someone if I can find a solution for better ones. These are nice, but the NON-adjustable back rests are hard on my back and I also need to find something that will allow me to raise the seat some (I am 5'11", but with a short upper body I guess).
3) I am interested in knowing if there's a solution to the problem of no rear defroster. Not a biggie, but somehting I'd like to research a little bit.
4) The driver door lock switch (power locks) doesn't *lock* the doors, but it will UNlock them. Can I simply get a new switch to soleve this problem?
5) *down the road modification*
I'd like to eventually put in an alarm system which will allow me to have key-less entry, as well as "Remote Start". With this 86 you usually have to give the gas peddal a puch when starting it, and this seems to work pretty well. However, with remort start I'm not sure if there's a way to do this. Is there a remort start system that would do this somehow automatically or would there be a different solution?
Please, if you can answer *any* of these situations please do so. If need be, email me off list to the address in my sig file. Also, if you have any other ideas, comments, or suggestions as to how I can do things to my new 86 K5 without spending a whole lot of money I'd be greatly thankful!!
For those who are interested, I have provided a link to a pic of her with the pervious owner, Scott. I'm the one in the T-Shirt. He's on this board as well, just not sure if he's going to be too active anymore.
<a target="_blank" href=http://diesel21.com/K5_Images/>http://diesel21.com/K5_Images/</a>
Spencer Winegarden
[email protected]
AIM - DrDiesel21
ICQ - 37550428
1) I want to do the "Axel Lift". I believe that this is a lift that is accomplished without having to buy additional parts (except some new bushings possibly). Anyone have a FAQ as to how this is done and hopefully some pics?
2) I want to change out the front seats to something a bit more comfortible. the ones that are stock in the 86's are in GREAT shape, and I'd be willing to sell them to someone if I can find a solution for better ones. These are nice, but the NON-adjustable back rests are hard on my back and I also need to find something that will allow me to raise the seat some (I am 5'11", but with a short upper body I guess).
3) I am interested in knowing if there's a solution to the problem of no rear defroster. Not a biggie, but somehting I'd like to research a little bit.
4) The driver door lock switch (power locks) doesn't *lock* the doors, but it will UNlock them. Can I simply get a new switch to soleve this problem?
5) *down the road modification*
I'd like to eventually put in an alarm system which will allow me to have key-less entry, as well as "Remote Start". With this 86 you usually have to give the gas peddal a puch when starting it, and this seems to work pretty well. However, with remort start I'm not sure if there's a way to do this. Is there a remort start system that would do this somehow automatically or would there be a different solution?
Please, if you can answer *any* of these situations please do so. If need be, email me off list to the address in my sig file. Also, if you have any other ideas, comments, or suggestions as to how I can do things to my new 86 K5 without spending a whole lot of money I'd be greatly thankful!!
For those who are interested, I have provided a link to a pic of her with the pervious owner, Scott. I'm the one in the T-Shirt. He's on this board as well, just not sure if he's going to be too active anymore.
<a target="_blank" href=http://diesel21.com/K5_Images/>http://diesel21.com/K5_Images/</a>
Spencer Winegarden
[email protected]
AIM - DrDiesel21
ICQ - 37550428
