What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Rocket Man]

I saw a post recently (yours? ) about renewing that trim and it came out great. I'm on the fence about vinyl wrapping those rear quarter windows... I keep forgetting to look over my shoulder and see if it would be an obstruction issue. The left passenger window is also scratched, unfortunately. I can only imagine the story those scratches tell.

Build thread... Yeah, I've been lazy. But I do need to do it!

Some drug dealer with his big-ass diamond rings struggling with the popo lol.

 

[kwOH]

Some drug dealer with his big-ass diamond rings struggling with the popo lol.

Whoa lol easy red.....

 

[CamReynolds]

And that's exactly why I'm changing. My office will be my garage, and I love it

theres kind of a negative stigma around trades and i dont understand it. people get to do what they like and make good money at it. my friend is gonna be a diesel mechanic and make 90k plus and like what he'll do. id rather like my job and my life than have some boring 9-5 and make a lot

 

[Rocket Man]

theres kind of a negative stigma around trades and i dont understand it. people get to do what they like and make good money at it. my friend is gonna be a diesel mechanic and make 90k plus and like what he'll do. id rather like my job and my life than have some boring 9-5 and make a lot

People just don't know there's great money to be made in the trades. It's been taken out of the schools and they tell all the kids they need to go to college and end up with a huge debt when they could do a 4-year apprenticeship and get paid good money to learn a trade that they can end up earning 80-100k a year at with full benefits. Now we can't find enough people to build all the shit we have going up in my city (Portland Oregon) and the union halls are begging for journeymen. I'm glad to be a journeyman glazier, we do some of the most interesting stuff. I love doing curtainwall on towers for instance. That's the exterior glass and metal. Our company built all the panels for One World Trade Center in NYC and journeyman glaziers in NY installed it. Here's one my company is doing here in town. Just getting started.

 

[inmypassatlife]

People just don't know there's great money to be made in the trades. It's been taken out of the schools and they tell all the kids they need to go to college and end up with a huge debt when they could do a 4-year apprenticeship and get paid good money to learn a trade that they can end up earning 80-100k a year at with full benefits. Now we can't find enough people to build all the shit we have going up in my city (Portland Oregon) and the union halls are begging for journeymen. I'm glad to be a journeyman glazier, we do some of the most interesting stuff. I love doing curtainwall on towers for instance. That's the exterior glass and metal. Our company built all the panels for One World Trade Center in NYC and journeyman glaziers in NY installed it. Here's one my company is doing here in town. Just getting started.

I'm on the train of thought that people can do both, a trade and formal education. I know, I've done both. Mobile electronics are easy peasy and I loved the field, but I can also mix it up with the best of them regarding public administration. I often think about law school, the debt sucks, but all of my lawyer friends make on average of $200+ an hour. It helps when you have a friend like Mikal Watts as well, he'd start me at $100k a year plus a decent percentage of his cases. Look him up, he is the man behind the Firestone tire, BP Oil spill, and now the GMO lawsuit where he represented 55k farmers. Great human being no matter what people think of lawyers.

 

[05Single]

Reverse the polarity and try it, that’s how I got mine to come on.


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Yep reverse the polarity. I forgot when I swapped mine out last time. Seems wrong but it's so right.

Reversed the plug and BAM I have light. Thanks for the heads up. Like I said I ran them originally installed with the clips lined up for 2 years. Take them out for a month and put them back in and now it wants reverse polarity
Whatev they workin and I'm happy all my lights match again

 

[Cattivo]

I have been a proud union member for over 25 years (Uniformed Firefighters Association(retired) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) both jobs pay very well (120-180k a year)...going through my union apprenticeship it requires 4 years of electrical theory classes and 4 years of college classes(2x a week)

My best advice to anyone in school who can't see themselves sitting in a cubicle shouting go team! all day from 9-5...consider taking up a trade, you work with great people(a few lunatics) and meet lots of other good guys from other trades...besides, we're all car guys here...working with your hands will only help when it comes to modding our rides

 

[PG01]

^^x2 brutha

 

[KReed450]

I have been a proud union member for over 25 years (Uniformed Firefighters Association(retired) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) both jobs pay very well (120-180k a year)...going through my union apprenticeship it requires 4 years of electrical theory classes and 4 years of college classes(2x a week)

My best advice to anyone in school who can't see themselves sitting in a cubicle shouting go team! all day from 9-5...consider taking up a trade, you work with great people(a few lunatics) and meet lots of other good guys from other trades...besides, we're all car guys here...working with your hands will only help when it comes to modding our rides

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Amen to this, I'm in a local union and work in commercial HVAC for 7 years, right now I'm an unliscensed journeyman and make pretty good money. Working to get my license and get a nice bump in pay when I pass that test. It's true how you meet some extraordinary people and like you said you meet plenty of crazies as well. I wouldn't trade working where I do for an office job any day even if it were for more money. This world needs more people learning trades!

 

[kwOH]

Reversed the plug and BAM I have light. Thanks for the heads up. Like I said I ran them originally installed with the clips lined up for 2 years. Take them out for a month and put them back in and now it wants reverse polarity
Whatev they workin and I'm happy all my lights match again View attachment 186926 View attachment 186925

My OPT7 bullets were made backwards lol

 

[05Single]

Have to know someone to be union up here. 5 year waiting list. Pretty lame for guys like me.

 

[mmeachem]

Reversed the plug and BAM I have light. Thanks for the heads up. Like I said I ran them originally installed with the clips lined up for 2 years. Take them out for a month and put them back in and now it wants reverse polarity
Whatev they workin and I'm happy all my lights match again View attachment 186926 View attachment 186925

What fogs are those, look nice a bright.


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[05Single]

What fogs are those, look nice a bright.


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Z71 fogs relocated.

 

[#1taho]

Bought new ac delco balljoints and bilstein 4600 shocks and moog Z-71 HD springs.
I went with the 4600 shocks after researching and calling bilstein them selfs. The 4600 was designed to work at stock height and the 5100 were designed to work on lifted trucks. They said the 5100 would work but wouldn’t be able to utilize them to there potential.
So the 4600 it was !

 

[Rocket Man]

Bought new ac delco balljoints and bilstein 4600 shocks and moog Z-71 HD springs.
I went with the 4600 shocks after researching and calling bilstein them selfs. The 4600 was designed to work at stock height and the 5100 were designed to work on lifted trucks. They said the 5100 would work but wouldn’t be able to utilize them to there potential.
So the 4600 it was !

I put 4600's on the front of mine a few months ago. Best shocks I've ever had on there. My 26's used to scrape when I hit a big dip in the road with the Arnotts I put on but no more. Plus they ride great.

 

[#1taho]

Here’s the parts pile

i dropped the forth ball joint through the rim ! Dam it !!

Here’s the pics so it’s true !

 

[#1taho]

I put 4600's on the front of mine a few months ago. Best shocks I've ever had on there. My 26's used to scrape when I hit a big dip in the road with the Arnotts I put on but no more. Plus they ride great.

Good. That makes me feel better. I really wanted the 5100’s. But didn’t make much sense after talking to bilstein . At least now I know I made the right decision. The truck feels so loose lately. I can wait to get all this in.

 

[05Single]

Here’s the parts pileView attachment 187008View attachment 187009 View attachment 187010i dropped the forth ball joint through the rim ! Dam it !!

Here’s the pics so it’s true !

Nice! I need these in my life soon.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I put 4600's on the front of mine a few months ago. Best shocks I've ever had on there. My 26's used to scrape when I hit a big dip in the road with the Arnotts I put on but no more. Plus they ride great.

Think 4600's would work in the rear of my Hoe since it's lowered? Mine looks like it's squatting a little bit.

 

[W8TVI]

those LED's are probably what threw it into a problem. so i am using OEM's until i decide what i want to do for custom tails. imma sell my LED's on craigslist



looks great!

I (and several other members on here) have LED tail lights on the truck, and have had no problems with the swtich.
But I have heard of these trucks needing new brake light switches just because these trucks are getting older.

Most of the LED tail lights don't seem to come with the loading resistors for the brake lights that are needed to keep from interfering with the cruse control function.
It is a simple fix to restore the cruse control with a simple loading resistor across one of the brake light lines at the tail lights.

The cruse control automatically shuts off when it looses that connection through the brake light circuit. It can happen because the switch is bad, or the LED tail light blocks that connection.

The load resistor fixes that.