I haven’t had any issues with it as far as smell goes however I do take mine out every now and again and give it a wash just because I get it dirty with my kayak. Salt water and whatever grime I pick up on the kayak.
What did you do to your AT4 today?
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Jake3point0
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Haven't driven it much, but so far, no issues or check engine lights. So I went ahead and finished the onboard air / airbag install. Gave it a quick hand wash on Sunday as well. Need to get it in the garage and do a full claybar / polish / and seal though. Might take a few days in my spare time. I'm not like some of you sickos that like polishing vehicles all day.
I'm one of those sickos however don't polish my vehicle all day (not during freezing winter months anyway). In at least 35F+ clear weather: A decent upper/below wash to remove old wax/polish etc., claybar prep, paint sealer, paint enhancer/polish, ceramic spray or high-caranuba content wax or a hi-quality synthetic wax followed by wax seal/enhancer is something I may do over a couple of days; this easily lasts me 4-8 weeks, often considerablly longer, unless I've been on a dusty trail or something.
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Nice install!
Jake3point0
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Your attention to detail definitely shows sir, and I too have always taken pride in taking care of my vehicles. I just could never see how people can completely clean and detail a vehicle all day putting in 9-10 hours of work. After a couple hours tops I'm ready for a break and a beer ha. I usually just lay everything out in the garage and completely do a panel or two at a time start to finish. Might take a few days, but it's usually on something I don't drive everyday, so no hurry.
Jake3point0
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Thanks! I'm not totally in love with the airbag height yet. Even though the bags are for stock level gmc, with my reverse level, 5 psi of air raises the rear an inch and a half. I've read some people say you can run them empty due to the internal bump stops, but that's not something I'm sure is a good idea. I'm wondering if I should remove the reverse level and possibly add some in the front to level it back out with the bags. It sits about perfect at 0 psi, and most of the time it will be towing anyway, so maybe I'm thinking too much into it. It really shocked me how little air raised it. My ram didn't have that as much, but they were the air bags inside the rear coil springs.
Jake3point0
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Hopefully going to solve the peeling paint issue on the front grille. I could paint it, but if I'm going that far, I might as well replace it. Given the opportunity, I'm going with the fully blacked out theme, including black foglight bezels. Don't get after me with pitchforks, but I went with the Denali style over the AT4. I've always liked the denali grille better.
That will make it unique!
TheShark
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Can you fit a BIG phone on it? I want to get and install one, but I'm worried my phone won't fit. It currently is about maybe 3/8" too wide to sit flat in the stock "tray" that is there now. I have a Samsung Note 20 ultra, but will be getting an S25 ultra soon which is the same size. Really big when it's wireless-charging-supported case is on. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Elite Engineering
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This will be great, I'm curious to hear about the installation and how difficult it is.
Jake3point0
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I watched a couple videos, doesn't look bad, just tedious. Just gotta be gentle to not break any retaining clips.
Elite Engineering
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Thanks, I was debating between this grill and the black grill overlays
Jake3point0
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I don't have any experience with the overlays, and the price wasn't bad on this. I think it was $200. I've had good luck on other projects with factory matched paints. I buy through these guys: https://www.automotivetouchup.com/?...Snq4aPXqYQkrZhadRrJaC0NMChXBcaYRoC5cMQAvD_BwE
But I figured I would probably have $100 in supplies going that route, and it might end up peeling again anyway. I think the black fog light bezels were $40.
bookemdanno
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Got the new iDash Pro in the mail today. Now if I could just get my truck back from the body shop for the replacement of the driver's mirror...then I can install it.
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