Failed suspension on the GTO!!!

[@BlackSolstice07]

The kid is so blessed to have an aunt and uncle like you two.....and you guys are so blessed to have a niece like her. She has so much interest in wrenching with ya'll.

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@BlackSolstice07 we’re all so grateful 🤍🙏🏽

[@dhibbitt1948]

My favorite part of all this is you guys involved the kid and teaching how to fix her own stuff and what hard work can accomplish

[@rogerraff6823]

It’s great to see the kid willingly pitch in and help, you two are teaching her so many life lessons. To bad every child doesn’t have mentors and examples of truly amazing humans like you two!

[@lazyhoundracing9621]

Cascade failure. Every failure put more and more stress on the remaining bushings that were near failure already. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[@BillB23]

Y'all two remind me of why I loved the two years I spent in Texas in the '70s. It's deep in the Texas psyche that she was once an independent republic, and thus a visit there is almost like going to another country. Y'all rock! Keep on keepin' on.

[@vonheise]

California has become like another country too, for reverse reasons, and they are invading Texas along with many other countries from the south.

[@bobbolieu9013]

Emily, elbows, knees, and a heart of gold.

[@bobbolieu9013]

I am watching this video on my phone. It has speakers at the top and bottom of it. The editor did a pretty cool bit of work. Aaron can be heard in one speaker, Emily can be heard in the other speaker, while the background music plays through both speakers. This is the first time that I heard stereo sound on any phone. As Emily would say, " That's pretty dang cool!"

[@rodneyprimm5984]

Love it, I had a GTO just like that but lost it to a divorce. Krap !!! That is a fine car wish I had it back. Love you guys hope to meet you some day. God bless you🙏

[@michaelowens944]

It's amazing what a little love can do for a cars look. Good to see the KID as always you guys rock!

[@seandayma]

The Kid loves to work. You can see it in her eyes and her work.

[@douglasarmstrong2748]

I agree, Roxy is a keeper for sure. There a few cars that i wish I still had in the herd.

[@Torsee]

38 never looked so good! Roxy is amazingly rust free!

[@frankbattiest4492]

With your headliner… if you’re willing to put some pin holes in it you can buy a can of spray glue that comes in a rattle can and use a straw to spray between the liner and roof… it’s hard to get perfect but it’ll keep the liner off your head until you want to replace it.

[@AdamJean-e8k]

Well done with Roxy! I still have my Holden commodore Silver VX SS from new (2002.) Only 70000 kms around 43000 miles. Still drives like new.

[@philryley7521]

For info, we in the UK also had the GTO, except they were called a Vauxhall Minaro. Another great video guys.👍

[@spyderMN]

Wishing for a flex-fit hat to drop in your merch. Thanks for sharing!

[@JUNKEdDudek]

I hope Roxy’s shoot goes well! You guys did awesome taking care of Roxy! You do fabulous work! Keep it up!

[@4thstreetgarageandfab]

Em, as a graphic designer and owner of a screen printing business, the Garfield shirt with the old school service station in the background is an absolute killer pic 👍👍

[@brendonchase9460]

So glad yous still got roxy and the red callipers look super good ❤

[@StevenAndrews]

daughter has radius rod bushings to do on her goat this weekend as well. had some generic rubber front ones that lasted about a year; bought the rubber pedders this time around...it's her daily so didn't want to go with poly.

[@j2kinflarc768]

Roxy is my favorite. My friend had one of those GTO’s when they first came out. Such a great car.

[@chappy5538]

Enjoyed the video good to see Roxie getting some shop time.

[@Danger_mouse]

Nasty aftermarket poly bushings... Can't beat the OEM rubber ones. One of the coolest things I've done in my working life was to get to go through the Holden plant during the time these were being built. At the time, the line was THE most flexible line in the world, able to produce all Commodore based vehicles in an 'As Ordered' fashion. Watching the line there'd be RHD Commodore wagon, a ute, a Statesman, a LHD Pontiac GTO etc etc - Rather than batches of each type. Simply amazing!

[@curtissmack4169]

That's funny just replaced control arm bushings today on my Ram. You guys are awesome keep up the great work

[@Neudezign]

Delrin and/or aluminum certainly can make for stiffer bushing material. They'll definitely provide more rigidity in your suspension system however road noise and vibration will be more noticeable within the cabin.

[@jamesmallinger9555]

As always a pleasure to see the kid and Mr.Finley,I think he's a very cute ,Supervisor,❤LoveJim J&R mobile service and God Bless y'all and your critters

[@bluetwirk300zx]

I see them kw’s peeking through!

[@juneladden5151]

The both of you make my day Finley is so cute the kid is so sweet her infectious smile is so cute cannot wait to see the shoot of Roxy

[@OOOGrey_Bush]

Thanks for this video! My 06 GTO has the same problems (also torrid red) with the paint in the same spots and also the trunk lid. And now I have an idea of how to tackle it. Also I was going to attempt to fix the rod bearing in the motor, by dropping the sub frame. Seeing the underside of Roxy was helpful there to. And lastly ironically if the rod bearing can't be replaced to be fixed I have a LQ9 short block ready to go in it. So that information about the AC not lining up was helpful. Great video!

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@OOOGrey_Bush yay!!! We love this!

[@neilfoster980]

Those GM headliners... I don't know how other manufactures do it, but GM did not have this figured out. I color matched some thumbtacks and placed them evenly across the headliner in my ol' '85 Cutlass. May seem a bit tacky, but I didn't have a flappy headliner any more. I also learned the hard way about the lack of lube on the poly bushings on that car. My first/last and only new car ever.

[@billinfallon2634]

Awesome job ... Ya nailed the touch-up 🎉 Till the next one ... 🙏💗👍🤙

[@wesleypulkka7447]

FSG, 4 ought steel wool will deep clean glass! Nice refurb on the GTO!

[@clydebaker1857]

Love watching you two/3 work. Hopefully you'll get back to important things like putting that Cummings in the BOAT. HELLO COME IN 😊😅❤

[@maxservice567]

Keep it coming from Phill and Sarah Parnham from New Zealand 😊

[@JosephRozum]

Good Morning Family, I am so glad to see you again today and I hope you are doing well and having a fantastic weekend Beautiful Lady 😊 !

[@Castrucksandtractors]

Emily and Aaron you're awesome keep up the good work and videos

[@josephvantreeck2989]

looking good, you two!

[@artscott2677]

I really like Roxy GTO. What a fun car.

[@AjJabaay]

Just met these folks in california , hung out a couple days. Maybe the nicest people of all time

[@DennisMcGrew]

great as always great content very entertaining

[@georgew.5639]

Last week my 2004 Pontiac Grand Am got rear ended! The insurance has gone through and I have money for repairs! But I also have all the tools I need. And I mow the lawn at a truck body shop on the side. I’m turning this repair job into a DIY! This afternoon I almost got the old bumper cover off. I still need two remove one of two torx screws. I’m gonna win this one and save money!!! 😆😁

[@sadiejustin]

Man. No cold start for the boys today. 😢 😅😅 Cammed Maggie FTW!!!

[@GiletheCarGuy]

Roxy is looking good and I'm sure driving good & safe again. Worn out steering stuff is hazardous, been there, done that, it's scary!

[@MikeBevens]

Does my heart good to see a young lady like the kid being interested in

[@Dumbguydiy]

The way I fixed the headliner on my G8 was that I pulled the visors off and used spray adhesive with the tube and was able to get it back into those areas. I didn’t have to punch any holes or peel any trim pieces.

[@ScottMay-m1g]

Black polyurethane bushings are what I use now, they have graphite in them to help prevent squeeks if the grease washes out. I can't say if they will last longer than the red ones - only time will tell...

[@timdavis8154]

Great job.

[@bradartman]

I always loved the newer GTOs. I'm on the lookout myself for one as a mid life crisis car. 🙂

[@mattfritch6375]

Love me some Roxy content. Wow those bushings are toast! Not surprising since you guys run this car pretty hard so 20yrs. is a pretty good life span for those bushings.

[@mikeconnelly7032]

Delrin bushings work well too

[@johnmurphy6366]

Old cars,definitely worth the work!

[@earlarthur9378]

EMILY!! I bought a Garfield shirt, and it WILL be my favorite after an inch or two of "old man" around my mid section is gone LOL. That kids hair is always braided uniquely, so amazing.

[@markogronfors3826]

Busy activity. Interesting to watch. Thanks for the video

[@shanewright6958]

The car is looking good 👍👍

[@kennethstauffer1034]

Glad to see you two keeping that car going. Not a very popular car here in mid Missouri.

[@simonilett998]

I still own my first car, and my 2nd car too, plan to keep both forever👍 I've had my first car for 31yrs and 2nd car for nearly 30. My first car is 44yrs old and my 2nd car is 46yrs old, so yeh I've definitely passed that point of owning both cars longer than not owning them😁 Interestingly, I also did a complete polyurethane bushing replacement (also with red bushings) pretty much exactly 20 years ago on my first car, around mid 2004. I noticed the exact same thing a few months ago pretty much all the bushings have crumbled, and that's without even driving the car very much. The car has been off the road since around 2007/08, so I think it just comes down to degredation of polyurethane over time rather than extensive use or lack of use from sitting around. Another cause I'm thinking might be something to do with the type of lube they supplied in in the kits when the bushes were new, it was grey grease almost like moly grease, whereas most poly bushes now come with white or clear grease, more like silicone grease, so perhaps the manufacturers have become aware of an incompatibility issue we're now seeing 20trs too late🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@user-gc1zn5mn4p]

I use urethane bushings because urethane is more flexible than polyurethane so it absorbs more vibration, though polyurethane is more durable.

[@edwardhughes3240]

Acetone, aka Nail Polish Remover clears anything off of glass and does not harm the glass! Eddie

[@chuckg3818]

Gettin' greasy widdit.. na na na na...na na...na na. 😂 Caught that. 😅

[@richardclark4610]

I recommend "MOOG" brand suspension replacement parts! A bit more expensive but "made in the USA" and guaranteed for life. Been using them for decades! Most parts stores should have them...or be able to order them.

[@almonjacob3496]

I would love an update on the Duramax boat build.

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@almonjacob3496 there is no update at this point, we haven’t worked on it since you saw it last! 😅

[@mikescheetz1722]

Regarding the headliner on Roxy. Try making a small incision in the headliner and use a spray adhesive through the hole very lightly and then gently put the droopy headliner back in place. Just an idea.

[@jendrek]

Wow, what a nice look, Emily ❤

[@allenseeallendo5844]

It’s 100% from sitting around. I just bought a 2008 Chevy Tahoe immaculate shape. Drive straight as an arrow. 5 weeks after I bought it the upper and lower control arm bushings went all at the same time. One caliper in the back froze and the other one was partially stuck. This all happened on one 2 hour trip after it stopped fine. The suv was sitting for about a year before I bought it and driven only a few times the year before that.

[@richmccabe2902]

Glass etching can be buffed like paint. Depends on depth of damage. Start with clay.

[@VaughanKoch-yb9wd]

Hi guys I'm Vaughan from Australia it's very common for commodore headlines to sag I pulled one side down then I sprayed contact adhesive hasn't sagged since

[@jamesnichols9753]

Love the 67 Camaro shirt, y'all need to find and rebuild one.

[@johnhutchison9782]

Wow. Were those name brand bushings??😮 Lordy, I didn't think they'd fall apart like that.

[@P-J-W-777]

That spoiler looks good on that car young lady! lol 😂

[@VWJawbreaker]

Still interesting that your urethane bushings lasted so long but we can’t get them to last more than a few months in the VW world 😳 So good to see Roxy getting some love. Miss seeing that girl run around.

[@rbc5878]

That 20 year old is still pretty sweet!

[@blondviking888]

in Norway we call those spoilers for cheese slicer

[@richardharvey8939]

Great video as always

[@richardturk7162]

Great episode.

[@britt9266]

I "fixed" a saggy headliner in my S4 years ago with some upholstery screw buttons. Kinda had a starry night vibe to it ;)

[@joebarrett5769]

those little pins worked for me too

[@falconeer99]

Emily - "My shoulder just popped " Aaron - "I know the feeling" Me - 🤣

[@jonashleyamison1736]

I fixed a sagging headliner with some craft glue in a syringe. It took forever but it looked better than it sagging.

[@popsmustangshop]

Enjoy the video! Thanks!

[@DanielBaker-q3g]

Use glass stove top cleaner to remove glass etching 👍

[@pminoregon9072]

Polyurethane: Room temperature curing plastic often used for shoe soles and is in Gorilla glue and skateboard tires. Polyethylene: Harder plastic that is hot molded, used for milk jugs and cutting boards, comes in low and high density versions (LDPE and HDPE).

[@93LT1RamAir]

P-S-T sold me some polygraphite bushings years ago for my Trans Am. Supposedly they were close to Polyurethane bushings but with graphite embeded in them so they were a bit softer like the original rubber stuff. Mine are probably 20 years old at this point. I should go over them!

[@agentcrm]

The headliners on those are notorious for drooping. They do it all the time in Australia. Yes you need to pull the trim panels of everywhere. Same with the clear coat, red is the worst of the colours for clear coat peeling. Yes it's Red Hot. Yeah you guys need a big storage shed out the back.

[@zymmer4]

It's the time of front end failure..My 2005 Forester XT..205000 miles..perfect last Tusday..later that day..right front wheel bearing Failure..Yesterday..my 2004 outback..274000 miles..fine till about 9:30 AM..then bababababab..the rear shoc disconnects from the chassis..lolLet it rock and let it roll..put the outback on a lift and the front driveshaft u joint fell out..LOLOL

[@br549200]

My 08 G8 started eating ball joints at about 15,000 miles from the weight of the 6.0. The only thing GM had to replace them with was the same ones.

[@robertp5067]

bushings are softest to hardest usually rubber, polyurethane, delrin, then solid metal.

[@rcadd1ct]

Headliner. Make a diamond pattern on it and use black bedazzled tool to clip the cloth back to the backing.

[@mikea1893]

pock a small hole in the center of the sagging part of the head liner then find a straw that fits the spray adhesive and spray threw the hole, let it dry and then start on the outside and work your way to the center and you can close up the hole by placing the fabric next to each other.

[@AaronCrisco]

Why is the sway bar unhooked

[@flyingsparksgarage]

Drag racing!

[@AaronCrisco]

@@flyingsparksgarage I figured that , just wondering why it wasn't re attached for street. Was also wondering if extra travel on older bushings would cause premature failure.. I'm not hating I love you guys channel, I was really wanting to know. I know a little about a lot ,and a lot about very little . Anyway love you guys keep the videos coming

[@65Coasty]

I came here to ask the same thing. 😅​@@flyingsparksgarage

[@ijmodified]

Rubber, polyethylene, delrin/teflon,nylon then your pick of solid metal bushings im sure

[@brianrichards8587]

I had the same problem with my car and truck

[@thepatio5702]

As a Michigander i was getting so frustrated watching all those parts come apart without torches lol. Then after you all broke it free just spun it off with your fingers. I guess its time to move south!

[@GrumpyGuysGarage]

Looks like a good day in the shop. Is the kid taking her truck to c10s in the park in Waxahachie this weekend?

[@cade861]

They make basically push pins for headliners get some of those to just hold it up

[@amandlockhart5844]

as for the headliner, youre gonna have to do it at some point. if it tears anywhere, youre gonna have that dried up material everywhere

[@royburgess4720]

I love you cars and I love what you doing

[@garyboss-d6j]

Don't know if I'm overlooking it but I can't find your Merch link. Love your videos and content. My bad, I see the link at the end.

[@tbolt664]

use anti-seize compound on polyurethane bushings. some bushings now are impregnated with a lubricant.

[@FalconXE302]

I think the joints with bushings are supposed to be tightened when you have the care sitting on it's wheels...? I could be wrong but I've heard that ball joints can be tightened with the car on jacks or whatever, but joints with bushings must be tightened with the wheels on and the car sitting on it's wheels.

[@Jeffreya.Hevner]

Delrin Bushings

[@zymmer4]

with the "poly " bushings..the hardness is measured in "durameters"..and you can tell what Durameter the poly is by the color it is...some "poly" is hard like wood.