Added a LTZ Suburban to the fleet

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So the grandparents were going to trade this in and asked if we wanted an opportunity to buy it. I told my wife we didn't need it knowing it has problems. But ended up with a 4th. Overall clean truck. It's an 09 4x4 with 105k.

So it has issues....
Burns oil and dealership said it needed rings. I talked to a buddy who works at a different dealer. He is going to check the valve cover service bulletin and make sure it's not that. If it does need rebuilt I will take it to a local engine builder who tuned my Denali. Small cam, DOD delete and stall.

The bumper is pretty beat up. I have been looking for a used one that I can have painted and swap out.

Not sure what wheels and tires
Factory 22s?
No black

Leveling kit
Tint
Navigation
Backup cam
AMP steps
Escalade rear lights
Maybe color matched door handles???
Debadge and demold
Color matched mirror caps which I have but need painted.

Need to sell the pewter Tahoe to pay for all this crap!

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AND..... my favorite part about this is the wife said we get to keep the black one!!! That's a whole different project! Plan on replacing the carpet and clean it up really well. It will be getting PDR and I will try my first at paint correction.





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Man, that's a nice lineup!
 
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Started working on the Suburban yesterday. Took off the passenger molding. Man it was a pain in the ass! There was a stain all the way around. Finally got it off but took twice as long. I will most likely get the letter and hatch done tonight and then start of the driver side. The paint needs some attention bad! Has stains and you can tell a big difference in where I polished and not.

I picked up some Escalade 22s for $450 but could use one tire. Probably put two on there.

I have a set of Escalade tails on my radar. Also need to go pick up roof rack. Need to sell the pewter Tahoe so I can have some extra cash to continue!

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The 22s look huge compared to the stockers lol.


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3M adhesive remover works pretty well to remove the residue from molding. It also takes lots of elbow grease!


Started working on the Suburban yesterday. Took off the passenger molding. Man it was a pain in the ass! There was a stain all the way around. Finally got it off but took twice as long. I will most likely get the letter and hatch done tonight and then start of the driver side. The paint needs some attention bad! Has stains and you can tell a big difference in where I polished and not.

I picked up some Escalade 22s for $450 but could use one tire. Probably put two on there.

I have a set of Escalade tails on my radar. Also need to go pick up roof rack. Need to sell the pewter Tahoe so I can have some extra cash to continue!

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So I got the letters and hatch done. The wife keeps asking why I haven't done the driver side. Then buffed the hatch and passenger side. One of the pictures is top not buffed and the bottom is where I hand polished after removing the molding.

Those wheels and no molding make it look like a base model. It's driving me crazy! Need to mount the 22s!!!

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Yes! Im starting to get excited now :popcorn:. What are you planning on doing to this thing? Esky 3rd? G5's? CM or Chrome?
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Yes! Im starting to get excited now :popcorn:. What are you planning on doing to this thing? Esky 3rd? G5's? CM or Chrome?
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Basically all of the above. Idk if I want to pull the door panels for cm door handles. I know I'm going to swap out the mirror caps.

I'm waiting on a set of OE Escalade tails now. Yet third brake light. I found one on eBay but hard to spend $2-300 but probably will.


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