Dave's 2006 Escalade AWD Build Thread

[Onebadsss]

I keep putting off dropping the rear 2 inches. Next is powder coating my wheels to match my paint. Doing the lip, inside of the spokes and leaving the outside spokes and center caps chrome. Should look good. I hope.lol

That's gonna look sa-weeeeeet when it's done man! You'll have to post up pics!

 

[95escahoe]

Since I know @95escahoe has been asking: during one of my many FB marketplace troll patrols I came across a clean set of 2002 Esky 3-piece engine covers so I contacted the seller and struck a deal. Little did I know that seller would turn out to be @95escahoe, lol! And this went down before we connected here on TYF too, what are the odds?





These engine covers definitely look great on the truck and as a bonus I flipped the original Vortec MAX engine cover set that came stock on her for the same price I paid for these so it was a nice "freebie" cosmetic upgrade!

Looks great still need to throw mine on


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[95escahoe]

One thing I noticed when I removed the 3rd row seats is that this (purpose unknown) bracket on the left side seat bracket is broken:





Any NBS gurus out there that know what this part's purpose is or what the OEM replacement part numbers are??

Maybe try a pick and pull the parts prolly cheap or someone parting one out on CL or FB


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[Onebadsss]

Maybe try a pick and pull the parts prolly cheap or someone parting one out on CL or FB


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There don't seem to be any good junk yards around here so if any of you guys happen to come across an NBS SUV in a junk yard near you and are willing to snag the part off said SUV for me I will happily reimburse you, cover shipping and add enough on top, for your troubles, to buy a 6-pack of your favorite brew!

 

[Onebadsss]

So one thing I noticed the other day when I was cleaning out the beast is that the sail panels are black instead of color matched to the interior on this truck:



@95escahoe is your Caddy the same way?

It's gonna drive me nuts if I don't color match it now, lol! Fortunately I have already placed an order for some Colorbond Interior paint so i can refinish the center console because it has some of the dreaded paint peeling going on...anyone else tackled this project that has pointers?

 

[95escahoe]

So one thing I noticed the other day when I was cleaning out the beast is that the sail panels are black instead of color matched to the interior on this truck:



@95escahoe is your Caddy the same way?

It's gonna drive me nuts if I don't color match it now, lol! Fortunately I have already placed an order for some Colorbond Interior paint so i can refinish the center console because it has some of the dreaded clearcoat peeling going on...anyone else tackled this project that has pointers?

I think mine match the upper part of the dash, none of my pics really show that I'll look in the am, I'm pretty sure there not black, I need to paint my center console at some point too mines not terrible but noticeable


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[Onebadsss]

On a more fun note: I picked up this Kobalt tool chest cart so I would finally have a proper mounting place for the tool chest topper my wife gave to me years ago that was previously just sitting on a bench in my garage:



Here is the finished product, I'm very happy with it and psyched to finally get all my tools organized!:

 

[adventurenali92]

Loving the progress! Those oem wheels look good! Like them alot! Interior looks great all cleaned up! Nice job!

 

[95escahoe]

So one thing I noticed the other day when I was cleaning out the beast is that the sail panels are black instead of color matched to the interior on this truck:



@95escahoe is your Caddy the same way?

It's gonna drive me nuts if I don't color match it now, lol! Fortunately I have already placed an order for some Colorbond Interior paint so i can refinish the center console because it has some of the dreaded paint peeling going on...anyone else tackled this project that has pointers?

Hey, so I looked at mine that panel isn't black it's more of a dark grey it matches the dark grey of the upper dash






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[Onebadsss]

Hey, so I looked at mine that panel isn't black it's more of a dark grey it matches the dark grey of the upper dash






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Now see that makes sense at least but on mine the sail panels are flat black, not color matched to the upper dash like yours. I'll post a pic to show you, give me a few...