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I remember trying to get a whole bunch of stuff done before my son was born.
The main thing was selling my pony car and buying an SUV.
That fixed the vehicle issue.


I'm way up here Northwest of DFW, and I'd be a terrible van mentor, as I need one myself.


I do have some advice, though.
Whatever you do to make your van more usable for the baby, make sure to account for how fast babies grow.
You might spend a lot of time figuring out how to mount car seats effectively only to turn around and have your teenager asking you for money.

Stickers on the calipers? I'm just wondering how they'll hold up with the heat and stuff.

Anxious to see how this grill comes out, looking great so far.


+1 to what Rusty said. My God it feels like just yesterday mine were babies, they're now 10, 15, and 16. UGH! The past 16 years was a blur.

Hauling Babies? We haul grandbabies and sometimes great-grandbabies in the Chevy. The GMC is for mine and Momma's fun......

I hope you're planning on upgrading the headlights. The 4701 and 03's are some of the worst headlamps to get any real light out of 'em.

I'll spare you the gritty details... The grill is done, finally.



Also, I feel it's only fair that I'm 41 with a 28 year old wife. This is our second baby coming in February. But I do have two older sons, 14 & 18. I just happen to be lucky enough to do it twice... And this time I can appreciate it and enjoy the ride.

Maybe we should start looking for a second van...

I noticed that. I thought about doing LEDs, I've already got LEDs in the turn signals, brakes, etc so it makes sense, I just don't know which are the good ones (type) to get. I'll have to do more research...

Got any suggestions?

Well, I got some lenses in the mail and was so excited I threw them on for pics but I've got to take them off and glue the chrome trim on with some epoxy...I keep being told that they will fall off because the glue used in manufacturing isn't durable enough. So these will be coming off tomorrow to get epoxied.





And this took all day, cutting, sanding, painting, finding fasteners at 2 different hardware stores... I'll save you the details. The grille is done:





Goodnight

Like the grille.
Be sure the rear lights have a good gasket and seal well. They can leak in the rain and soak your interior.