Austinite's 2000 NBS Tahoe Ex-Grocery Hauler Build

[ArcticYukon]

Hey question for you... how hard was changing the paint? I mean did the paint shop paint your door sills and engine bay or what? Victory red is not my favorite color on these and my wife and I would really rather have the Indigo Blue Metallic, Tuxedo Black, or Pewter.... but I don't want to change colors and still see friggin' victory red every time I open the door or the hood!

 

[PG01]

Hey question for you... how hard was changing the paint? I mean did the paint shop paint your door sills and engine bay or what? Victory red is not my favorite color on these and my wife and I would really rather have the Indigo Blue Metallic, Tuxedo Black, or Pewter.... but I don't want to change colors and still see friggin' victory red every time I open the door or the hood!

Depends on how much you pay... maaco or earl schibe ain’t gonna jamb the car but a custom paint/body guy will, for the right amt of money, which naturally will be more. Technically you can clean and scuff your jambs and engine bay, pull the door panels, tape everything off and rattle can those areas before the truck gets shot. If you have someone do whats called a ‘complete color change’ which includes what you want you’re going to pay more

 

[00'BlueSteel]

Haha, shit I saw that. That's one of the many reasons I still live in Austin, Texas.

I shouldn’t have said anything, we got a hail storm last night and now they’re calling for rain for a week lol


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[ArcticYukon]

Depends on how much you pay... maaco or earl schibe ain’t gonna jamb the car but a custom paint/body guy will, for the right amt of money, which naturally will be more. Technically you can clean and scuff your jambs and engine bay, pull the door panels, tape everything off and rattle can those areas before the truck gets shot. If you have someone do whats called a ‘complete color change’ which includes what you want you’re going to pay more

Yeah I knew it would cost more... I guess I was more asking on the DIY side of it and if he did it himself or paid the shop to do it.

I shouldn’t have said anything, we got a hail storm last night and now they’re calling for rain for a week lol


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Wife drove through a hail storm on her way home the other day. Thankfully, she got home safe and there was no damage to the truck.

 

[Austinite]

Hey question for you... how hard was changing the paint? I mean did the paint shop paint your door sills and engine bay or what? Victory red is not my favorite color on these and my wife and I would really rather have the Indigo Blue Metallic, Tuxedo Black, or Pewter.... but I don't want to change colors and still see friggin' victory red every time I open the door or the hood!

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I went with the BMW Azurite Black. In some light it has almost a super dark navy blue look to it, so it goes with the old blue paint fairly well. I could have paid like $75 a piece for the door jambs, but I don't really care that much. Of course if they were red, I might have a different outlook.

 

[ArcticYukon]

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I went with the BMW Azurite Black. In some light it has almost a super dark navy blue look to it, so it goes with the old blue paint fairly well. I could have paid like $75 a piece for the door jambs, but I don't really care that much. Of course if they were red, I might have a different outlook.

Thanks for the info. I think we're probably just gonna give the red a go. I ended up finding a few GMT800 Tahoe pics in victory red that I actually like. If anything, might just go with a different shade, but I think it will be less headache to just keep to some form of red.

 

[richs1]

I also finally got up the nerve to drill holes in my roof for the smoked led cab/running lights that I've been wanting to install for a while now. For some reason I accidentally ordered white, so I didn't get to properly seal it up until I get the amber leds in later today. I'll post some night pics later today.

I may have missed it, but what cab lights did you use?

 

[Austinite]

I may have missed it, but what cab lights did you use?

Hey, sorry I just saw this. I got this set from eBay. I went with ones that used replaceable bulbs as opposed to the hard wired LEDs so I could replace them if they burn out. I ended up getting brighter amber LEDs since the ones that came with the kit were pretty dim.

 

[drakon543]

flipping through the forum under new posts your thread came up so i opened it up. ended up reading every post you made start to finish. something like yours is right where i would like to be some day with my 97.

 

[Austinite]

flipping through the forum under new posts your thread came up so i opened it up. ended up reading every post you made start to finish. something like yours is right where i would like to be some day with my 97.

Well thanks, man! Glad it helped you out a little. Definitely takes a little time to get them right where you like em...then you come on this forum and someone has done something kick ass that you have to add to your list.

 

[drakon543]

ya i have my second child due soon so it will be slow going on mine. i did finally get tired of fighting my stock exhaust manifolds. doing the work myself and i dont have that much extra cash to be welding up a whole exhaust. so i just pulled the trigger on pacesetter shorties new egr pipe and new stock y pipe. also its my family hauler grocery getter so im not looking for any big power gains.

 

[Austinite]

I finally got around to installing some LED reverse lights in the Z71 rack yesterday. I was used to having the LED cube lights in my old rear bumper, but when I installed the Avalanche bumper I decided not to cut it up just yet. I went with these cheap ones from Amazon because I didn't really like the look of any other ones I found that would fit the 3" opening. I had originally bought some super bright round LED spot lights that would've been perfect if they weren't just a little too big. The ones I installed aren't as bright as I would like, especially after I hit them with a few coats of Night Shades Tint, but they'll do for now. I used some plastic epoxy to mount them and ran the wires under the Esky Appliques to the taillights. I wired them up to come on when the truck is in reverse or when I hit the a-hole switch on the pillar. The a-hole switch is pretty cool too because not only do all the reverse lights, including the two mirror and taillight, but the reverse cam comes on too.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I finally got around to installing some LED reverse lights in the Z71 rack yesterday. I was used to having the LED cube lights in my old rear bumper, but when I installed the Avalanche bumper I decided not to cut it up just yet. I went with these cheap ones from Amazon because I didn't really like the look of any other ones I found that would fit the 3" opening. I had originally bought some super bright round LED spot lights that would've been perfect if they weren't just a little too big. The ones I installed aren't as bright as I would like, especially after I hit them with a few coats of Night Shades Tint, but they'll do for now. I used some plastic epoxy to mount them and ran the wires under the Esky Appliques to the taillights. I wired them up to come on when the truck is in reverse or when I hit the a-hole switch on the pillar. The a-hole switch is pretty cool too because not only do all the reverse lights, including the two mirror and taillight, but the reverse cam comes on too.

I def need an A-hole switch! Not for mine, for the A-hole that's tailgating me.

 

[Onebad1983]

I def need an A-hole switch! Not for mine, for the A-hole that's tailgating me.

LMAO

 

[Onebad1983]

I def need an A-hole switch! Not for mine, for the A-hole that's tailgating me.

I need an a-hole switch for the freaking cops! They're ridiculous around here

 

[Tonyrodz]

I need an a-hole switch for the freaking cops! They're ridiculous around here

Join the club!

 

[Austinite]

I def need an A-hole switch! Not for mine, for the A-hole that's tailgating me.

That's exactly what it's for

 

[Onebad1983]

Join the club!

DONE!

 

[Tonyrodz]

I need an a-hole switch for the freaking cops! They're ridiculous around here

Just wanted to make that clear.

 

[ArcticYukon]

That's exactly what it's for

"No officer, they're for backing up a trailer..."