College Student, New TaHoe. Pics and Introduction

Anthony · Jun 14, 2009

Hello,
I'm currently 19 years old and a proud new owner of a '04 Tahoe LT. I have been saving for 2 years to make a down payment high enough to lower the bill to a range I can easily afford. I just wanted to say Hi to all of you and show some pics of my Hoe. So far I have added a new Billet Grill, Handel and gas cap. As soon as my fiances allow me, I'm going to add my (2) Alpine Type-R 12s.

Pics:

Also, I am running an 9500i ****** Radar Detector and was wondering if anyone on here has "hard Wired" it into their Tahoe and has pics? I'm Interested in doing that.
Also, The Garmin nuvi fits perfectly in the Cubby hole!

Another front pic ha:

Any comments or info I should know about my Hoe? :hands:

PS: This is the system I'm Going to add to her:

Modded · Jun 14, 2009

Looks good, I'd say smoke the light and windows and get a set of HIDs!

02TahoeMD · Jun 14, 2009

Congrats on the purchase. Kudos for building up a good down payment. A suggested mod - you can power your radar detector off of the wiring harness that is inside of the rear view mirror, I have seen the mod done before and it looks slick as all get out.

Nice ride. Welcome to the party.

Anthony · Jun 14, 2009

02TahoeMD said:
Congrats on the purchase. Kudos for building up a good down payment. A suggested mod - you can power your radar detector off of the wiring harness that is inside of the rear view mirror, I have seen the mod done before and it looks slick as all get out.

Nice ride. Welcome to the party.

Any pictures and/or threads of this please? Thanks, I would do that soon if I saw more info on it

BOSS · Jun 14, 2009

Congrats bro, sounds like you have a level head saving that down-payment!

BTW that paint looks clean as hell!

BOSS

tast101 · Jun 14, 2009

Congrats. You gotta throw some tail lights on the list too.

Mr45 · Jun 14, 2009

Anthony said:
Any pictures and/or threads of this please? Thanks, I would do that soon if I saw more info on it

+1

02TahoeMD · Jun 14, 2009

Hide your radar detector wire

Hi Guys
Glad to help much as I can....but all the info is coming off another forum so please forgive me. It is the first forum I ever joined and the one I know the best.

Here goes:

The main product that is referred to is called Invisicord. Cllick me for INVISICORD

Here is an install using an invisicord type of wiring job

And a discussion on the wiring and how to find the proper feed

This thread involves the complete disassembly of a radar detector and the mounting of it directly to the rear view mirror Perhaps a bit more challenging than a typical install but looks neat when done.

Taking down the center console to find a hot lead is fairly easy if you want to tap into there. Just undo the screw in the back and pull gently down on the console until it unclips, thus exposing the wiring harness.

You could also splice into your current wiring harness, splcing into it with zip wire, and the route the wire up the plastic clip assembly that runs from the rear view mirror to the headliner. Then stuff the wire up into the headliner, following the windshield to the A pillar, hide the wire down behind the A pillar plastic trim, and then route the wire up under the dash and over to the cig lighter outlets. Just an idea. Any other questions happy to try and help much as I can.

Anthony · Jun 14, 2009

tast101 said:
Congrats. You gotta throw some tail lights on the list too.

Recommend any certain sites to get the best ones? I heard a lot of problems with the LED ones with people losing control of cruise control, so I think I'll stay away from those.

Also, Does anyone recommend a site for upgrading my headlights to HIDs? Im very interested in doing this and would like to know the best site and/or ebay seller that others have gotten from and recommended.

Lastly, haha Same question as above but Cold Air Intake.

Thanks for everyone's input so far!
:cheers:

blueflamed03 · Jun 15, 2009

welcome, nice ride!

Anthony · Jun 16, 2009

***Update***

Anyone like?

tybardy · Jun 16, 2009

hey, that Garmin Nuvi actually fits perfectly IN that hole as well... you can just pop off the dash trim by hand, no tools needed, pull out the plastic cubby trey, put the garmin in there and replace the dash trim, and you have a genuine poor mans in dash Navi... it actually looks pretty nice done like that... i would have already done that mod if i thoguht i would ever use it, i have nav on my phone and i never use it even then, just dont get lost ever.

MikeTheApeman · Jun 16, 2009

Anthony said:
Also, Does anyone recommend a site for upgrading my headlights to HIDs? Im very interested in doing this and would like to know the best site and/or ebay seller that others have gotten from and recommended.

I bought these lights from this seller off eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...0012389794&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT

And plugged these HID's in:
http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=102&parent=85

No complaints whatsoever, except I might add a harness soon, as the Raptors seem to take a minute to reach full intensity. I'm not 100% sure a harness will alleviate that, but it's a cheap investment anyway.

BlackDenali · Jun 16, 2009

Congrats on the New Ride!!! You now can join the rest of us who go broke modding our rides!!! :signs8:

withac · Jun 17, 2009

BlackDenali said:
Congrats on the New Ride!!! You now can join the rest of us who go broke modding our rides!!!

Aint dat da troof.

Looks nice.

Paint the bow tie (from the back), 'Vette servo (real cheap mod, big bang for the buck) AEM Brute Force or one of these guys can show you where to find a real affordable knock off, but still get the actual AEM filter element.

Welcome aboard.

OKLAGMCRUISER · Jun 17, 2009

welcome nice ride.

tast101 · Jun 17, 2009

looks good, yea cheap and easy mod, paint your emblems. No problems with the LEDs here. Once you get em in your good. If you hook them up the wrong way you blow fuses. The ones I have have resistors etc so there no problems, some don't have resistors and what not so you have to add them in order for stuff to work correctly. I think that what we've found out so far.

JKmotorsports · Jun 17, 2009

Welcome to the site bro. Nice truck :cheers:

DarkTahoe00 · Jun 18, 2009

Welcome! Clean Hoe Looks Real Smooth!

diffrnt · Jun 18, 2009

Welcome bro and nice truck. I am impress by your decision to save and buy your own truck. And at 19, man think of how many females you can fit in there :signs8:

Oh yeah, I think you should leave off the chrome backing on the handles and just leave the handles chrome.

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