Pulled the trigger - '17 Denali

[Dark Star]

Signed the papers to trade my '12 Callaway for a '17 Denali a few weeks ago, it is now in transit by train. Should be here in two weeks hopefully there won't be to much salt on the roads then!

I ordered the iridium color with the 22" 7 spoke silver/chrome rims. The plan was to install the rims and tires on my wife's Tahoe and then install 20" black rims with 305/55/20's on the Denali. After looking a numerous pictures I'm thinking of installing 33x12.5x22 Ridge Grapplers on the stock rims. The ridge grapplers are the only aggressive/beefy tires I can find for 22" rims so far.

Anyone done this or recommend another tire close to this size?

Thanks.

 

[hundhaus]

What kind of Callaway did you have? Tahoe, Corvette, Burb?

 

[Dark Star]

Tahoe 5.3. One of the first from '12. Great truck zero problems. Looking for a little more omph with the 6.2.

Plan on building up the new Denali with a supercharger ourselves once I get it settled in.

Nice stable in your garage.

 

[WillieFlo]

Dark Star,
Your going to need a leveling kit with that setup. Look forward to seeing yours. Iridium Metallic rules!!!
I almost went that route with the 22's, but decided to go with my 20's wrapped in 305's, since I go off-road
to pull my hunting buggy 4 miles into the ranch in South Texas.

I highly recommend the SuspensionMAXX that I have on mine. Almost 2.5" in front and 1" in the rear. No rubbing with my 305/55/20 Trail Grapplers. Going to Ridge Grapplers in 25k miles(hopefully) as well.

 

[MichaelSE]

Ridge Graps on 22s will look awesome. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Dark Star]

Looks like another week wait But more time to decide on rims, tires, level kit, exhaust ...

Two votes for black rims from my kids, see how it looks in person.

 

[Dark Star]

She's home! Feels way more solid and quiet than the Tahoe, maybe a little too quiet. Might need to look into the new exhaust soon

Only gripe so far is the lack of lighting when you open the rear hatch? It's pitch black back there, you think GMC could of come up with some type of lighting for this area.

On the plus side the intellibeam/ auto high beams is amazing! Turns on high beams when needed and switches to low super quick.

Looking forward to exploring the rest of "smart" features

 

[Miami-Dade]

Looks awesome!!!!

 

[Dark Star]

Look what showed up at the shop today.

 

[Christine]

I just bought a 2016 Rocky Ridge Callaway Tahoe. I'm curious, did you always take your Callaway to the dealership for service? Did you ever have any issues with it?

 

[Dark Star]

I just bought a 2016 Rocky Ridge Callaway Tahoe. I'm curious, did you always take your Callaway to the dealership for service? Did you ever have any issues with it?

Wow sounds like a nice rig. Post up some pictures.

Did all of service in house. 100k miles trouble free, just oil changes, brakes,tires and one blown rear end but that was covered under warranty. Enjoy

 

[Christine]

I am nervous because I know nothing about Supercharged vehicles. I was looking to purchase a new LTZ, but then I found my truck used with only 3k miles on it. It was love at first start. I just love the sound. However, after only 3 weeks, one of the fuel injectors went bad. Then, the XM radio died and they had to replace the antenna. I'm coming from a 4Runner that never gave me a problem in 10 years. Anyway, I hope the FI was just a fluke thing and that my Callaway will last me at least 7 years. Fingers crossed

 

[Dark Star]

Sweet ride. Agree on the sound the Callaway exhaust sounds great. Let's hope the injector was a fluke.

Keep up on the routine maintenance and you should be fine. I did buy an extra serpentine belt to fit the supercharger just in case I every had a breakdown out of town.

 

[gat0r]

I just bought a 2016 Rocky Ridge Callaway Tahoe. I'm curious, did you always take your Callaway to the dealership for service? Did you ever have any issues with it?

sweet looking callaway hoe. nice to see some more around (i have a burb)


take it to dealer. they will have @ least 1 mechanic certified to work on it (for specific issues).
everything else can be handled by rest of team.
then if they need help, callawy will work over phone or send someone down.
if ECM has issue, they will need to mail it back & forth - which is odd in this day & age.

only issue i have had was w/ rims. everything else has been regular maintenance.

 

[Christine]

Hopefully, this pic will come through

 

[Christine]

 

[Jorgez28]

Thats beautiful

 

[gat0r]

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thanks for pic.
not sure why we couldnt see the other.

i like the carbon fiber dressing too

we have diff s/c
guess callawy is experimenting w/ diff options.

 

[Blondy1]

View attachment 73735 She's home! Feels way more solid and quiet than the Tahoe, maybe a little too quiet. Might need to look into the new exhaust soon

Only gripe so far is the lack of lighting when you open the rear hatch? It's pitch black back there, you think GMC could of come up with some type of lighting for this area.

On the plus side the intellibeam/ auto high beams is amazing! Turns on high beams when needed and switches to low super quick.

Looking forward to exploring the rest of "smart" features

Wow!!! I love the color! I traded a 15' Tahoe for a 17 SLT, it had all the extras and turned out to be a better deal for me then the Denali..went back to black, it has been awhile, but had I seen how sharp this color is I would have looked again! I feel the same way, my Yukon rides completely different and sounds like it has way more oomph than the Tahoe did. Here's the old and the new

 

[Dark Star]

Rims and tires before.

Rims, tires and level kit after.
Nitto ridge grapplers 295/55R20, XD811, Suspension Maxx